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Sloth
Sloth
choltmeier


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Challenge: Odd II (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Tamron AF 28-300mm F/3.5-6.3 XR Di VC LD Aspherical(IF)Macro
Location: Como Zoo, St. Paul, MN
Date: Apr 20, 2008
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/200
Galleries: Animals
Date Uploaded: Apr 20, 2008

I've always found the sloth to be a very odd animal. The Como Zoo in St. Paul had this interesting creature in a very open and accessible spot, perfect for photos. He happen to turn and look at me in his slow and slothful way, long enough to get several shots. I had several other "odd" street photography shots that played off the #3 but this sloth just seemed too beautiful and odd to submit a street shot.

Post Processing:
Camera Raw - tweaked exposure, vibrance, clarity, sharpen
Minor adjustments to saturation
Sharpen & noise reduction
Add border
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Statistics
Place: 42 out of 169
Avg (all users): 5.7237
Avg (commenters): 5.0000
Avg (participants): 5.6222
Avg (non-participants): 5.7664
Views since voting: 807
Views during voting: 220
Votes: 152
Comments: 7
Favorites: 0


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05/05/2008 06:19:04 PM
Greetings from the critique club!

Tough guy to expose for. It would be really nice to get more detail in his hair. Great colors in this shot a nice composition that effectively draws your eye to the animal's face. Looking at this further the highlights work well as rim lighting which further emphasizes the subject. As an aside, it would be nice if the commenter below supplied more information on WHY they gave this shot a 2 because I don't feel it deserves anything less than a 6.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/29/2008 12:49:49 PM
A little overexposed, but otherwise a nice image
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04/28/2008 01:44:38 PM
LIGHTING IS OK
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04/27/2008 09:44:09 PM
Yes it is. 2.
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04/27/2008 09:04:22 PM
Nice portrait. It is an odd looking animal
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04/25/2008 01:42:03 PM
They are quite odd creatures, aren't they? Love the teddy bearish-ness of them. Great job capturing him.
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04/25/2008 12:27:17 PM
there are really odd creatures - good captuer to get his face nicely exposed in this rather harsh light
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