Motif: topography: mountain goat contemplating a climb

Posted by Kelly on Wed Nov 19, 2003 10:01 pm

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I found this mountain goat a bit north of the Columbia Icefield in Jasper National Park. Shortly after I shot this, it began climbing the cliff, far more nimbly than I could ever imagine doing myself.

Canon Elan 7, 100-400 IS, Provia, handheld.

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by Dick Ginkowski on Wed Nov 19, 2003 10:10 pm

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A nice capture of a difficult shooting situation.

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by Bill Whala on Wed Nov 19, 2003 10:26 pm

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Kelly,

You nailed the exposure on the goat. I like how you included some of the impending climb terrain.

Excellent!!

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by Dennis Olivero on Wed Nov 19, 2003 10:49 pm

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Mt goats are so cool. Great going Kelly.

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by Safariguy on Thu Nov 20, 2003 12:13 am

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Well done in tricky light...

I knew that I should have gone home that way, darn.

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by Carol Clarke on Thu Nov 20, 2003 4:16 am

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This is a good shot showing the daunting environment these goats live in, capturing the snow, the rocks and the steep climbs - and the weary looking animal!

Nice one!

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by NDCheryl on Thu Nov 20, 2003 9:39 am

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Well done Kelly. He looks like he is taking one last rerst before one big climb!

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by Tim Grams on Thu Nov 20, 2003 9:54 am

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Good exposure! Its certainly got a beautiful coat.

This must be next to the road. The very bottom of the frame has an unnatural level surface.

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by E.J. Peiker on Thu Nov 20, 2003 9:57 am

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Great shot, wish for just a slither more at the bottom so that the virtual leg doesn't appear to be cut-off below the snow.

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by Kelly on Thu Nov 20, 2003 8:04 pm

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Yes, this goat came down to the road to lick up a bunch of salt, and I waited and waited for it to go up so I could get some more interesting photos without the road for a background. Finally it did, right after I took this one. I cloned in some extra snow at the bottom to try to get rid of that "along the road look," but don't know if this appears real or not. There was no cloning or genetic manipulation of any kind on the goat though.