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MistyMucky


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Challenge: Spots (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D70s
Lens: Nikon AF Nikkor 180mm f/2.8 IF
Location: Zurich Zoo, Switzerland
Date: Nov 11, 2006
Galleries: Animals
Date Uploaded: Nov 11, 2006

 Snow leopard, on a grey day in the zoo. As the lighting was not exciting at all, I had to play a bit with curves. I desaturated it slightly, to make it look colder. Then unsharp mask, resized and saved for web.

Statistics
Place: 25 out of 175
Avg (all users): 6.0694
Avg (commenters): 7.5833
Avg (participants): 6.0476
Avg (non-participants): 6.0769
Views since voting: 1943
Views during voting: 373
Votes: 245
Comments: 15
Favorites: 1 (view)

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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM for Nikon
 11/22/2006 01:28:29 AM
I liked your toning on this but the blown highlights killed it for me.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L USM
 11/21/2006 02:21:56 PM
How beautiful! Composition and coloring wonderful. What a proud look you captured!
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Nikon D70
Tamron AF 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical for Nikon
 11/21/2006 01:52:08 PM
This is one of the nicer cat shots. I don't think it looks like the norm type of cat. Good post processing, love the color. Good luck.
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Nikon D700
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 12-24mm f/4.0G IF-ED
 11/20/2006 09:03:57 AM
Graceful and very well done, whiteout on the animal's stomach could possibly be avoided by dodging though.
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Nikon D90
Nikon AF Fisheye-Nikkor 16mm f/2.8D
 11/20/2006 05:41:36 AM
what a stare. he looks hungry :)
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Canon PowerShot S95
 11/19/2006 02:33:08 PM
I think photo should have presented in color, I would have given it a much higher score.
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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 11/18/2006 07:04:54 PM
0-2 meets challenge = 2
0-3 creativity = 3
0-3 technical merit = 3
0-2 biased wow factor = 2
Total 10
Nicely done!
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 11/18/2006 06:29:40 PM
Top shot, and I love the pose you captured here.
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Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II
Olympus 60mm f/2.8 Macro M.Zuiko Digital ED
 11/17/2006 03:12:05 PM
Ahhh. Thanks for entering something worth looking at. :D I guess you went with the duotone instead of color to minimize distractions? It works. Nice, well-focused, and well-composed photo here. Well done! Best of luck to you in the challenge.
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Nikon D700
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 VR DG IF-ED
 11/16/2006 02:19:45 PM
Nice shot with the exception of the blown white belly area that really grabs the viewers attention.
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Nikon D80
Sigma 50-500mm f/4.0-6.3 EX APO RF HSM for Nikon
 11/16/2006 02:10:57 PM
this is a really good shot and lovely that you have got that beautiful tail within the crop. It is a great shame that the belly is so bleached as it is the first thing you see = 7 sorry
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 11/16/2006 01:12:33 PM
I would loved to have sen a little more of its color in this picture, adding a little more "pop" to it.
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Canon EOS-6D
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 11/15/2006 04:02:15 PM
love the perspective here! your choice of color tones is also right on.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 11/15/2006 11:16:26 AM
Nice line by the tail. Good composition.
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Canon PowerShot S3 IS
 11/15/2006 01:03:34 AM
Nice placement within the crop. Like how the tail sweeps down toward the bottom. Also like the coloration. 7
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