In the hills near the hamlet of Cosane, in the beautiful Val d'Orcia near Pienza, I encountered this flock of sheep near the Church of Saints Lorentino and Pergentino, now a ruin remains.
There was no shepherd there but the flock was kept together by dogs and steered in the right direction.
The evening sun shone brightly on the herd grazing here near the ruin.
The light looks like gold and forms circles of light on the little church, I did not remove these in post-processing, they are part of the party.
My name is Jaap Bosma, involved in photography for more than 50 years.
Over the years, I have collected a lot of beautiful prints on my hard disk from which I have made nice photo books via the Blurb website (type in Jaap Bosma and you can view them)..
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