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Mountain Goat

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Posted by Dave Courtenay on June 8, 2009 at 1:41 PM
Mountain Goat
Teamed up with Phil Shaw last week and spent the week in the mountains in Colorado,We shot at 14000 feet and had every type of weather from sun to heavy snow,fog,gale force winds and incredible wind chill,The first day i had a bit of altitude sickness but soon aclimitised,The animals played hard to get but at the end of the week we had some great encounters,Here is an image i tried to upload whilst waiting for tornados to pass in the airport yesterday but the pc died

Nikon D300 600F4+1.4X Manual metered off snow +2
Posted by Justin on June 8, 2009 at 1:44 PM
Hi Dave,

A cracking result and well worth the very hard work and strenuous effort involved in getting the image.
Love the viewpoint and the outstretched front leg puts the image up another level.
I enjoyed reading about your encounters a few day ago on your blog.
:wavey: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Drew Mellowship on June 8, 2009 at 1:56 PM
Well handled exposure !

What's the latin name for the mountain goat, this one must be Evilus Devilus?

Top quality, well executed image.

Drew :smile:
Posted by Chris Johnstone on June 8, 2009 at 2:10 PM
Wow Drew,

That's one wonderful image there. The way the wind is blowing across is really evident by the coat, the snow and even the gait (as I imagine it). I would feel very rewarded for my efforts if I came away with this.

Congrats.

Chris
Posted by F.DESMETTE on June 8, 2009 at 2:24 PM
Cracker!
Frederic
Posted by Craig Jones on June 8, 2009 at 2:52 PM
Very nice image, love the portrait format, great adventure for you Dave, well worth the effort if your photos are as nice as this :wink: :wink: :wavey:
Posted by Scott Tilley on June 8, 2009 at 3:12 PM
Wonderful image Dave, your hard work really paid off :toast:

Scott
Posted by Guy Rogers on June 8, 2009 at 3:27 PM
Hello Dave.

Cracking image and love the portrait format for this one works really well.

I think I would just clone out the bright spot above the top left rock. I think it needs to be there.

:wavey: :wavey: :wavey:
Posted by Tim Munsey on June 8, 2009 at 3:55 PM
Sounds fun, definitely worth the effort, bet you'd do it again.

Tim
Posted by Dawn Monrose on June 8, 2009 at 4:17 PM
Excellent, great viewpoint, detail and head on approach. Well worth the effort!
Posted by David Kjaer on June 8, 2009 at 4:25 PM
Hi Dave

Love the viewpoint & exposure spot on!

David :toast: :toast:
Posted by Maggie Campbell on June 8, 2009 at 4:51 PM
A cracking shot even down to the bits of snow kicked up by its hooves. Well done. :wavey:
Posted by Vincent Jones on June 8, 2009 at 4:56 PM
Hi Dave :wavey:

I echo the above comments. Amazing shot & very well controlled. :toast:

Slight nic is the white blob above the rock, a bit distracting yet very minor.

Vince :toast:
Posted by Major Gilbert on June 8, 2009 at 5:30 PM
Thats some goat Dave and well worth the effort. :toast:

Major.
Posted by Simon Litten on June 8, 2009 at 5:38 PM
What a cool shot! I like the way you can't see any footprints in the snow - it makes him more 'sneaky' to me!

SImon
Posted by Sandra Hendrikse on June 9, 2009 at 1:56 AM
Wonderful image. :smile:
Posted by Colin Preston on June 9, 2009 at 2:06 AM
A superb shot Dave exposure spot on.
Posted by Barrie Courtenay on June 9, 2009 at 1:41 PM
Beauty Dave and welcome back....should have stayed in Switzerland :biggrin:

:toast: :toast: :toast: