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Mooch
Mooch
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Challenge: Hidden Gem -- 1,000th Challenge! (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Panasonic DMC-FZ50
Location: Port Charlotte Harbor,FL
Date: Jun 10, 2008
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Mar 8, 2009

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Statistics
Place: 187 out of 1129
Avg (all users): 6.1538
Avg (commenters): 6.4571
Avg (participants): 6.1332
Avg (non-participants): 6.2658
Views since voting: 1146
Views during voting: 706
Votes: 507
Comments: 79
Favorites: 2 (view)


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11/16/2018 05:54:49 PM
Wonderful! Great capture.
03/31/2009 01:18:20 AM
Originally posted by gaurawa:

Nice capture. I would crop out the top part and just bring all focus to the fish


fish... hehe :(
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03/26/2009 08:11:30 PM
brilliant shot .. :)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/17/2009 11:38:10 AM
Good action and color. Nice shot.
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03/17/2009 10:34:08 AM
Aw, what a cutie! Great shot, I can't believe you got it jumping out just perfect like that.
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03/17/2009 09:44:31 AM
Great dolphin action shot.
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03/17/2009 08:44:09 AM
A fantastic capture.
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03/17/2009 01:42:26 AM
What an experience that must have been to be able to see this dolphin up close. Nice shot.
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03/16/2009 11:58:14 PM
Nice capture. I would crop out the top part and just bring all focus to the fish
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03/16/2009 11:12:32 PM
I can swim faster than you can... Great sense of texture on the dolphin's forehead and snout. Nice angle too.
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03/16/2009 11:04:32 PM
He's adorable. And he smiles! :)

Not voting yet.
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03/16/2009 08:45:35 PM
They always look as if they are smiling... The emerald green water really catches my eye.
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03/16/2009 06:05:54 PM
Wow - I'm amazed you were able to get a shot like this! Great shot!
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03/16/2009 03:55:36 PM
Nice, it's so cool when they follow boats like that
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03/16/2009 11:26:16 AM
Voted earlier coming back to leave a comment. Hey, I've read about this dolphin who visits boaters down in the Florida Keys! So this is a capture of this friendly creature - must have be quite a cool experience!!! Great shot of him leaping up out of the water! As much as I take enjoyment in looking at the photo I do have a critique (I know, I know picky picky right;-) ) I think the focus should and can stay on Mooch (or Moochie as he is sometimes called) by cropping off the top third of the photo. The wide expanse of ocean, boat wake, and land in the distance does nothing to compliment the scene. Mooch is the star of this photo, bring us closer to him so that we can get an up close and personal view of his beauty.
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03/16/2009 05:39:31 AM
WOW, this is just fantastic, I've not seen anything like this before ... I really shouldn't criticize but I would be tempted to just crop the top off as I'm not keen on the oof green which is the only thing stopping me giving you a 10 so 9 it is :)
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03/15/2009 11:09:18 PM
Good catch! Nice and clear.
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03/15/2009 05:06:25 PM
ha! how cool
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03/15/2009 03:33:47 PM
Great moment captured, very well composed.
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03/15/2009 12:34:56 PM
Good capture, decent composition, but something about the colors throws me off...
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03/15/2009 11:45:24 AM
WOW - Like he's chasing the boat. Oh, I guess he was. LOL
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03/15/2009 10:25:13 AM
great catch, maybe a little closer crop to bring the dolphin more into the viewers eye? jmo
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03/15/2009 10:20:54 AM
How cool!!!! Very good clarity, this must have been fun to see.
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03/15/2009 09:39:41 AM
Very sharp. Nice shot.
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03/15/2009 08:49:45 AM
Beautiful friendly looking dolphin.
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03/15/2009 05:37:37 AM
wow nice but the composition is a bit different from my taste , I'd put it on the opposite corner (probably :))


