Tahr

: Tahr; This animal was photographed by Tim, my daughters partner, he tracked it for about 45 min and was able to get this image.; Created by: Lorraine.; Tools Used: Digital; Created on: November 2007; Image Views: 170; Average Views per Day: 0.7; Image Number: 44317

Comments:

Lorraine from New Zealand on Mar 29, 2008 at 10:20 PM said:

Thankyou so much Anne and Carol for looking in, he is a fantastic looking animal, I am yet to see one of these up close yet.

Shutterbug from USA on Mar 28, 2008 at 6:09 PM said:

Gorgeous photo of this animal!

Carol

Anne from USA on Mar 28, 2008 at 3:22 PM said:

What a stunningly beautiful Himalayan or Mountain Goat or Thar!! Wow!! And what a background for him!! He could have been posing, he is so perfect!! I also loved the yellow of the tip of the branch having yellow in it. Were those flowers or the leaves changing. A fantastic and beautiful picture. I loved it!!

lorraine from NZ on Dec 17, 2007 at 1:20 PM said:

Hi Tania, thanks for looking in, he is quite healthy, but I dont think Tim grooms them, Ness said they smell terrible, like an old billy goat.

TMR8 from Taranaki New Zealand on Dec 17, 2007 at 5:02 AM said:

Lorraine this is a fantastic capture. He looks so healthy and groomed lol. I would love to take photos like this also. A trip down south may have to be planned for later next year lol.

lorraine from NZ on Dec 17, 2007 at 3:30 AM said:

Thanks for looking in Gampr, I'd love to photograph animals like this also, but I just don't thik I could out run him if he decided to charge, I'll leave it to the experts.

Gampr from Missouri on Dec 17, 2007 at 1:48 AM said:

Beautiful Mountain Goat. Challenging to get a shot like this with a creature like that!

Really wonderful!

lorraine from NZ on Dec 13, 2007 at 4:54 PM said:

Thanks A.Lovely, I know that as soon as these animals see you the are off, but I wouldent like to corner one, My daughter tryed to save one lost from its mother, it was very small and he would charge her when she went to feed it, even though it was unwell.

A.Lovely from Maine USA on Dec 13, 2007 at 2:04 PM said:

Wow that is a very daring photograph. What great composition

for nearing such an animal.

lorraine from NZ on Dec 13, 2007 at 12:45 PM said:

Thankyou Whittler and Talsi for looking in and the kind comments, Tim said he managed th get quite close to this animal because it was blind in the one eye, even so still took quite a bit of time to get near him, he must have being determind to get this photo.A beautful looking animal Talsi, yes its a Tahr.

Talsi from WNC-USA on Dec 13, 2007 at 9:29 AM said:

Nice capture - I like the catchlight in his eye. Is this animal a Thar? I have never heard of one.

Whittler from Maine on Dec 12, 2007 at 6:40 PM said:

WOW!! A great shot,its hard to get close enough to a wild goat to get a decent shot.

lorraine from NZ on Dec 12, 2007 at 1:54 PM said:

Thankyou sparkle and Nikon-nut, I'll double check with Tim later, but my understanding is is a Himalayan Mountain Goat, these were introduced into New Zealand quite some years ago, but only in the South Island, they live in the mountain ranges, they are very nimble on the rocks and move at quite some speed, the reason Tim got so close to this guy is that he was blind in one eye, the eye you see, its being digitaly replaced by Tim from another tahr, I think he did a really good job.

Nikon-nut from Highlands Scotland on Dec 12, 2007 at 6:28 AM said:

An interesting beast.

I'm guessing a sheep.

sparkle1103 from Illinois on Dec 11, 2007 at 11:56 PM said:

Great shot. What is it though?

lorraine from NZ on Dec 11, 2007 at 6:12 PM said:

thankyou Jas, I'll pass your comments on to Tim, I'm sure he'll be pleased you like this.

Jas from Isle of Wight on Dec 11, 2007 at 5:08 PM said:

Great shot Tim! He looks quite majestic against the lush green background.

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