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Challenge: Color Portrait (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF 75-300mm f/4.0-5.6 II
Location: Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle, WA
Date: Sep 7, 2005
Aperture: f8
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/500
Galleries: Portraiture, Animals
Date Uploaded: Sep 7, 2005

-cropped
-curves
-cloned out a couple bright bammboo shoots to L of image
-smudged the cloned area to blend it in with background
-adjusted brightness and contrast slightly
-resized image
-USM
I like the facial expression of frusted inquisition. Also, the scars visible on the shoulder add to the image, giving more information about the gorilla. No I did not tap on the glass or make 'monkey'noises to get him to turn his head. There I just was lucky.

Statistics
Place: 154 out of 284
Avg (all users): 5.2535
Avg (commenters): 6.2500
Avg (participants): 5.1259
Avg (non-participants): 5.3691
Views since voting: 670
Views during voting: 411
Votes: 284
Comments: 14
Favorites: 0


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09/21/2005 01:46:30 PM
From the Critique Club:

Beautiful capture. The DOF is just right to keep the subject clear and the background nicely out of focus. The exposure seems just right also.

The composition is good: the eyes are at a third point, the curve of the body is beautiful, there is enough detail with the added leaves to make the picture interesting without cluttering it up, and the gorilla's expression is right for the picture. I wonder if cropping in a bit closer (a bit less at the top and left hand side) would work.

As far as your score, it's probably lower than the picture deserves by itself because for many a picture of an animal doesn't quite fit the "color portrait" category. But you knew that already.

Overall, congratulations on a beautiful picture, and a pretty good score considering that many probably gave you low marks for "not meeting the challenge" in their opinion.

Take care,

Ursula
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/16/2005 08:48:04 PM
i think a tighter crop would have been better. a lot of the left side doesn't really contribute much to the picture in my opinion and can be taken out of the picture
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09/16/2005 08:24:22 PM
Great picture, but I reserve top mark for those who managed to get people to pose for tehm
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09/14/2005 11:01:08 PM
great photo - just wondering if the lighting could have been adjusted a little so the colors would have been even deeper?
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09/14/2005 11:28:12 AM
I have 3 tens after a bit of rearranging. This is one of them. Hope you don't get too slammed for having an animal portrait, but there seem to be enough in the challenge that people will accept them. The focus is spot on and the gorillas expression is more emotive than many of the humans in the challenge. 10.
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09/13/2005 11:42:49 PM
A nice photo of a magnificent animal. Nice change from interpretive people portraits too.
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09/13/2005 10:34:33 PM
Great portrait! Love seeing something different.
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09/12/2005 08:58:48 PM
Wouldnt like to met this guy in a dark alley LOL. Great shot, good luck
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09/12/2005 07:30:04 PM
He's thoughtful!
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09/12/2005 02:21:44 PM
Although not human (like mine), it's almost human. You've caught this shot very well. The depth of field is spot on, giving enough detail in the subject, but throwing the background out of focus which makes the shot. Well done.
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09/12/2005 01:14:07 PM
Very good photo, but didn't feel it was in the spirit of the challenge. Felt like it would be unfare to others to give the score it probably deserved IMO.
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09/12/2005 01:50:57 AM
What a great portrait. Really wonderfull shot. Great Job.
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09/12/2005 01:42:54 AM
Excellent capture! IMO, it could use just an itty bitty boost of contrast.
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09/12/2005 12:33:20 AM
Good capture of an amazing creature. Good luck!
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