Scape Goats

Gallery: WildlifePosted July 12, 2014344 views19 comments

This nanny and her kid were photographed at 14,000 ft near the summit of Mt Evans in Colorado overlooking a precipice. Witnessing the fearlessness, agility and spunk of the Mountain Goats, especially the kids, was a real education.

Comments

19 comments

Comment posted by Jerry Austin on July 12, 2014 at 12:28 AM

This is pretty awesome. Killer background. Well done.

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on July 12, 2014 at 5:01 AM

Marin,
This is wonderful, but as I suffer from vertigo, I will not look at it for very long

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Comment posted by William Bickle on July 12, 2014 at 8:38 AM

Hello Marina

Great postcard view!

WOW & Stunning come to mind when viewing this!:)

Cheers

Bill

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Comment posted by Max Waugh on July 12, 2014 at 11:30 AM

It's a busy background, but I love it. Lots of great tones and texture to it.

Max

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Comment posted by John Tobias on July 12, 2014 at 12:03 PM

You have managed to capture a scene that I in several trips over the years to the Mt. Evans area have not! And it is very well done. Good tones in the goats coat as well as good exposure in the BG. Brings back good memories. Thank you very much for sharing.

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Comment posted by Mike Ramy on July 12, 2014 at 12:03 PM

Marina,
You were well positioned for this capture, the lighting is sweet and the BG tremendous. Would love to see the techs on this image.

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Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on July 12, 2014 at 12:08 PM

Great positioning n terrific frame !
Jagdeep Rajput

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on July 12, 2014 at 4:35 PM

Beautiful view in the bg, Marina. I'm interested in your techs for this as it looks like you had an enormous dof. One very minor nit is the two tips of oof rock protruding into the bottom of the frame. With everything else so sharp they tend to draw my attention.

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Comment posted by Mario Moreno on July 12, 2014 at 5:21 PM

Nice image Marina ! very nice setting

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Comment posted by Brad Hill on July 12, 2014 at 6:08 PM

Hi Marina,

This is really nice - excellent 'scape (and, BTW, that's a GREAT title for this shot!). I have no real nits here at all - nicely, nicely done. Well, I lied, I do have ONE nit - wishing you could have shared your techs with us (many find them useful in writing critiques or, in a case like this, many might benefit from seeing how you pulled this off from a technical perspective).

Cheers...

Brad

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Comment posted by Thomas Haney on July 13, 2014 at 10:44 AM

What a classic shot Marina, interesting behavior, composition, background. Very well done.

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Comment posted by Marina Scarr on July 13, 2014 at 8:52 PM

So sorry I forgot to include the techs. Since I don't know how to edit my original post, here they are:

Canon 1D3, Canon 24-105 @ 105mm
F13, 1/800sec, ISO 400, manual mode
Handheld

Thank you for all the comments!

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Comment posted by Clinton Bauder on July 14, 2014 at 9:24 AM

Stunning!

My only nit (really minor) would be the OOF rocks in the foreground. Not sure if a crop would help or hurt though as I really like the position of the goats as presented.

Clinton

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Comment posted by Gary Gulash on July 14, 2014 at 2:46 PM

The light is a bit contrasty, but you managed to really make it work for you. Love it!!!

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on July 16, 2014 at 4:30 PM

Really exceptional - perfect comp, fine detail and a killer BG.
Congrats on the WP!
Sandy

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on July 16, 2014 at 6:23 PM

Congrats on the pick Marina, a super setting and comp for sure.

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on July 17, 2014 at 3:05 AM

Marina,
Congratulations on the weekly pick, an extremely worthy winner

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Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on July 17, 2014 at 5:54 PM

What a shot! Great subject, pov, bg-- everything. Good choice for the the Pick. Congratulations!

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Comment posted by Joseph Campisi on July 23, 2014 at 10:55 PM

Excellent Marina! I've yet to get my first goat shot, and when I do, I only hope it's half as good as this!

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