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Challenge: The Spirit Of A Country (Basic Editing)
Camera: Olympus E-500 EVOLT
Lens: Olympus 40-150mm f/3.5-4.5 Zuiko Digital
Location: Kissimmee, FL
Date: Nov 15, 2009
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/150s
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Nov 16, 2009
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[Nov. 18th, 2009 02:53:04 PM]
Wikipedia has this to say about the American Alligator.
Alligators are (only) native to the (United States) and (China).
(American alligators) are found in the southeast United States: all of (Florida) and (Louisiana), the southern parts of (Georgia), (Alabama) and (Mississippi), (coastal South and North Carolina), (Eastern Texas), the southeast corner of (Oklahoma) and the southern tip of (Arkansas). Alligators have also been found in extreme southern (Missouri) along the Mississippi River during the summer months. According to the 2005 Scholastic Book of World Records, Louisiana is the state with the largest alligator population[4]. The majority of American alligators inhabit Florida and Louisiana, with over a million alligators in each state.
I believe it meets the challenge just fine.
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I appreciate the comments.
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[Nov. 20th, 2009 07:44:26 AM]
Unfortunately, In a basic challenge there is little that can be done to improve the look of a photo and gators are not real photogenic or colorful anyway. (But, I still enjoy entering them even if they score in the 4's).
I appreciate the comments. My very first score was an 8,my second score was an 8 and it fell off sharply from there, but it was good to see it start out high, if only for a moment.
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11/24/2009 11:08:51 PM |
| Nice tones and details. He looks like he is smiling! :) You can see his tongue and all of his nice white teeth! Well done! :) |
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11/24/2009 01:55:35 AM |
| You get the "Most Likely to be Eaten When Taking the Picture" award :) Nice shot! |
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11/22/2009 08:04:36 AM |
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11/21/2009 09:24:55 PM |
| my what big teeth he has...if you are shooting in RAW you might have tipped the blacks just a touch more...otherwise a great shot |
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11/20/2009 02:17:38 PM |
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11/18/2009 10:12:33 PM |
| Great big mouth on this awesome creature, love the texture & the definite awareness of the photographer - let's do Lunch? |
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11/18/2009 06:35:52 PM |
| Great lively capture - too used to seeing these guys asleep.. so a feisty spirit on show here :) |
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11/18/2009 09:52:34 AM |
| It is a good model, I expect that you could photograph it more dramatically or powerfully. |
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11/18/2009 08:51:11 AM |
| wouldnt like to come across this fellow on my way to work |
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11/18/2009 01:50:21 AM |
| Does an Alligator capture the spirit of the Americas? The USA I presume but that's not obvious. If it is the USA then I associate Alligators with Florida rather than the whole country. Sorry, DNMC IMO. |
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