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Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS
Location: Taronga Zoo
Date: May 10, 2008
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/60s
Galleries: Humorous, Animals
Date Uploaded: May 11, 2008
Viewed: 454
Comments: 14
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Def Leppard are a British heavy metal band from Sheffield who formed in 1977 as part of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement. Largely on the strength of their albums Pyromania and Hysteria, Def Leppard became one of the top-selling rock bands throughout the 1980s, selling over 65 million albums worldwide.
The name was inspired by a drawing Joe Elliot made of a leopard with no ears, a 'Deaf Leopard'.
The music of Def Leppard is a mixture of hard rock, album-oriented rock , and heavy metal elements.
By the release of the Hysteria album, the band had developed a distinctive sound featuring heavy drums and effects-laden guitar sounds overlaid with a multi-layered wall of husky, harmonised vocals. Def Leppard is one of only five rock bands with two original albums selling over 10 million copies each in the U.S. The others are The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, and Van Halen.
Rick Savage (bass), Pete Willis (guitar), and Tony Kenning (drums), all students at Tapton School in Sheffield, formed a band called Atomic Mass in 1977. Following a chance meeting with Willis, Joe Elliott tried out for the band as a guitarist. During his audition, however, it was decided that he was better suited to be lead singer.
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05/22/2008 10:18:58 PM |
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05/14/2008 07:55:03 PM |
| beautiful animal, excellent choice of BG |
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05/13/2008 10:27:54 AM |
| Excellent shot of him! You're doing an amazing job of this! |
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05/12/2008 11:12:30 PM |
That is amazing. Creative genius!
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05/12/2008 02:10:33 PM |
| Hey, wait a minute! There's something wrong here. You can't mix stripes and spots! At least that's what my mother taught me. Oh, well... I guess I can just turn a def ear. |
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05/12/2008 05:11:20 AM |
beautiful animal
oh, and happy birthday!! (late sorry!) |
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05/12/2008 05:07:10 AM |
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05/12/2008 04:38:12 AM |
You didn't mentione the one-armed drummer! :) One of my FAV's of the 80's!!
Pour Some Sugar On Me, Rock of Ages - ahhhh memories! This is great -the series is great, Greg. I'm gonna PM ya with some requests :) |
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05/11/2008 10:57:55 PM |
It took me a second when I was looking at this to get the whole, no eared/def thing :) Sheesh, I'm slow.
Great processing, love the profile. |
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05/11/2008 12:03:36 PM |
| Great shot and a great band. |
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05/11/2008 10:37:50 AM |
| I really like how you've included so much history about all of the bands. I should cut and paste of all of your data and compile it for my son who loves 70's rock. LOL Great shot, Greg. |
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05/11/2008 10:25:26 AM |
Oh Greg - this is a riot!! In the thumb I thought, that leopard is missing an ear! LOL!!
Excellent representation of the group. |
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05/11/2008 06:52:42 AM |
| Not only is the image very good, really good in fact, but so is your story about the band..... Thanks mate for sharing that with us..... Well done..... |
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05/11/2008 06:34:10 AM |
| i'm too tired to make a thoughtful comment right now, but this is excellent .. i might come back and say more when i have a brain .. !!..:)x |
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