Glacier Goats - mountain goats by artist Tucker Smith

Glacier Goats by wildlife artist Tucker Smith.

Normally when you see mountain goats, you are looking up because they like peaks and cliffs. This images displays a different vantage point. When you look up at the sky, especially at this altitude, the sky is a very deep, dark blue. The closer to the zenith, the darker it looks.

 

The lighting is a kind of back lighting so the clouds become luminous. The sun is coming through the clouds against a dark sky and the peaks in the shadows make it much more radiant.

Print released 1991.