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Innocent Friendship
Innocent Friendship
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Beauty (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Olympus C-5000Z
Location: Cobleskill, NY
Date: May 27, 2005
Aperture: Auto
ISO: Auto
Shutter: Auto
Galleries: Snapshot, Animals
Date Uploaded: May 29, 2005

Taken at Am-Jam, A huge Harley Davidson motorcycle rally in upstate NY. The Horse shoe wildlife center is a group out of FL that helps care for animals that should've never been pets in the first place. They do great work and if you'd like, you can PM me to get more info. They have the little rotty named Hitch who was playing with the tiger cubs and after a bit they took a bit of a rest. There was alot of glare and even with the polarized filter.
Post prcessing: Cropped, adjusted levels, brightness/contrast, saturation, burned and cloned the grass a bit trying to kill the glare. Sharpened resized and saved for web.

Statistics
Place: 135 out of 255
Avg (all users): 5.3798
Avg (commenters): 6.1111
Avg (participants): 5.1880
Avg (non-participants): 5.5840
Views since voting: 1297
Views during voting: 471
Votes: 258
Comments: 21
Favorites: 4 (view)


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06/09/2005 06:58:22 AM
Greetings from the Critique Club!

First off I have to say I have some prejudice towards this picture because I absolutely adore tigers. Rotties are okay, especially when a puppy but tigers get me every single time. But I will try to be a little objective when critiquing this shot. :)

I love the idea because there is so much natural beauty in animals of all species. The shot is overall very appealling but just a quick glance tells me that it's off for some reason. The color, the balance both seem a bit off. Upon closer inspection I see the color of the grass and the dog seem perfect but the tiger seems very muted for some reason. Now I know that baby tigers are not as vibrant as the adults but this one seems really muted to me.

The cropping also leaves me wanting more. Cutting off the end of each animals is cruel and mean! Just kidding! ;) But I would like to see the whole tail, not just the middle part and the missing paws on the dog, while giving you a line in and out of the shot makes it an incomplete shot to me. I would have rather seen the whole animal. But that's me. Please remember that all comments given here are strictly my personal opinion and meant to help.

Good Luck in future challenges.

Deannda
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06/06/2005 06:05:27 AM
Favorite for me - I have rotties too.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/05/2005 11:51:50 AM
how adorable are they....nice shot..the rotty looks like he is posing for you
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06/05/2005 03:57:06 AM
I don't know if they will be friends for ever ! ;) Very cute !
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06/04/2005 07:25:33 PM
Little does the pup know that his friend will grow to be 300+ pounds! What a sweet photo, and it is beautiful to see them so comfortable with each other.
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06/04/2005 11:44:15 AM
How cute !!! 8
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06/03/2005 09:37:11 AM
Adorable capture. Nice job.
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06/02/2005 10:52:20 PM
Amusing shot. Your colour balance is strange, point of view is very ordinary, focus seems a touch soft - at least there is certainly not the level of fine detail one would really want here - and the exposure seems very flat, lacking contrast. It's only the subject that makes this at all interesting to me - I'm not sure that's enough.
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06/02/2005 04:56:58 PM
Holy crap! Is that a tiger???? I hope no one got hurt! Cute.
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06/01/2005 08:23:46 PM
Watch the focus... it needs to be tack sharp on the eyes.
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06/01/2005 07:34:38 AM
Cute or what?
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05/31/2005 08:03:38 PM
puppy is distractingly out of focus.
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05/31/2005 02:07:05 PM
Ohmygoodness! That is SO awesome! How did you GET that picture! I hope you told the story behind this, I'd love to know it. This is off the meter in the "touches my heart" category. 10
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05/31/2005 05:56:12 AM
this is sooooooooooooooooo cute!!
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05/30/2005 05:23:55 PM
Isn't too bad things can't stay so innocent? Nice shot. <6>
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05/30/2005 04:40:30 PM
amazing...what beauty
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05/30/2005 10:31:41 AM
awww!! you have a tiger as a pet?
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05/30/2005 09:18:20 AM
Unique.. :D
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05/30/2005 09:14:31 AM
haha...i know who wins once they grow up. cute...doesn't really make me think 'beautiful', but it's a cute moment.
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05/30/2005 09:00:56 AM
what a great shot- wish the focus were increased. They look perfectly wonderful.
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05/30/2005 06:00:23 AM
This is sweet though the focus seems a bit soft to me.
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