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Life at 12800 feet.

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Posted by Russ Shugart on June 6, 2011 at 11:09 PM
Life at 12800 feet.
I started looking through the shots from last week up on Mt Evans. As we crossed the last ridge and headed down to where we setup for sunset we saw 4 sheep hanging out right down near the last cliffs before you drop into the Chicago Lakes basin. We followed them for about a quarter mile hoping for a shot of them on a ridge with Mt Evans in the back ground. After a failed experiment at "herding cats" I realized that we weren't going to get that shot but I think I like this one better. Total luck on catching the little one just before it jumped.

Russ
www.AlpineGalleria.com
Posted by Richard Olsen on June 7, 2011 at 10:22 AM
Cool photo Russ. I like how you caught the young one mid jump.
I drove up there on Sun. and came back with only a couple of young marmot shots :confused:
Posted by Doug Koepsel on June 7, 2011 at 11:09 AM
Neat catch on the leap, and I like the crop to match to pair walking across the slope.
Posted by Koveh Tavakkol on June 7, 2011 at 11:30 AM
I really like your choice of crop here. It tells a very interesting story to me. The leader of the pack is up high and ahead, while turning back to wait for the rest of the group. A beautiful image in my opinion.
Posted by Todd Caudle on June 8, 2011 at 10:13 AM
Sheep?
Posted by Don Grall on June 8, 2011 at 9:32 PM
Love the pano treatment, my eye travels in a joyous romp from left to right. And I agree with Todd, sheep? Try Rock Mountain Goats.
Posted by Rod Chandler on June 9, 2011 at 2:58 PM
Good shot with a nice crop. Yep! Goats.
Posted by Morris McClung on June 9, 2011 at 8:13 PM
That is such a great shot!
Posted by Russ Shugart on June 9, 2011 at 10:48 PM
Sheep.. goats... Hey, this is the west.. we were men, and they were scared. I guess I made a baaaaad assumption! :^P

Russ
www.AlpineGalleria.com
Posted by Charles Caudle on June 9, 2011 at 11:24 PM
Haha. This shot turned out better than I thought it would. I remember you zooming in pretty far on your lcd screen to show me the baby jumping after you took it. Nice shot!
Posted by Dan Walters on June 14, 2011 at 10:47 PM
Awesome! Love the pano crop and one of them jumping! Plus it really shows their environment!