Isards

Posted by Condemna (Barcelona, Andorra) on 1 May 2008 in Animal & Insect.

Several chamois running away. These were part of a pack of 11 individuals.

Come and see. Please, feel free to make comments, nice or otherwise, everything is appreciated.

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Comments (5)

Rhys from Darlington, United Kingdom

thats brilliant the high-key of the sky/land is amazing. nice work.

1 May 2008 5:31am

@Rhys: This was done with spot metering on the chamois and forcing a shutter speed of 1/640 to compensate for the zoom (+/-300mm) and hoping for the best... let's praise the Nikon D70s!

Observing from Chester, United Kingdom

Simply superb, everything about the exposure is in place. The running chamois reminds me of those very first victorian drums whereby the viewer would see an image in a different position psuedo motion.

1 May 2008 7:46pm

@Observing: I did think of these devices too when I saw the result, and I cropped a little to reinforce the similarity. Thanks for the comment!

Cecilia from Boulder, United States

Great photo! I've never seen more than 2 chamois in the same place. I love the contrast of the color of the sky and the color of the rocks!

2 May 2008 3:01pm

@Cecilia: Thanks! I remember some 20 years ago seeing packs of 40 individuals or more in this same area. Unfortunatelly, chamois don't have now any significant natural predator (large eagles, wolves) and the populations grow out of control and are prone to epidemias that decimate them... Anyway, it's a nice spectacle when you see them.

Henry from Boston, United States

This is a unique shot because of its implied symmetry. It's kind of cool how the animals are almost equally spaced along the radius of the hill. They are like the index marks on a compass. One could almost expect all this to proceed into a complete circle. Interesting!

5 May 2008 12:19pm

@Henry: After watching the whole episode, I got the impression that these animals tend to keep an even distance between them when crossing a "dangerous" pass: in this case because they were passing between 2 groups of humans: us and another couple who completely missed the spectacle that was developing some 50 meters behind them... Lucky us.

taffer from Bellvitge, Spain

tens bon ull tiu, és un fet palés !

6 May 2008 8:50pm

@taffer: s'agraeix el comentari... però eren els isards els que anaven distribuits com calia...

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