Its not often I get to do mammal photography so I jump at the chance to go to Colorado with Sid last week to shoot Mountain Goats and Elk and had a wonderful time learning from one of the best. Here one of the kids walks along an edge on Mt. Evans that overlooks a lake.
1D MKIII, 70-200 f/4 IS @ 144, 1/2000 at f/7.1, Manual Mode, evaluative metered, ISO 400, small crop
07-02-2012, 09:15 PM
Ed Cordes
Very cute. Really shows the height perspective well.
07-03-2012, 05:30 AM
Rachel Hollander
Hi Don - You should shoot mammals more often. Very cute and with a very different bg than most shots we've had posted from Mt. Evans. It works well. Nice job on the exp. too.
TFS,
Rachel
07-03-2012, 09:24 AM
Steve Kaluski
Hi Don, very nice indeed and as Rachel mention, you should pop over to this side more often. :S3:
Nicely exposed, like the incline to add some interest to the location/height and it has the cute actor too. perhaps a little NR to the BKG?
TFS
Steve
07-04-2012, 03:16 AM
Morkel Erasmus
Nice to see you posting here Don!
I like the diagonal here and the lamb is nicely exposed. I do wish there was some catchlight in the eye though. Overall detail and dynamic range looks good.
I would consider a crop from LHS to remove the other one's butt and also from the top to balance it out again.
07-04-2012, 05:54 AM
Mark Wiseman
Hi Don,
I like the detail and the composition of your image and ditto Ed's comment on the height perspective.
TFS and best wishes,
Mark.
07-05-2012, 05:01 PM
Tom Redd
Nice shot Don. Well exposed, I agree with Morkel's crop suggestions. TFS
07-05-2012, 07:41 PM
Marina Scarr
Agree with Morkel's crop suggestion. This image gives the viewer a bird's eye view of the treacherous heights and territories this species travels.
07-05-2012, 08:08 PM
Don Lacy
Thanks everyone for commenting. Morkel i honestly thought that was a rock untill you mention it I guess I still havent recuperated from the thin air at 14,00.00 feet :bg3:
07-05-2012, 08:19 PM
Sid Garige
Awesome pose Don. Great techs and composition. It is nice to see you in fur forum :)
Thanks for the company. It was a great trip and looking forward to elk rut.
-sid
07-06-2012, 11:35 PM
Steve Canuel
An image where a downward angle works and helps give context to the animal's habitat. Steep cliffs on that side of the mountain.
07-10-2012, 11:12 PM
Ken Watkins
Don,
Fabulous shot, you are clearly not a vertigo sufferer.