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Water Ballet, as performed by 'Hettie' the Hippo
Water Ballet, as performed by 'Hettie' the Hippo
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Sports III (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D
Lens: Canon EF 28-105mm f/4-5.6 II USM
Location: Pilanesberg Natinal Park, South Africa
Date: May 5, 2007
Aperture: F8.4
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/32
Galleries: Performance, Animals
Date Uploaded: May 7, 2007

Cropped to size only. No other editing. We would have been happy to catch this Hippo having a good yawn, but she decided to put on a 'show' for us and began a series of 'Ballet' type movements. As you can see, her legs are closely shaven, and nails well pedicured. A real Sport!!

Statistics
Place: 204 out of 230
Avg (all users): 4.4601
Avg (commenters): 4.3125
Avg (participants): 4.3125
Avg (non-participants): 4.5489
Views since voting: 625
Views during voting: 340
Votes: 213
Comments: 19
Favorites: 0


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05/16/2007 05:57:44 PM
Greets from the Critique Club

As you've gotten from a lot of the previous commenters, this doesn't seem to relate to sports for the majority of people. Without the title, it wouldn't fit at all.

While a fatastic capture, the photo is a bit boring. The majority of the photo is made up of shades of brown. It also seems to me that the focus is on some of the weeds in the front, rather on the hippo's feet.

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--Mike
 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/13/2007 10:58:00 PM
There is too much of a stretch on this one. Aside from that, the brush in the foreground is very distracting, there is a dust spot very visible in the water. I'm sure at some point the hippo turned over. I would have recommended to take it again after that happened. And then work with both the levels and contrast in pp as well.
05/12/2007 08:58:23 PM
Interesting photo, but not remotely connected to Sports
05/12/2007 04:49:43 PM
Funny shot, but it requires the caption to meet the challenge. I would crop or zoom in more to get rid of much of the monotonous background
05/12/2007 11:40:12 AM
Rather tenuous link to the challenge category but really enjoyed the photo nevertheless!
05/12/2007 10:58:15 AM
LOL, this is great!
05/11/2007 10:44:12 PM
LOL!! somebody needs a pedicure! :)
05/11/2007 06:52:40 PM
when did water ballet become a sport..lol
05/11/2007 06:16:29 AM
oh very witty................
05/10/2007 04:00:58 PM
This is a bit of a leap for me for "sports", but I think its a most entertaining photo!
05/10/2007 03:32:16 PM
Is that a dead hippo? I have never seen them turn upside down like that.
05/10/2007 10:41:50 AM
sport?
05/10/2007 03:34:30 AM
Even if this is ballet, i think ballet is more an art than a sport.
05/09/2007 06:11:41 PM
That's funny. More of a shoe horn entry than mine but I suppose you've been told that already :~)
05/09/2007 11:15:47 AM
Ok...I just had to stop and giggle! Thank you.
05/09/2007 10:51:53 AM
DNMC
05/09/2007 08:27:46 AM
I live in africa and have never seen this, what a rare shot!!!!!!
05/09/2007 03:26:08 AM
That title and this picture made me laugh +1 on the points ...
05/09/2007 01:06:50 AM
This is not a sport


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