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Kangaroo
Kangaroo
manic35


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Challenge: Free Study XIII (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Pentax *ist DL
Lens: Sigma 18-50mm f/3.5-5.6 DC for Pentax Digital AF
Location: Alma Park Zoo in Brisbane, Australia
Date: Sep 13, 2006
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/250
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Sep 20, 2006

The ear! The ear! Definitely going to get done about the damned ear!!!!! Oh, well.

Taken at Alma Park Zoo in Queensland on my daughters pre-school excursion. They have this open enclosure where you can feed about a dozen kangaroos and they guys had a ball running around feeding them.

Hope this does ok.

Statistics
Place: 418 out of 615
Avg (all users): 5.2941
Avg (commenters): 5.7333
Avg (participants): 5.2606
Avg (non-participants): 5.4000
Views since voting: 592
Views during voting: 247
Votes: 187
Comments: 16
Favorites: 0


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10/12/2006 08:12:32 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club

How about we talk about that damn ear? :P Seriously, the ear cropped out doesn't really bother me. The way you composed the shot does a good job of minimizes that, IMO.

As for the photo itself, I really like it. There's something very sad about it. The dark shadows and it's face visually buried in it's own body helps to convey that as well as the black eyes, which projects a sense of lifelessness. Unfortunately, all of these things that make this photo what it is are the same things that hurts it with the voters especially the shadows and more specifically the eye not showing the type of wonderful detail voters expect/demand. The border I'm not crazy about but the thickness of it does add yet another visual element that supports the sense of confinement which goes very well with the overall theme here.

Looking at the vote breakdown gives me the impression that most probably didn't stick around long enough to really look at this photo and appreciate it. I'm not really sure how you could have improve that other than making that eye more "eye catching" in post but then again I kinda like the darkness of it all.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/07/2006 09:26:20 PM
Wish the rest of the ear was visible, crop is distracting
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10/06/2006 03:41:23 PM
Very nice richness in texture and tone.
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10/06/2006 11:31:21 AM
Wonderful contrast and detail. The roo looks very sad, maybe it's just the darkness of the photo. Very good!
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10/04/2006 07:38:17 PM
Sharp capture of the animals head. The pose of the animal is not very flattering. Maybe diagonally from the right or left would be better. I'd like to see all of the ears. The exposure seems a little dull with that light. A monichrome conversion might work. Good image.
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10/03/2006 11:52:58 PM
For my tastes, I wish there were more light in the eyes, but a good capture of an image! I like the pose.
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10/03/2006 10:24:04 AM
eyes are very dark.. nice tones 5
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10/02/2006 04:22:15 PM
do not like the border, makes for wasted space otherwise nice shot
10/02/2006 08:20:21 AM
skippy lives!
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10/01/2006 08:59:09 PM
A little dark overall.
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10/01/2006 06:02:41 PM
good detail here
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10/01/2006 12:07:34 PM
its an interesting animal portrait, I wish that the eyes are blacked out though.
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10/01/2006 11:14:58 AM
Good detail on the fur, would maybe have been nicer in a slightly wider crop.
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10/01/2006 10:18:12 AM
Lovely animal. You captured well the texture of a roo.
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10/01/2006 05:59:02 AM
One of my favorite animals, so you get my votes.....
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10/01/2006 12:57:18 AM
this is a good shot, the only thing is that it lacks some sharp definition.
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