Up Close with Grazing Ewe

The Makaino Ranch near the base of Mt. Fuji has a pasture where you can get up close to grazing sheep. Although I was raised on a farm, I have never been this close to a farm animal with a camera in hand. Keeping a sharp focus on this ewe while maintaining a narrow depth of field was very challenging since she kept inching forward while grazing and ended up slowly slipping outside of my focal range! I am not a spray-and-pray type of photographer, so my normal approach to these shots was a bit of a challenge but thoroughly enjoyable.