This image was created on Mt. Evans in CO. in Aug. of this year. I had helped a very good friend move from Dallas to the Golden area and once the boxes were unloaded we had an chance to go do important stuff.:D I had only ever seen one of these guys on a distant slope through a spotting scope years before. I can't tell you what a treat it was to be able to spend time with this small group just below the 13,000 ft summit. It was a thrill to just sit and watch... Let alone photograph them.
It's hard (for me anyway) to subjectively judge an image when it is directly connected to such an emotional experience. I like the image composition, OOF FG vegetation and the clouds in the BG. It seems like a good head angle, eye contact & catch light. It is almost full frame with a little taken off the top and bottom for comp.
One thing I noticed while shooting these guys was the amount of exposure compensation I had to use... Or rather didn't have to use. Shooting an egret under these lighting conditions I would've had to dial in a lot more then what was generally used with these goats. Is that because of the differences in reflectivity between feather and wool?:confused:
Your thoughts and comments always welcome...
Thanks for looking!
40D & 500 f4.5L on a bean bag over a boulder, ISO 250, f7.1 @ 1/3200, -1/3EV






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