Nice hippo shot! One of the better ones I've seen...probably because it's at a different angle. You might try cropping the top of this out just above (his) left ear because your eye tends to go to the brightest part of the photo.
This is an awesome study of a hippo's mug. I never thought about them having hair on their nose. They are dangerous in the wild. I read somewhere that they kill more people than cocks and lions combined in Africa. This one seems quite docile in this shot.
OMG OMG ... this is the most awesome close-up imaginable ... i just love it .... i feel like i could reach and pat him/her .. altho having said that i believe that these critters are pretty dangerous ... it is a hippo isnt it ?? ... it would go well with the close-up of the cow on my profile page called 'in your face' ... they are both pretty ugly and both need a shave .... also a tissue wouldnt go astray either .. mine needs the tissue to clean up the snot around her nose .. yours ... hmmmm .... a tissue just wouldnt do it would it ?? ... ..:)
I didnt get to vote on this challenge (I so wish I could have). I would have scored this a 6-7. Very cool shot - I wish I had hippos at our zoo. Great focus and detail on him overall and cool colors. I think my only issue is the cropping out of the eye onthe left. I think I would have liked to have seen all of it in the shot which may have given you more of his cool snout as well. Overall - good stats (a 6 would have been better and more appropriate IMO) and only having 5 votes 3 and under is great. Nice work here.
Technical: nice lighting, coloring and composition...great title too!
Creativity: dude, how did you get that close...super lense or just gutsy???
Score: 10
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