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A Rare Sighting of the Mysterious 20 Foot Long Tiger
A Rare Sighting of the Mysterious 20 Foot Long Tiger
timfythetoo


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Magic & Mystery (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Sigma 18-125mm f/3.5-5.6 DC for Canon
Location: Columbus
Date: Aug 16, 2006
Aperture: 5.8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/80
Galleries: Humorous, Animals
Date Uploaded: Aug 16, 2006

 The zoo seems to be pretty good to me lately. I hang out at the tiger den quite often. This day they were hanging out in their cave. I dont have a really lon glens so my shots of them here are usually pretty poor. A family was standing right where I wanted to be for a clean shot. As I was walking back and forth to the two locations I wanted to shoot from to get around the tree I realized that the tree might be in a perfect place. I had no ideas for this challenge and wasnt planning on shooting for it but this idea came immediatley to mind. The tree was in a perfect place and the cats were lying just right to get this shot to look like one looooonnnnggggg tiger. Its not a perfect shot but I think its pretty funny.

Post process - levels, desat/saturation adjustments, cloning on tree to hide some of the overexposed glare, USM, crop, border, resize for web.

Statistics
Place: 21 out of 127
Avg (all users): 6.2347
Avg (commenters): 7.3125
Avg (participants): 6.3860
Avg (non-participants): 6.1795
Views since voting: 1450
Views during voting: 383
Votes: 213
Comments: 45
Favorites: 0

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 09/04/2006 05:41:28 PM
You are definitely on a roll...another clever photo. I'm not sure how you managed to get such clarity with the tigers and the tree trunk (given the dark lair and lighter tree) using f/5.8 (I would have thought DoF would blur the tree) but you have clearly accomplished a super photo under difficult lighting conditions.
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 09/01/2006 10:40:31 PM
Very cool! I didn't see this one (well, that's because I didn't vote in this challenge). I really like it, though! Color and focus on the tiger(s) is excellent. How did you get the cat AND the enclosure both so sharp? Nice 6+ again, too.
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 09/01/2006 12:35:51 PM
Trading post...
Excellent processing Tim. The colors are fantastic! The optical illusion is brillant! If I had voted in this one I would have given this a 10.
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 08/28/2006 01:54:13 PM
Hello from the Critique Club.

What can I say? You took what could be considered a snapshot and made it into a very good challenge entry. You knew going in that this didn't have enough Wow Factor to win but it is nice to see that the voters can reward a good image with a good score. All of the technical aspects are well done, focus, cropping, post processing.

The only suggestion I have is to take some studio lights and a generator with you next time and light the lion's den properly ;-). Nice job.

Feel free to PM me if you have any questions regarding this critique.

Tim
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 08/28/2006 11:38:54 AM
Very nice finish Tim! Congratulations on a great picture!
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 08/28/2006 07:46:54 AM
This was yours? I thought this was so clever and creative. Great photo!! I'm glad it finished with a great score!

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 08/28/2006 12:26:24 AM
Well, looks like I was wrong on this one, eh? 6.23 doesn't usually garner "yuk"!
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 08/28/2006 12:20:35 AM
I loved this shot! Nice capture Tim.
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 08/28/2006 12:19:55 AM
Great finish Tim! Nice score... :)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/27/2006 10:24:21 PM
Made me laugh and wonder if the center part is elastic or a spring (Slinky?)
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 08/27/2006 04:24:39 PM
LOL, thanks for the humor.
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 08/27/2006 12:22:59 AM
corny, but perfectly executed! 7
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 08/26/2006 09:53:14 PM
what a great idea. this is so refreshing and original. i'm so tired of looking at magic tricks.
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 08/26/2006 08:26:23 PM
Extremely creative, and lucky too. 10!!
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 08/26/2006 03:44:03 PM
Haha
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 08/26/2006 01:58:08 PM
HaHa!
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 08/26/2006 07:59:59 AM
ROFLGMO!!!!!!! Great photo/Funny idea!
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 08/26/2006 03:31:20 AM
LOL ....nice one .8
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 08/25/2006 11:29:49 AM
great pic!
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 08/25/2006 09:12:46 AM
lol, nice illusion! :)
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 08/25/2006 12:07:45 AM
ha haaa haaaaaaaaaaaa

Laughed out loud on this one.
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 08/24/2006 10:09:42 PM
A great illusion, certainly magic for me!
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 08/24/2006 08:26:42 PM
Haha, good
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 08/24/2006 12:46:22 PM
LOL, good catch.
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 08/24/2006 09:21:41 AM
LOL, excellent ... we miss good humor on DPC ! 10
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 08/24/2006 06:12:28 AM
Great capture, I like it a lot. Good luck!
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 08/24/2006 03:36:39 AM
Great depth. Great subject / title.
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 08/23/2006 10:51:24 PM
LOL. Unlike many other entries, I got the mystery of this one even without the title! Not much to say about it - sometimes you get lucky with what you see, and you shoot. You framed the tiger nicely within his cave. 6.
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 08/23/2006 07:11:52 PM
Createive idea but doesn't quite do it.
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 08/23/2006 04:10:08 PM
Not too often one sees an obstruction turn into a blessing. Funny, and well done.
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 08/23/2006 01:12:01 AM
This is so funny!
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 08/22/2006 11:24:51 PM
very good eye
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 08/22/2006 11:16:18 PM
What a clever idea.....
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 08/22/2006 10:51:41 PM
Now thats funny.
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 08/22/2006 07:37:10 PM
Lmao
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 08/22/2006 06:37:31 PM
Heh, cute, but not gonna get high points. The trick unfortunately requires that awful thing right in the middle. Yuk. 4
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 08/22/2006 02:05:44 PM
hah Thats great!
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 08/21/2006 09:18:40 PM
LOL... great composition. All I can thing of is the dog (slinky??) from Toy Story.
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 08/21/2006 10:36:24 AM
I can't vote but this made me laugh so hard. Great picture.
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 08/21/2006 08:59:49 AM
funny
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 08/21/2006 08:00:05 AM
Very funny, well done
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 08/21/2006 06:24:21 AM
roflmao - too funny. love the composition of 2 into 1
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 08/21/2006 03:28:39 AM
Clever
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 08/21/2006 03:10:09 AM
hahahahahahah... good spot. good kitty too.
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 08/21/2006 02:56:38 AM
that's hillarious, well spotted! I hope this does well for you
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