Inner Mongolia 002

comment and critics are welcome

no critique, just `whaa..uw`

Ruben's got it right. Lot of goats here. Mistook them for sheep at first. I need my eyes examined. Like goats in any case.

Thanks again. So nice...

Berkley, u really look at my photo hard. I didn't notice is goats until u told me. I thought is sheeps. can u believe it!!!

m not a native English speaker. Can you tell me whether we call that women riding on camel a shepherdess or something else? Do u call those rearing goats SHEPHERD as well?

The real word for someone who herds goats is 'goatherd'. It is something of an older word, and many people in the US will say 'shepherd' even if the animals are not sheep. 'Shepherdess' for a woman is correct, but I have NEVER heard 'goatherdess'! I think a woman who herds goats is a 'goatherd' too.

 

In American and British English, 'rearing' means to breed and raise. Someone who is rearing sheep will own a flock, take care of the lambs and so on. To 'herd' means to move the flock from one place to another, as they do in Mongolia.

 

You do very well with English. Much better than I do with Mandarin, which I expect you speak? In any event, you take very nice photos!!

A great shot, Realy.

claps.. what a wanderful photo... look at the light, beatifull colors.. movements...

 

Beautiful photo.

Incredible light !!! Congrats

Lost for words to describe my awe. congrats.

Excellently taken against the surreal light & beautiful motion. 7/7 artwork.(I would like to visit inner Mongolia one day.)

Amy, my compliments on your magnificent picture. I'm not the jalours type, but this time I am. Beautifull light and motion. Well done! regards, Jaap.

Outstanding photography.

it's perfecr. I cannot take my eyes off it.

Perfect feeling of movement. Great lighting and colors, BR Sakke

To my opinion overshopped and lost reality.

Thanks for the comments. Is encouraging and will keep me going.

 

Patrick. did u registered to give me the comment? amazed. Thanks for voicing yr opinion.

 

Regards amy.

I love you turn a picture into a painting like artwork, Beautifully done. I do not think it is over photoshopped nor lost reality as it is an artwork from a picture not a plain picture.

Thank you for yr support and much appreciated.

 

Like yr portrait work too. keep up and keep going.

 

Regards amy

very nice photo, with such a rustic air.. Is that light natural or was it processed? Nice subject.

Thanks for comments.

 

Is natural light rays. Evening light shinning between the leaves, exemplified by the dust stir up by the goats and camel. The light rays in Mongolia 1, 2 and 3 are all natural, and the contrast is processed by level, curve in PS CS3. I understand that these ray can easily be created by PS, but hard to get in daily life. That's why readers will easily mistakened that these are arteficial, especially after contrast adjustment by PS.

 

I'm not here to discuss the neverending topic of "definition and genuineness of photography", which differs from one to another and will only turn this page into a battlefield. But the ray is there when capturing the photo.

 

In Mongolia, located in the very north of the equator, the light is always oblique, even in mid day. I choose to go there in autumn, when all the leaves turn yellow and he rays are even more oblique and soft. The land is dry and dusty. The sky is clear. There is only around 2 weeks each year to get this scene, Before, leaves are green, After, all falls down. So is relatively easy to get this scene when the rearer are herding the goats in the forest. In fact, movies like the "HERO" are shoot there during the autumn season.

 

To me, photography is not only a pure luck or chance. is about hard work, tons and tons, good plannings, than wait for chances and luck to come, shoot at the decisive moment as interpreted by the author, then post processing..... and then..... the photos seen by the right perosn, the right places.... and u know what.

 

May I introduce u to my another folder, the Huangzhou. Is taken in early spring when weather is misty, mood is gray, for those ancient watervillages.

 

Wish I answer yr queries and thank you for bearing with me all these grunting.

 

Regards Amy

SO beutifull how can you get that so great in the picture ?

Excellent!

Simply amazing!

Otherworldly. Mesmerising. Soul stirring. Can't stop looking at it. Feel as if I am there, or was at one time!