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Steve Canuel
08-08-2009, 12:31 AM
40D, 1-400L @ 400mm, f5.6, 1/4000s, ISO 400, +1/3 EC, slight crop from top and left.
Harshad Barve
08-08-2009, 01:08 AM
Nice sitting pose and super surroundings, fantastic details
It works for me as posted
TFS
Ken Watkins
08-08-2009, 07:05 AM
I am not sure that this gives me the impression that is a long way down, but it is still, a nice capture.
I would like to know what is the strange pattern in the BG?
Steve Canuel
08-08-2009, 08:52 AM
I am not sure that this gives me the impression that is a long way down, but it is still, a nice capture.
I would like to know what is the strange pattern in the BG?

Thanks for the comments Ken. The BG patterns are from cracks in a cliff face. The goat is sitting on a rock that juts out into and overlooks a "U" shaped valley. He was sitting at about the 5 o'clock position of the "U", I was near the 3 o'clock spot.
David Fletcher
08-08-2009, 09:49 AM
Lovely shot Steve. Like as is. It pops nicely from the bg, which too, has enough detail to add interest.
Michael Bertelsen
08-08-2009, 05:58 PM
Very nice Steve, the distance between the goat and the cliff face along with the sharpness gives it a real 3-D look.

Cheers,

Michael
Sabyasachi Patra
08-09-2009, 03:29 AM
Steve,
Nice image. I like the composition. The eye tend to follow the fault lines, so wondering whether a vertical would have worked better. However, I like the present image.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi
Roman Kurywczak
08-09-2009, 10:54 AM
Hey Steve,
Nicely done with the exposure and the BG really shows off the environs very well. Very nicely done!
Dave Mills
08-09-2009, 01:07 PM
Steve, Strong image and well handled.
John Ippolito
08-10-2009, 02:45 AM
Nice job on this, Steve. I like the fractured granite BG, exposure, detail, and the rock the goat is perched on works well. What I like most is the wooly half shed coat. My summer attempts just have the goat looking ratty. Yours illustrates just how thick an insulating layer this animal puts on in a season. Excellent.
Steve Canuel
08-10-2009, 08:10 PM
Thanks for the comments everyone.

Sabyasachi, I wanted to try a vertical but the foreground below the rock eliminated the feel of the cliff edge for me.

John, I got lucky with the coat. Some of the others I saw were a little more shed than this one. I do know what you mean about looking ratty though and I've got a few of those on my HD.