A Long Way Down

[Steve Canuel]

40D, 1-400L @ 400mm, f5.6, 1/4000s, ISO 400, +1/3 EC, slight crop from top and left.

[Harshad Barve]

Nice sitting pose and super surroundings, fantastic details
It works for me as posted
TFS

[Ken Watkins]

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]

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]

Lovely shot Steve. Like as is. It pops nicely from the bg, which too, has enough detail to add interest.

[Michael Bertelsen]

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]

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]

Hey Steve,
Nicely done with the exposure and the BG really shows off the environs very well. Very nicely done!

[Dave Mills]

Steve, Strong image and well handled.

[John Ippolito]

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]

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.