cheers, brano
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03/15/2009 05:31:11 AM
Nice capture
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03/15/2009 05:28:19 AM
Incredible! What a capture. Nice job, well done indeed.
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03/15/2009 04:07:10 AM
Great shot.
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03/14/2009 09:05:38 PM
great catch
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03/14/2009 08:45:35 PM
Good but I wish it was all water without that area of sky ang land up top!
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03/14/2009 05:36:27 PM
Very nicely captured.
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03/14/2009 03:42:57 PM
Nice shot. Image would be stronger with the horizon cropped off.
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03/14/2009 01:12:57 PM
Beautiful
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03/14/2009 12:51:59 PM
cool shot!! cropping off the top would be better IMO, 6
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03/14/2009 10:48:07 AM
Great capture but needs a crop for impact. Try cutting off the top 20%. A 6 could have been a 7.
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03/14/2009 06:53:14 AM
Great capture, the focus is exactly where it needs to be.
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03/14/2009 12:38:44 AM
Nice capture!
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03/14/2009 12:34:34 AM
7 for an amazing capture.
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03/13/2009 10:51:19 PM
Nice of him to jump up and smile for you, wasn't it :) I love dolphins, and I think this photo is quite special.
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03/13/2009 07:36:35 PM
Cute :) I know its probably impossible to get them more in focus but it would have been great if you could have. With everything kind of blurred it ends up looking a little snapshot-ish. Also - maybe crop to have the dolphin more in the upper third of the frame as opposed to the middle?
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03/13/2009 06:17:01 PM
Cool action shot. Great timing.
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03/13/2009 03:49:45 PM
excellent timing for this capture. must have been hard on a fast moving boat! tones and focus excellent! 8
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03/13/2009 02:37:39 PM
Must have been thrilling shooting this...
I might have cropped it below the treeline for a more intimate shot.
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03/13/2009 02:10:22 PM
Awesome capture! Would love to see something like that in person.
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03/13/2009 02:09:00 PM
Right place, right time. Great capture.
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03/13/2009 12:45:08 PM
WOW!! Lucky you! My only complaint is the background.. I would have cropped this about a 1/3 of the way down.
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03/13/2009 03:20:14 AM
Awesome action/nature shot. Well done on getting the dolfin so sharp.
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03/13/2009 03:07:20 AM
i just love dolphins fantastic get
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03/13/2009 12:05:52 AM
I don't ever remember seeing any dolphin photos on DPC like this, ever, until this challenge. Yours is the second. I recall the other one being slightly better, only because it was a more exotic dolphin. Great timing and capture though.
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03/12/2009 08:07:47 PM
great job on stopping the motion and focus, well done
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03/12/2009 06:37:55 PM
was this taken in the sarasota, fl area? i have a close friend who recently met a dolphin named mooch on a boat off the coast of fl! anyway, great photo and perfect timing with his jump!
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03/12/2009 05:19:57 PM
Dolphin!!!! Instant fave. Great detail and clarity on the fella, the water in the wake is also really great. What a fun shot. I'd have cropped out the land at the top. I don't think it adds anything and keeps drawing my eye away from all the fun.
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03/12/2009 04:36:05 PM
Great capture!
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03/12/2009 03:53:26 PM
I have dreamed of at shot like this
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03/12/2009 02:15:16 PM
...but at least he is smiling about it!
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03/12/2009 11:30:11 AM
Wow, that's pretty cool! Not something you see every day. Do I spy the fin of a second dolphin back there? My only complaint is that I wish you had given us a 720px version to look at.
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03/12/2009 01:57:53 AM
Cool shot.
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03/12/2009 01:54:38 AM
Perfect timing!
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03/12/2009 12:41:30 AM
i think this would work better if the shoreline on top of the shot was cropped off.
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03/11/2009 11:50:09 PM
aren't they beautiful creatures? Excellent action capture and nicely composed too
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03/11/2009 07:56:33 PM
Cool. He must have been playing with the boat.
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03/11/2009 07:47:21 PM
Welcome aboard, Flipper!
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03/11/2009 06:59:24 PM
Flipper!!! great colors, fun creatures aren't they
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03/11/2009 05:08:17 PM
AWESOME!
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03/11/2009 04:27:02 PM
wow! 10
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03/11/2009 02:30:48 PM
I find the horizon a distraction, a crop to about 1/2-way between horizon and the top-left-most part of the wave keeps my eye from wandering too far from your way-cool subject. When all is said and done I say "Nicely done!"

Good luck in the challenge! :)
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03/11/2009 01:46:01 PM
Great stop motion! I don't care for the blur, or gunk on the left side of the image...
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03/11/2009 01:34:53 PM
What an amazing achievement to capture this in the wild. Brilliant well done. Good luck for the rest of the challenge.
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03/11/2009 01:31:18 PM
WOW, what a timing! Perfectly executed.
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03/11/2009 01:15:20 PM
Great catch! :D Personally I think I would have cropped the top w/ the land part off.
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03/11/2009 12:57:16 PM
cool
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03/11/2009 11:48:01 AM
Wow!! Good one!
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03/11/2009 08:53:39 AM
Awww this if very nice!
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03/11/2009 08:30:45 AM
great capture, nice action shot.
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03/11/2009 07:43:56 AM
What an awesome capture!
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03/11/2009 06:56:03 AM
Wow! That almost looks fake because it's hard to believe that would really happen. Amazing moment captured!
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03/11/2009 06:01:04 AM
wow, talk about being at the right place at the right time, great capture, just like he wanted to have his picture taken
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03/11/2009 01:11:23 AM
Love a dolphin, nice capture..... 6
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