Photograph by Marc Lanciaux, My Shot Sheepherding in Scotland
has a long history, not all of it pleasant. Many of the pastures
in the Western Highlands—where these sheep peer through a
fence—were created during the "clearances" of the late 1800s,
when wealthy landowners seeking greater profits brutally evicted
their tenants and converted their subsistence farmland to
pasture. Photo Tip: Photograph animals where they live. A
favorite composition of photographer Michael Melford’s is an
environmental shot showing the animal surrounded by its
habitat—rather than the usual tight shot taken with a long lens.
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