Still wanted to share: DSS 111 - Goat Scapes

red_zone

I had an idea for a clever play on words and then happened across a few playful goats in scenic Shennandoah Valley... but with only one evening to load these up and lots of unpacking to do, I wasn't able to get these in to the contest...

ScapeGoat 1:


ScapeGoats 2:


Still interested in feedback, even though this contest has come and gone!

DsrtVW

I like number 2, more depth of field

WhatSheSaw

#2 for me, too. I think the sky and the composition are stronger.

And the 2 goats have a more dynamic posture than the 1 in #1. What are they looking at? It reminds me of the old stereotype of women up on a chair to avoid mice on the floor. (A really stupid stereotype - as if mice could not climb chairs. ) So #2 gives me that WTH moment.

In #1, the goat has a more faraway look. I could see a Goats Who Look at Men photo as being a good take on that stare into the distance.

red_zone

DsrtVW wrote: »

I like number 2, more depth of field

Thanks, it was a small pen and lots of undesirable foreground lower down, so both are what I could get. I walked around and took a bunch of shots and when I was done I had a bunch like #1 and some more like #2, but with butts toward me.

WhatSheSaw wrote: »

#2 for me, too. I think the sky and the composition are stronger.

And the 2 goats have a more dynamic posture than the 1 in #1. What are they looking at? It reminds me of the old stereotype of women up on a chair to avoid mice on the floor. (A really stupid stereotype - as if mice could not climb chairs. ) So #2 gives me that WTH moment.

In #1, the goat has a more faraway look. I could see a Goats Who Look at Men photo as being a good take on that stare into the distance.

I think that the goats are watching ME, watching THEM! It's just that with eyes so far apart they hold their heads sort of sideways to what they're looking at. Better to see the predator creeping up on the other side, ya know.

sweetharmony

Love the energy of the second!