He's My Brother

Nice photo, Jerry. There seems to be quite a bit of these types of moments with these kinds of critters and to me indicates there is more to relationships of many wildlife species than we humans give them credit for. Good image that captures the moment nicely. Only suggestion I'd make would be to tone down a couple of those bright patches lit by the sun as they pull my eyes more than I'd like.

Wonderful image, with such a sweet quality between these two creatures. I've never seen horns like those! I love the similar colors of the animals and rocks, the sharp eyes and lighting. It doesn't look too harsh to me.

An Ibex? Lots to like in this photo Jerry, the light is very nice I think. Those horns are amazing of course, if I could change one thing it might be a slightly less patterned background behind those horns to showcase them a little more. Excellent simple colour palette helps to keep the emphasis on the behaviour I think. A cool photo...

Jerry,
Great image showing animal behaviour, perhaps darken the background a little?

"there is more to relationships of many wildlife species than we humans give them credit for" I totally agree with this, well said

Cool image, it tells a great story Jerry.
Large view's very nice, love this!

Hello Jerry

Well captured. great interaction. a special moment to remember.!

When I post I try to include the latin name if possible and then the common name. This naming procedure gives credence to the lurkers and fellow NPN guys as well it teaches the posting photographer a little about the Wildlife and not a guess by someone not as familiar with the subject. .... Just my 2 cents worth. .

Thanks

Bill

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As William rightly pointed out, I failed to mention the species. These are Nubian ibex (Capra nubians). I try not to impose human characteristics on animals, but anyone who has been around them long enough, experiences something like this. There is indeed more to animals than we humans give them credit for.

I took some of the great advice and tweaked the image a bit. I think it is a little better. I plan to post a few more images of this unusual encounter. One of my favorites is where the large ram is about to pummel the little guy and pulls up, like I mentioned. Thanks everyone for the kind and helpful comments.

Hello Jerry

Thanks for this identification. Went to web and see only about 1200 known of this species.

Looking forward to your other images !

Bill

Hi Jerry,

You captured a real sweet interaction here and - WOW - that's an impressive set of horns! That would have been a great thing to watch happening.

I definitely prefer the re-post. Overcoming the "blending" with the background in this shot (and of course you could do nothing about the proximity, colour and brightness of the rocks during the capture) is the biggest challenge in making this shot "soar" and I think it would help to reduce the exposure on the background even more. It may take the photo further away from what you observed in the field, but it would increase its impact. Just a thought...

Cool shot - thanks for sharing it...

Brad

Wonderful interaction and story to go along. I also like the re-post better, nice job in lining up this composition, way to go.

Thumbs up on the repost!

Congratulations with the WP. Nice capture of the behavior of the two ibex. Glad you were able to watch them for awhile. Also prefer the re-post. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks everyone for all the kind and constructive comments.