Theme - Up Close Goats..

[Paul Lagasi]

Hard animals to get close to, while walking up into the Cathedral Lakes area in British Columbia, I came across this Mountain Goat and Kid at 7700 feet..they didn't seem to be that worried...took a few images and left..

Lost everything on my computers (bad virus which nothing would remove) so I downloaded latest version of Fotosketcher 1.96, has a few new, nice features added on...

Used the new brush strokes feature on this image...

Hopefully things will work now...

[denise ippolito]

Paul, The image has a soft painted look. I'm not crazy about the border. I love Mountain Goats especially the kids.
Sorry to hear about your computer. I know how that is.

[Paul Lagasi]

LOLOL..ok so I don't like the border either, hope you meant the gray border, not the rocks...not much I can do with those...how about a pano image..folks

[Kora Baker]

Like the composition Paul, but the treatment looks a little flat. Maybe a big of linear contrast. I know the eyes are small but you might be able to get a little life in them. Great capture!:)

[denise ippolito]

Paul, I'm not a fan of pano crops. But others may feel differently. I would probably just take a small slice off the bottom if it were mine.

[Christopher Miller]

Nice image, Paul. I like the rocks framing the goats and nice eye contact. The pano crop looks good to me, and I agree with Kora's suggestions.

[Paul Lagasi]

Thanks everyone..not one of my best, guess I hurried it to much....will work on it some more and revisit it again...