Sheep at Ease

Gallery: WildlifePosted October 2, 2011143 views8 comments

Big fellow making himself comfortable at dusk by laying on little patches of vegetation in the rubble. Behind him is a steep escarpment on which none of his predators can keep up. So he is fairly at ease !

Dall Sheep, Denali Natl Park

Nikon D5000, 16-85 @ 52mm, f6.3, 1/40s, ISO 1250, -1.3ev

Anand

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8 comments

Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on October 2, 2011 at 2:40 PM

A beautiful scene, typical of inner Denali. My guess is you were running out of light and wanted to get it all in as best you could. I think you wound up with an acceptable image with a few problems of color cast and subject position. Anything else you make of this needs to at least brighten it up and lose the blue color cast. If you have the canvas, cropping from the left and adding to the right would help, or even a square format based on the right, if this is close to full frame.

Registered on July 24, 2006, 2741 Posts, 12349 Comments

Comment posted by John Tobias on October 2, 2011 at 3:47 PM

Very nice image. I like it alot. IMHO it does need to be brightend some. Wish I could have gotten this good of a shot of Dalls. Thanks for posting.

Registered on September 12, 2009, 2120 Posts, 6455 Comments

Comment posted by Richard Teller on October 2, 2011 at 11:56 PM

Fine image. The only nit I have is it is a bit dark. When we were in Denali we did not get any where near this close to the Dall Sheep.

Registered on August 23, 2010, 1162 Posts, 6692 Comments

Comment posted by Vincent Grafhorst on October 3, 2011 at 12:30 AM

Wow, what a dramatic back drop Anand! Though the exposure on the sky is spot-on, the rest of the image can use some brightening up IMO, particularly the FG and the sheep.

Registered on February 24, 2006, 504 Posts, 7203 Comments

Comment posted by Morkel Erasmus on October 3, 2011 at 4:02 AM

Super animalscape here Anand!! If anything I do think it's a tad underexposed, some tweaks in levels/curves will make this shine...love the depth.

Registered on March 22, 2011, 385 Posts, 2068 Comments

Comment posted by Ashley Vincent on October 3, 2011 at 5:20 AM

I love the setting you're captured this one in Anand, really lends well to the sense of this being shot high up in the mountains somewhere.

Registered on March 1, 2011, 154 Posts, 2083 Comments

Comment posted by Anand Narayanan on October 3, 2011 at 3:44 PM

Thanks all for pointing out that its too dark ! Sometime, a little too often in my case

, i get carried away with memories of the sighting and miss what might be obvious to others :)
This was however shot at 10:30 pm, and the sheep is bedding down, hence felt it was appropriate to show the darkness at night fall. Reading your comments, it does seem like brightening up the sheep/foreground will make for a better presentation. Repost coming soon. Thanks again !
@ Phil, Its close to full frame. I agree that there is a bit of tension in the composition, but cropping out the mountain on the left robs the scene of an important element. Should have taken a few steps to the right. It was dark, and i didnt want to panic the sheep, so took a couple of shots and got out without reviewing on screen.

Registered on October 25, 2009, 110 Posts, 835 Comments

Comment posted by Jim Hackley on October 4, 2011 at 1:53 PM

Wonderful composition and setting to this and amazing that there is any light for 10:30 pm. Yes, it could be a little brighter but once I read it was at 10:30 pm I like the image as is, way to go.

Registered on September 17, 2009, 302 Posts, 5535 Comments