Sheep thrive on the 8,000-foot high pastureland that surrounds Lijiang. The life of a shepherd is not easy – he is always outnumbered. I liked the fact that in this case, anyway, the black sheep outnumber the white. I made this image at about 150mm – the herd was almost upon me. A moment later I was surrounded with them and felt the shepherd looking over my shoulder. He wanted to see the picture.