Mountain Goat

[Steve Canuel]

Taken during midday with a cloudless sky at over 10,000 ft, the light and shadows were pretty strong. I wish the angle would've been better but I was wanting to show some high mountain habitat and the goat and BG mountain ridge gave me what I was looking for. Also wished for a head's up pose but this one didn't comply. The goat seems a little blue to me but when I max out the blue and cyan channels, they don't show at all in his fur. Was wondering if that's from the amount of bluish mountain BG playing tricks on my eyes or if others are seeing the same thing. 7D, 1-400L @ 180mm, f6.3, 1/3200s, ISO 400, tripod, small crop from the right (as viewed).

[Todd Frost]

Great looking image Steve, not a bad goat either. Love the view of the surroundings shown here. Exposure looks good as well as sharpness. Love the comp. Well done.
TFS
Todd

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Steve, I like the setting, showing the distant OOF mountains. Im fine with the pose, and you have captured good fur detail which looks nice and white to me. Maybe a little more space needed on the right.

[Ken Watkins]

Steve,

This is lovely, no "blues" for me, fur looks well exposed.

I like the "I am not really looking at you" expression from the goat

A truly wonderful animal in the environment image

[Morkel Erasmus]

this is really great Steve! love the pose and perspective and the light is definitely no deal-breaker here.
fur is well exposed and I don't pick up any blues on the goat either

a tad more space at the bottom would have been nice...

[D. Robert Franz]

One of the locations I really miss after moving from CO... Very nice coat on the goat, colors look pretty good here... Sept I would guess?

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi Steve, well to coin a Harshad phrase, 'This rocks!!!'.

A cracking image in many ways, but to have a fraction more at the foot would make this one a real winner.

TFS
Steve

[peter delaney]

great image Steve..

[Steve Canuel]

Thanks to all for the comments and suggestions.

Robert,
You're correct on the timeline, end of the month.

[Rachel Hollander]

Steve - no blue for me either. Great comp and I love the way you have shown the habitat with the mountains behind.

TFS,
Rachel

[Aiden Blake]

Wow, awesome shot! That's definitely one to be proud of for sure

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hey Steve,
Don't knwo if I can squeeze this in the schedule......but that is one fantastic coat on a gorgeous animal in a great location! Colors lookd VG on my end too.....so this one rocks fo rme too!

[Ofer Levy]

Awesome! Love the habitat.

[Steve Canuel]

Rachel, Aiden, Roman, and Ofer,
Thanks for the look and comments.