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Challenge: Camouflage (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
Location: Dallas, TX
Date: Nov 12, 2005
Aperture: 2.8
ISO: 1/80
Shutter: 800
Galleries: Animals, Seascapes
Date Uploaded: Nov 13, 2005

 Went to the Dallas Aquarium today with the wife, Heather. The place is awesome. Anyways I did not go looking to shoot something for DPC but thought this fit the challenge to a “T”...hope it does good.

Thanks to everyone who voted...this is my highest score to date...wish I could have won a ribbon but the three above me are well deserved...Thanks again.

Well now I have won a ribbon...feel sorry for the first place finish, that's what has happened to me lots of times I go out shooting and find out that I had a perfect entry to a challenge but it was shot before the challenge had started. Thanks again to all of you that voted.

Statistics
Place: 3 out of 169
Avg (all users): 6.9712
Avg (commenters): 7.7778
Avg (participants): 6.4935
Avg (non-participants): 7.1277
Views since voting: 9617
Views during voting: 466
Votes: 312
Comments: 41
Favorites: 6 (view)

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 12/08/2006 07:25:58 PM
thats an amazing close up, great focus!
 03/23/2006 05:53:40 PM
Very nice..!! Congrats on your 3rd place!
 11/28/2005 03:27:32 AM
wow congrats man
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 11/27/2005 05:41:22 PM
Congratulations Clint--Very ribbon worthy and glad you made it!

Hope to see many more Ribbons going your way.

Message edited by author 2005-11-27 22:42:21.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/26/2005 03:56:53 PM
Congrats my friend on your first ribbon. You've been
trying to get one for the longest time. I am glad you
got it.
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 11/26/2005 03:37:31 AM
I never saw one of these before. Very interesting. Love the clarity of your shot, with no grain. Congratulations!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/25/2005 07:40:26 PM
hey way to go on the new ribbon man
coooool
dig it
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/25/2005 04:21:21 PM
Congratulations on your ribbon and personal best score! Fantastic capture!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/25/2005 09:22:44 AM
Thought this should have ribboned, so I'm glad it finally did! Congrats!
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 11/25/2005 08:25:57 AM
w00t! Congrats Clint! :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/24/2005 08:06:33 PM
Leafy sea dragons are not an easy picture to take. I only have one good shot from the Tampa Aquarium in all my trips there and that was on 35mm. Congrats on a well deserving photo!
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 11/24/2005 05:56:08 PM
Congratulations..!! top 5..!! Nice picture
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 11/22/2005 08:17:17 PM
Congratulations on your top five finish. This is simply out of this world.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/22/2005 07:47:29 PM
Very nice. Congratulations on a "top five" placement.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/22/2005 03:53:54 PM
for sure, I would have no idea what that was if I saw it. Nice capture of a really strange thing.
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 11/22/2005 03:28:12 AM
The best natural history shot in the challenge. The lighting is superb, the sharpness and focus are there, the composition is spot on and there is plenty of information. 10
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 11/22/2005 02:27:13 AM
this is the exact creature i thaought about when i first saw the challange!
what a great camouflage!
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 11/21/2005 01:04:49 PM
Im so impressed of that ..... THING, and sharp, perfect colors... I love it.
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 11/21/2005 12:05:25 AM
i love this photo...the colours are amazing.
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 11/20/2005 03:10:20 PM
w-w-w wow! 7
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 11/19/2005 01:19:24 PM
Great colors!
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 11/19/2005 05:15:04 AM
Very nice aquatic life shot - 10
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 11/18/2005 10:48:10 AM
Is that a fish? Really cool photo. One of the best in the challenge.
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 11/18/2005 09:50:00 AM
Excellent photography! Nice shot!
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 11/18/2005 06:18:38 AM
Not sure what the heck this is, but I gave it a 9 (edit - actually I changed it to a 10) anyway because I thought it was so cool.

Message edited by author 2005-11-23 12:06:32.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/17/2005 04:11:59 PM
8 - Very nice capture. Nice colors. Criticism; like to see the colors even bolder if possible, but difficult with aquarium shots. Even more definition too on the seahorse, but again, difficult. Even though you haven't captured the seahorse close to a rock etc, to really emphasize the camouflage, this still works with the background, but I think had it been 'closer' to a rock/coral etc, would have made this even better, especially for the Challenge.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/17/2005 11:59:54 AM
Incredible photo -- sharp, colorful, well exposed. But what is it?
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 11/17/2005 10:38:52 AM
this is a very good photo for camaflauge
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/17/2005 10:06:17 AM
Superb seahorse shot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/17/2005 12:25:41 AM
This is lovely. The colors and focus are perfect.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/16/2005 07:33:43 PM
What a beautiful photo. I love the colors. Good luck.
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 11/16/2005 06:19:15 PM
good one . I like it
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 11/16/2005 09:49:54 AM
great capture
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/16/2005 09:12:08 AM
Very good photo. Those aquarium shots are very tough to get right, and you succeeded very well.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/16/2005 09:09:35 AM
Very nice:)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/16/2005 07:34:14 AM
Good job!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/16/2005 05:31:55 AM
Beautiful. WHAT IS IT?????
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/16/2005 05:13:50 AM
This is my top pick in this challenge...the colors, the composition are stunning : the seahorse had to be center frame, I agree.. the softness and beauty of this image are incredible...great use of dof.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/16/2005 02:32:39 AM
A true natural disguise, looking very much like sea anemones. You've done well on including the background to show its camouflage. The background looks like a reflecting object though, and I see the rim of the camera. None the less, a very well taken shot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/15/2005 08:00:38 PM
Beautiful kelp sea horse ;)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/15/2005 07:48:07 PM
What a visual trip!
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