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Gallery: WildlifePosted March 5, 201192 views8 comments

I met this very friendly chamois (Camoscio d'Abruzzo) at 2000 mt. along the trail.
I just sit down on the rocks and enjoyed his company for the best part of an hour…

Crop for composition.
C&C welcome.

Nikon D300 Nikkor 500 mm f/4 AFS-VR + Nikon TC 17 teleconverter
ISO 400, f/6.7 (wide open with TC) 1/640 sec. Skimmer Pod (my tripod plus Wimberley is too heavy gear for mountain hiking…

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8 comments

Comment posted by Wayne Willison on March 5, 2011 at 2:17 PM

Maurizio, I like it. Good techs and very intimate. You must've really enjoyed being there.

Registered on April 10, 2009, 292 Posts, 3967 Comments

Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on March 5, 2011 at 3:37 PM

I like the angle and the detail. I really like the strong and liquid look of the eye. I am wondering if a square format might be more suitable, given the amount of space on the left.

Registered on July 24, 2006, 2741 Posts, 12349 Comments

Comment posted by Fabio Giarrizzo on March 5, 2011 at 4:54 PM

Nice portrait of a nice species- Very good details and BG, maybe I'd leave just a bit more room on upper side- Well done, Fabio

Registered on December 3, 2010, 90 Posts, 1614 Comments

Comment posted by Lon Sharp on March 5, 2011 at 9:19 PM

I like this close perspective of an animal we don't see often. Thanks for posting it! It feels to me, if you have the right amount of pre-crop canvas, that this would have made a really good vertical composition.

Registered on December 9, 2007, 258 Posts, 9892 Comments

Comment posted by Vincent Grafhorst on March 6, 2011 at 2:30 AM

Excellent portrait Maurizio with good detail and a nice smooth OOF BG. I do echo Lon's comment about the composition suggestion.

Registered on February 24, 2006, 504 Posts, 7203 Comments

Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on March 6, 2011 at 12:21 PM

I really like the colors and detail in this. I agree about maybe changing the crop a little...my only other very small nit, is I am not sure I love the angle at which this was taken....I feel like I am looking up at him.

Registered on June 19, 2008, 1005 Posts, 8028 Comments

Comment posted by Jim Hackley on March 7, 2011 at 11:48 AM

Interesting animal portrait and one I have never heard of. I like the eye contact and how the light shines up the light brown fur. With that wonderful background I also might be inclined to go with a vertical crop, well done.

Registered on September 17, 2009, 302 Posts, 5535 Comments

Comment posted by Maurizio De Vita on March 9, 2011 at 2:57 AM

Thank you very much to everybody for watching and suggesting!

Wayne: you are right. I really had a wonderful time! Being accepted is something very touching…

Phil: I tried the square format, but it didn't look convincing to me, because in my case results in a "boxy" composition with nothing for the subject to look into. Thanks for the suggestion and for your time, anyway.

Fabio: I am afraid that is all the space I got… :-(

Lon and Vincent: I am posting a first try vertical crop, what do you think about it?

Kurt: You are right. I was a little lower than the chamois on a steep mountain side and completely out of cover (in full view for him), I couldn't move without causing alarm and all the confidence would have been gone… So I let him take the lead and make the moves he best liked!

Jim: it's a species typical of the middle Appennines Mountains, here in Italy. It lives only there. The Alpine Chamois is a different animal. What do you think of the vertical alternative I posted?

Registered on August 26, 2008, 11 Posts, 66 Comments