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Mountain Goat with REPOST

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Posted by Randy Hanna on September 8, 2006 at 4:10 PM
Mountain Goat with REPOST
Taken at 14,212 feet (GPS) on the north slope of Mt Evans Colorado early am. You can drive up to the summit @14,130 but then you have to bust out upward if you want good goats. We are talking some very thin air and I could sure feel it. I took only one camera and lens, plus gitzo pod and just enough clothing to keep the chill off. I turned back shortly after taken this pic (I am out more out of shape than I thought :-) ).

Processing in LAB(but not much), Adamus- WEB trick for sharpening.

Nikon 200-400 VR @ 210mm
Nikon D2X
1/320 sec F8.5
No Polarization
Posted by Eric Hahl on September 8, 2006 at 4:41 PM
Cool shot Randy! I like the way he is looking down, out of the frame in the same direction as the slope. Makes it feel really steep.
Posted by Ryan DesJardins on September 8, 2006 at 4:46 PM
A nice pose. I might crop a bit more of the empty blue sky out at the top, but other than that I I like it.
Posted by Marc Adamus on September 8, 2006 at 8:58 PM
The empty blues will work nicely for stock. I can see text added pretty easily. For artistic reasons I'd prefer a crop. A nice capture either way.
Posted by Rick Lundh on September 9, 2006 at 12:32 AM
I second Marc's comments...
Posted by Randy Hanna on September 9, 2006 at 11:05 AM
Is this better?
Posted by Janet Bentley on September 12, 2006 at 12:35 AM
Randy - either way this is just a fantastic shot! Having more blue at the top kind of gives the impression that this guy is on top of the world. The crop kinda brings him back down.