Oddity

Just playing with some lighting and I discovered that my sheep may have shared (or sheared if you prefer) some common ancestry with a Llama, or at least with it's shadow. You can never tell what something is until you see it's shadow. Or it's name tag.

[Ukandie!]

Interesting shadow.

[Graeme Stevens]

@ukandie1 It is indeed...quite odd

[Dixie Goode]

Very cool shot. Back in my art student days we had to sketch skulls for months on end. Great subjects to texture and shadows.

[☠northy]

Llamas are even cooler than sheep!

[Annie D]

cool shadow - I saw some cool skulls at the museum the other day - thought of you straight away - also when I saw the Drongo - ha ha just kidding - no I did really - because it made me laugh of course

[Cindy]

Ooooh. The shadow is COOOOL!! Awesome shot, Graeme!

[Maggiemae]

Well spotted! The light has got to be in the right place!

[Graeme Stevens]

@cindyloo Thank you kindly nice lady :)
@annied I find it disturbing that so many things remind you of me. I can't begin to imagine who appalling that must be for you.
@northy A llamma is the only thing that my dog has ever barked at...
@pandorasecho Thanks very much - they used to get us to draw eggs for practice with shadows...I always left class feeling ravenous...

[Graeme Stevens]

@maggiemae Thanks, and yes it does...if it wasn't in the right place it would be pointing the other way ;)

[Annie D]

@graemestevens I find it disturbing too - but a museum with bones and skulls it is hard not to think Graeme hahahaha

[Call me Joe]

Love the cool shadow!!

[Graeme Stevens]

@annied It's not to think of me anywhere. And my modesty.
@joemuli Thanks very much :)

[Bill Fenske]

such a cool shadow you've created.

[Graeme Stevens]

@bill_fe Thank you kindly good sir - amazing what you can do with a 4000watt spotlight...and it's not just for shadows ;)

[Annie D]

@graemestevens yes your modesty is............non existent hahahahaha

[Graeme Stevens]

@annied Well, who needs modesty when you're as awesome as me?

[Annie D]

@graemestevens yeh it would really be a waste of energy better spent on other more important pursuits

[Graeme Stevens]

@annied Even "pursuit" sounds tiring...

[Annie D]

@graemestevens oh yes - that does - how about other "more important endeavours"?

[Graeme Stevens]

@annied That's fine with me. As long as I don't have to move.

[Annie D]

@graemestevens well I don't think you do because endeavour just means you try - and that can be relative to anything else

[Taffy]

Love the shadow!

[Graeme Stevens]

@taffy Thanks very much :)
@annied In that case, I'm sold. I "tried" to move, I really did...

[Charles]

Great lighting and shadow.

[Graeme Stevens]

@cdean1956 Thank you very much :)

[Annie D]

@graemestevens yes I saw the effort you put in

[Dawn Swingle]

Excellent! (and I always seem to know which photos are yours before I open them!)

[Graeme Stevens]

@rangerxenos Thank you kindly - yeah, a lot of people say that...maybe I should change my style...
@annied That would have been that vague twitch then...I'm exhausted

[Annie D]

@graemestevens yes a twitch will do that

[Graeme Stevens]

@annied It depends entirely on what has had the audacity to twitch.

[Annie D]

@graemestevens ah ha yes I suppose it does

[Erika]

Superb.

[Graeme Stevens]

@epcello Thanks very much :)

[sally agnew]

Cool shadow shot :)

[Graeme Stevens]

@hermann Thank you kindly :)

[Tammy]

That is one interesting shadow!

[Graeme Stevens]

@tabarlett Thanks very much - quite odd I thought

[aikiuser (jenn)]

Ooo, totally love this--fave!

[Graeme Stevens]

@aikiuser Thank you so much :)

[john morley]

You have stopped taking the tablets again ...Which is always interesting .

[Graeme Stevens]

@jack4john I may have run out...oops

[David]

Bird carrying off sheep's head?

[Lindy]

I love the shadow but my first thought was that you were doing a rorschach test of some kind.

[Graeme Stevens]

@lwain That was Option 2 for the title!
@yrhenwr It better not, I'll shoot the bugger out of the sky!

[Lindy]

@graemestevens That is a worry maybe my mind works more like yours than I thought it did.

[Graeme Stevens]

@lwain You get used to it ;)

[Sam]

I just have no idea on this one. I'm guessing you didn't either ;)

[Graeme Stevens]

@gigiflower Oh I knew what I was doing and got what I wanted, so there you have it :)

[Kane Arlow]

This looks awesome. It does cast an interesting shadow.

[Graeme Stevens]

@karlow75 Thank you kindly good sir

[Osia Strasner]

I am totally loving this.....maybe it is the llama! Actually, I love that you were able to create something vaguely resembling the shadow of something living out of a long departed animal skull! FAV!

[Graeme Stevens]

@panthora Thanks very much - usually I try to create something dead from something living ;)

[Amy-lee Edwards]

Love the shadows,, wow really stunning image xxx

[Graeme Stevens]

@amyleewinfield Thank you so much :)

[Harbie]

Cool shadow!

[Graeme Stevens]

@harbie Thanks very much :)

[Yao RL]

FAV! Love this discovery.

[Graeme Stevens]

@yaorenliu Thanks very much - it was a rather pleasant surprise!

[Lisa Villella]

Great shadow.

[Graeme Stevens]

@eyeamlisa Thanks very much :)

[Marta]

Love the shadow.

[Graeme Stevens]

@whimsicalgrateful Thanks very much :)