Mountain Goat

[denise ippolito]

Shot with a Canon 40D W/EF100-400mm
ISO-160
EXPOSURE 1/500 SEC. AT F/8.0

Glacier NP

[SeanKP]

I love how you have captured the character of the animal. Nicely sharp and a great pose. Exposure was obviously trcky. All that white fur on a bright sunny day. You don't appear to have blown the whites but I think maybe I'd like to have seen it with a fraction less exposure, easily done at the RAW conversion stage. If I were to pick nits I'd prefer that the shadow coming from the ear wasn't quite so strong.

[denise ippolito]

I Shot In Raw And I Actually Lightened It A Hair Maybe I Shouldn't Have. Thanks For Your Tips

[Harold Davis]

agree with sean. you sure captured some character in the animal. does look a little bright in spots. also, if that is a water/horizon line in the bg, you may want to give it some CCW rotation to straighten it out. nice job, denise!!

[Gus Cobos]

Beautiful animal Denise. You did well considering the harsh sunlight. Agree with the good comments stated.
Looking forward to your next capture...:cool:

[denise ippolito]

thanks for the tips I'll do the ccw rotation and darken some of the highlights.

[Desmond Chan]

I think the highlights are ok, but I would crop a bit off the left.

[Alfred Forns]

I like it as presented and like it a lot !!!!

Softer light is the only thing that could have made it better. Also light over your shoulder would have eliminated the shadows. I like the bg, don't remember many with water behind !!! Might want to work on the eye and lighten a bit !!! Excellent

[Katie Rupp]

Lovely image, Denise, nice and sharp and the BKGD gives it context.

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Nice portrait. Just wondering how close you were or if you had to crop a lot to zoom in.

[Oscar Zangroniz]

Great composition. Love the look. Whites look ok in my monitor, do agree with Harold regarding the CCW rotation.
Congrats,

[denise ippolito]

Just a small crop