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Road to the goats WC582
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Road to the goats WC582

by John Tobias

Gallery: Weekly ChallengePosted May 4, 2013105 views3 comments
The road to the summit of Mt. Evans is interesting and to those not use to mountain travel, challenging.

Canon TXi
1/400 @ F-8 ISO 200
Tamron 28-300 @ 30mm

Comments

3 comments
Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on May 4, 2013 at 7:26 PM
The foreground rocks and goat are soft. Higher ISO/smaller opening might have kept the foreground sharp.
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Comment posted by Jim Lockhart on May 4, 2013 at 8:03 PM
At first I thought it would be nice if you caught the goat looking out, but I like this pose because he seems to be saying, "Welcome to my world". Really nice vista; I probably would have moved the goat a little more off center.
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Comment posted by Carolyn Derstine on May 7, 2013 at 4:44 PM
Nice arrangement of the different elements in this image--light strip of sky, bluish mountains, mid-area with the curvy road, foreground rocks and goat--all fits together well IMO. I also think it works well to have the goat centered, he's placed midway between the large rock on the right and the winding road on the left. The look he's giving you seems to say "This is my territory. . .what are you doing here?" :smile: The foreground is a bit soft as others have mentioned.
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