Following up on my last post here are some additional mountain goats from last summer.* These guys have a wonderful sense of character that I try to capture with tight head shots. I love the raking sidelight on this animal, combined with the catchlight and interesting background. Be sure to click on the image for a larger version.
The trap when shooting goats is that they are completely unfraid of people — I often wind up making the shots a little tighter than I planned. In this case, however, the tight crop emphasizes the strongly geometrical aspect of the goat’s face and horns.
For the upcoming season at Mount Evans, I hope to make more “environmental portraits” like this one. Hopefully, the opening of the mountain won’t be delayed by all of the snow we’ve had this year.
At the same time, I like to look for a slightly different angle. There are only so many ways to shoot a goat; I kind of like this angle.
*Happily, these are from last August. Nowhere near a year behind, Jay.
