Spring sprung challenge

[crisscross]

I hope we are all allowed to set a challenge. This one is to get one of these little darlings with all 4 feet off the ground. They do it all the time from about a week to 3 weeks old, but needs finer timing and better light than I have achieved so far in 3 DSLR seasons.

Hope you lot can do better; please keep exif intact if possible.

Sorry about Northern hemisphere bias, but will accept kangas doing cartwheels or similar in lieu for next 6 months

[Colin O'Regan]

Good stuff CC. Our spring is still pending, but coming on rather quickly.
Great shot!

[Keith]

I was hoping to go and give this a try one evening this week but I think the weather forecast has put paid to that

[crisscross]

Here is an effort that fulfills the word, but with little technical or artistic merit

1/500 sec barely fast enough and certainly my autofocus and continuous shooting nowhere near on the D80 (even after a bit of doctoring with Focus Magic) - and don't forget to get a decent background. I got the impression that the group had jumpers and non-jumpers, so worth identifying the jumpers and follow one when they get moving.

Hope to see some better shots in due course

[rosebud458]

ah, the city girl will have to take a trip out to the country!

[KicknGuitar]

ah, the city girl will have to take a trip out to the country!

Or the Zoo!

[crisscross]

OK, here is the genuine article. Have been to the Lakes (English) for a week and 2 or 3 of the little darlings were at it as we neared home with camera neatly packed away as the light had gone. However thought it worth a go and not bad for black sheep at dusk? PS it is a Herdwick, the traditional breed of the Cumbrian uplands, very hardy, but lambs and yearlings mostly black.

Have added one gallery of Great Gable ascent from Borrowdale
http://www.pbase.com/crisscross/greatgable
more soon when I have finished editing

[Dave Humphries]

Well done Chris,

You finally got one properly!

Perfect end to the holiday then, eh?

Cheers,

[Colin Southern]

Welcome back Chris - we missed you!