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Challenge: If I Were an Animal (Extended Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-1D X
Lens: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
Date: Jan 19, 2017
Date Uploaded: Jan 19, 2017

[Jan. 26th, 2017 04:20:16 AM]

It is very cold today. Everything is white around me. At first, I thought I was completely alone. But after a few seconds, I started to spot companions: a squirrel running on a tree, a bird desperately scratching the floor for food, a fox crossing a path in the distance. In some way, I feel like those critters and I are closer than usual to each other, due to the coldness: the air is biting our skins, there is a sense of emergency, we have to fight a common enemy. Of course, there is a great difference between them and me: I have access to clothes, to a warm house, to unlimited food. I see them, and I feel like I am cheating, like I am living in a way I was not designed for.

What would happen if other animals had access to technology too? Would they feel better? Would they enjoy their life better? When you bring comfort, what do you remove? I started thinking about this, and imagined how would a spider look, if it was slowly becoming a human, metaphorically speaking. Why hunt if food is easy to obtain? From there, why produce a web at all? Is a spider without its web still a spider? Would it become a new species, behaving completely differently than its ancestors? Is losing wilderness a bad thing at all? Should I care? So many questions. Time for a hot coffee.

Thanks a lot for your warm feedback. I do appreciate it immensely.

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Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8 L USM II
 02/01/2017 04:05:22 PM
Stunning work like always! Congrats!
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Canon PowerShot A4000is
 02/01/2017 11:20:45 AM
excellent post processing - can we get a how to ?
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Nikon D7100
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 01/29/2017 06:27:24 PM
Lovely work, Christophe, and I really had to look to see that this time you're morphing into a spider...like others I thought 'alien' off the bat. Still a very poignant shot, and of course congrats on the blue :-)
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Olympus OM-D E-M5
Olympus 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 M.Zuiko Digital
01/29/2017 04:46:16 PM
???

Message edited by author 2017-02-01 08:17:36.
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Canon EOS-6D
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS II USM Lens
 01/28/2017 09:51:46 PM
Congrats to blue ribbon. Very intelligent presentation.
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Sony DSC-RX100 VII
 01/28/2017 11:43:35 AM
Thanks, Christophe, for another amazing creation. You are the reason I still login from time to time :)
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Sony Alpha a7 IV
Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM
 01/27/2017 05:16:51 PM
I think this is one of your best overall images, funny and scary at the same time. You even made spiders less scary than usual for me :D
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Nikon D7000
Nikon AF-S DX 18-105 f/3.5-5.6 ED VR
 01/27/2017 05:09:59 PM
Congrats on the blue, Cristophe. Your imagination is amazing, so too your skill at bringing it to life.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 01/27/2017 12:56:13 PM
It certainly would open completely new markets - canned cockroaches and stuff!
Very creative composition!
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Nikon Z7II
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 01/27/2017 08:18:41 AM
Congrats Christophe, your mind is very scare, lol!
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Nikon D800
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 01/27/2017 01:26:22 AM
Congratulations Christophe, and now I know what he is contemplating. Thanks for the wonderful image and the story as well :)
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Nikon D800
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 01/27/2017 12:33:18 AM
congrats Christophe! well done!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Olympus OM-D E-M5
Olympus 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 M.Zuiko Digital
01/26/2017 06:26:37 PM
This has nothing to do with anything as far as this challenge goes. vote 0
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Canon EOS-80D
 01/26/2017 09:43:09 AM
Dare I guess who this is. There is only one who does this type of work. Nice job. :}
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Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 01/26/2017 02:51:17 AM
What a story this tells - excellent, as always.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L Macro IS USM
 01/21/2017 01:23:29 PM
Superb creation. My only quibble with this photo is that it does not look like an "animal" - at least any animal I've ever known about. It seems to be more alien than animal. The creativity and execution are marvelous, though.
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Nikon D800
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 01/20/2017 06:33:50 PM
This is one amazing spiderman, I wonder why he is so deep in thought. Amazing work as always, your imagination is boundless.
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Canon EOS-6D
Canon EF 200mm f/2.8 L II USM Lens
 01/20/2017 12:37:47 PM
animal=alien? or maybe you're the cricket/cockroach.
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Nikon D7100
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 01/20/2017 08:06:58 AM
What a wonderfully freaky animal. Great work as always Christophe!
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Sony DSLR-A550
Sony DT 18-70mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical ED
 01/20/2017 01:29:43 AM
I don't know where you got the Idea from but its a real Beaut one
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