Room with a View

Gallery: WildlifePosted August 31, 2017245 views10 comments

From the same series as my previous uploads. Top of Beartooth pass in Montana. Altitude close to 11,000 feet. I had just arrived from sea level and my hike was pretty painful. I had a headache and I couldn't breath but it was worth it!

Cheers,

Hisham.

Canon 5D III, EF 70-200mm F/2.8 II @ 70mm

1/750s F/11 ISO 400 80% of original

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by John Tobias on September 1, 2017 at 9:37 AM

This is a very nice image. I like the environment you captured along with the mt. goat. Detail in the goat is very good! The only thing I could suggest is that if you could have caught the goat with his horns against a lighter area, as it is they sort of blend into the BG, but this is only minor thing. Would like to have taken this myself. Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Jerry Austin on September 1, 2017 at 10:06 AM

The background is what makes this shot. Well seen and well captured.

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Comment posted by Max Waugh on September 1, 2017 at 1:19 PM

Yeah, I can imagine that was a tough adjustment.

It's really nice to see a mountain goat that's not shedding (which is usually how I see them in spring). enlightened

To me it does look like the image lacks a little contrast... maybe the shadows have been brought up too much, the highlights dropped, or both. But I like the placement of the subject in the frame and the background has some great textures.

Max

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Comment posted by Nishand Venugopal on September 1, 2017 at 7:53 PM

Amazing background, Congrats

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Comment posted by Jim Gavin on September 2, 2017 at 2:49 PM

While I like the background, details and overall beauty of this photo, what I like best is that it shows the strength and majesty of these wonderful animals.

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Comment posted by Ed Williams on September 2, 2017 at 3:45 PM

Hisham I love the perspective of the goat in this shot as being on the edge of the world looking over it's domain. At first I thought it might look more balanced if there were a bit more foreground, but that would lose the edgy perspective that you have captured with this composition.

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Comment posted by David Bogener on September 2, 2017 at 5:21 PM

Worth it indeed. Love this habitat shot. Not certain if you could adjust exposure to make the goat a little brighter? You might also consider cropping out the road scar.

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Comment posted by Richard Sandor on September 2, 2017 at 7:33 PM

Hisham: this is a wonderful enviroscape. I really like seeing the musculature and solidity of the goat. Congrats! Richard

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Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on September 3, 2017 at 12:02 PM

Great animal scape and goat is precisely very well placed in the frame !

Jagdeep Rajput devil

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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on September 11, 2017 at 4:11 PM

Fine capture, Hisham! I agree timing for horns against lighter background would have been great, but might have been impossible in the real setting. Terrific location!

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