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Comment by Alicia:
What a catch. It makes me wonder what happened right after this shot was taken... I hope the cat survived. :o)

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Comment by shalrath:
Hehehe, like it. DOF is great too!

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Comment by Melethia:
LOL!! What a cute capture! Did the mouse survive the encounter?

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Comment by h2:
excellent shot that would have done very well in the Free Study. doesn't relly meet this challenge though (OK, two grey animals, but I don't feel this is what has been called for)

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Comment by LadyK:
lol this is funny

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Comment by fantomfoto:
I'm not sure how this meets the challenge - but I really like it - good job!

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Comment by Sugarpie:
spectacular!!!
the cat is probably thinking

"oh no not this rodent again"
and the rodent is thinking
"fear my wrath!"

Sorry I had to :) 9

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Comment by heavyj:

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Comment by Mark-A:
jtf6agent just a quick follow up on my vote stage comment.

I still think this is a wonderful shot even though I put the comment in about the knuckles I certainly did not vote you low because of it (I gave you a 7 for what it's worth).

Something I have just noticed is that there is only 2 tenths seperating 16th place and 27th place and you seem to have been hit hardest by voters without cameras (far, far harder than anyone 10 places in front of you, not sure why this would be though) :(

Good luck for future entries (I hope to see your work again soon).

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Comment by violinist123:
In my opinion it's a better photograph than 4 or 5 that placed higher, and a toss up with the rest. Close enough where personal fickleness would have a lot of weight in the final placement.

You are right about the voting to some degree. The same shots continue to place high and will continue to do so until the end of time. Recent ribbon winning shots that are just re-hashed ribbon winning shots ("oh my goodness, I can't believe this did so well") are the way things go here. Not sure about the seeming inevitably of recognizable faces placing high. Could be what you infer, but they aren't bad shots either generally.

Anyway, I like your shot quite a bit. If details like the darkness of knuckle creases were really determining factors in the minds of most voters, the top 10 would be a very different place. (It's a good comment, but if ribboning is your concern I wouldn't put a lot of weight in thinking like that. Look at all the robot-eyed, neat image abused 'model' shots that people gush over).

Message edited by author 2008-08-18 19:49:13.