Feral Goats Enjoy the View Photo

Photographer’s Note

These feral goats live at the incredibly beautiful Deer Park Heights overlooking Lake Wakatipu and Queenstown, New Zealand. This was a site for several Lord of the Rings film locations.

Most of these goats originated in the Skippers Canyon area that were brought to the region by gold miners as a source of milk and meat.

These gregarious animals were quick to leave their perches, soon after taking this photo, to come down to visit and beg for pellets!

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andchew (476) 2005-04-18 13:23

Hi Jen, This is a very nice shot. The goats makes the scenery more interesting and lively.
Great shot and nicely positioned. Congratulation and well done ! Regards, Andrew

kabe (1998) 2005-04-18 13:23

Hi,
Great shot. I like the colors. Good light and sharpness. I like the composition and point of view. Great sky. Good job!
Regards, Krzysztof.

goldfish (71) 2005-04-18 13:48

nice shot. i love the goats and surrounding.thanx for sharing
justin

davido (1982) 2005-04-18 14:22

beautiful shot! i love the perspective of the background!
regards, David

Nottinghill (1215) 2005-04-18 14:39

I like colors and composition showing the perspective. But the foreground is either slightly oversharpened or to much blicks are left in spite of the polarising filter. I used to overdose USM during my novice time with PS and I know it needs some experience and time to masterize it.

Nina (4603) 2005-08-02 18:46

Lovely capture Jennifer. The scenery in NZ is so photogenic and you were lucky to spot this lot perched in just the right places. Excellent!

Photo Information

Copyright: Jen Smith (JennHen) (484)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-04-00
Categories: Nature
Camera: Canon EOS350D/Digital Rebel XT, Canon EFS 18-55mm, Cokin Circular Polarizer
Exposure: f/11, 1/250 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Middle Earth, New Zealand [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2005-04-18 13:16