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Four Feet off

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Posted by Dave Courtenay on May 6, 2006 at 12:48 PM
Four Feet off
Last week i was photographing the ibex in the Jura as per usual,I decided to give them a rest as they went over a small hill and have a sit down and see if the marmot and a stoat i have seen there would come out,I had my camera set up in manual incase anything showed,after about 10mins i heard an ibex alarm call behind me and in a flash the small herd charged past,I grabbed the camera and swung it over my shoulder as one of the males shot past me,i grabbed a couple of frames before they were gone,I dont know what spooked them,The shot was badly composed and the ibex was high in the frame so i have increased the canvas and cloned abit above the animal and cropped abit off the bottom
Canon 1d2 500mm 1/320@F8
Posted by David Kjaer on May 6, 2006 at 3:06 PM
Hi Dave

Really well captured - with all these images from the high tops I expect your almost as fit as him :wink:

David :toast:
Posted by John Chapman on May 7, 2006 at 1:59 PM
Hi Dave
a nice action shot.
John
Aberdeen :toast:
Posted by Jeremy on May 7, 2006 at 3:48 PM
A lovely sense of movement here. Only thing I could ask for, is a touch more room on the left for him to run in to. Great shot, though!
Posted by PhilH on May 8, 2006 at 4:16 AM
Great action here, I too wish for a bit more room to the left for the Ibex to move into.....

Are you suffering from whiplash swinging the 500 around?

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Posted by Barrie Courtenay on May 8, 2006 at 6:58 AM
Hi Dave,this is excellent,good photoshop also,cant see the join

Baz