If I could only fly

Gallery: WildlifePosted February 23, 2014240 views8 comments

I seldom or almost never post in this gallery since I am landscape photographer but every know and then I am lucky enough to see some wildlife to photograph. I am by no means a wildlife photographer.....I saw this ibex at Creux Du Van in the Jura mountains of switzerland while photographing the landcape all day long with a fellow swiss photographer.

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Comment posted by Mario Moreno on February 23, 2014 at 9:14 PM

I like the sense of space created by going wide in this composition . . . Nice work Bill !

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Comment posted by Luke Ormand on February 23, 2014 at 10:05 PM

Very graphically pleasing. The stark white, the cool blue and then the brown create a masterful iamge

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Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on February 24, 2014 at 12:00 PM

Very cool image, but I wish the placement of Ibex was better in the frame.
But on the other hand, this can make a great layout !
Jagdeep Rajput

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on February 24, 2014 at 5:18 PM

I am back and forth about the amount of negative space in this. I really like ti for some reasons and then am wondering how much it might be improved with using a tad less space? Did you attempt a crop to compare? If so, what were your thoughts on the difference? One thing I do love about the amount of open space...perfect for an add or text in a magazine.

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Comment posted by Rick Cloran on February 24, 2014 at 7:14 PM

Nice light and the larger version shows the nice texture in the snow and detail in the Ibex. I'm with Kurt in wondering if it might not be stronger still with a slight crop on the sky to emphasize him even more.

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Comment posted by R.Bill Moser on February 24, 2014 at 8:34 PM

Thanks for your feedbacks. I really do appreciate your comments and thoughts. Well, I actually wanted to do another version with less negative space and was about to change lenses when the ibex disappeared into the fog......actually I would have had plenty of time to do a close view of the ibex. This ibex stood there for quiet some time. This was taken with my 70-200/f2.8 lens and that is the closest I got. I even have some other comps but some of them show even more landscape. In this one I really wanted to show a sense of space and the ibex in his environment.

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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on February 24, 2014 at 8:41 PM

Neat. I would agree with Curt. As a crop, with less on top it would elevate the ibex, suggesting a stronger mood perhaps. Still, this is perfect, as noted, for use in a text layout.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on February 25, 2014 at 12:21 AM

Beautiful, Roland. I'd be interested in seeing one of your frames with more landscape that puts the Ibex higher in the frame to give even more sense of elevation, but this is still wonderful.

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