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MistyMucky


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Spots (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D70s
Lens: Nikon AF Nikkor 180mm f/2.8 IF
Location: Zurich Zoo, Switzerland
Date: Nov 11, 2006
Galleries: Animals
Date Uploaded: Nov 11, 2006

 Snow leopard, on a grey day in the zoo. As the lighting was not exciting at all, I had to play a bit with curves. I desaturated it slightly, to make it look colder. Then unsharp mask, resized and saved for web.

Statistics
Place: 25 out of 175
Avg (all users): 6.0694
Avg (commenters): 7.5833
Avg (participants): 6.0476
Avg (non-participants): 6.0769
Views since voting: 1732
Views during voting: 373
Votes: 245
Comments: 15
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 11/21/2006 08:28:29 PM
I liked your toning on this but the blown highlights killed it for me.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/21/2006 09:21:56 AM
How beautiful! Composition and coloring wonderful. What a proud look you captured!
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 11/21/2006 08:52:08 AM
This is one of the nicer cat shots. I don't think it looks like the norm type of cat. Good post processing, love the color. Good luck.
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 11/20/2006 04:03:57 AM
Graceful and very well done, whiteout on the animal's stomach could possibly be avoided by dodging though.
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 11/20/2006 12:41:36 AM
what a stare. he looks hungry :)
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 11/19/2006 09:33:08 AM
I think photo should have presented in color, I would have given it a much higher score.
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 11/18/2006 02:04:54 PM
0-2 meets challenge = 2
0-3 creativity = 3
0-3 technical merit = 3
0-2 biased wow factor = 2
Total 10
Nicely done!
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 11/18/2006 01:29:40 PM
Top shot, and I love the pose you captured here.
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 11/17/2006 10:12:05 AM
Ahhh. Thanks for entering something worth looking at. :D I guess you went with the duotone instead of color to minimize distractions? It works. Nice, well-focused, and well-composed photo here. Well done! Best of luck to you in the challenge.
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 11/16/2006 09:19:45 AM
Nice shot with the exception of the blown white belly area that really grabs the viewers attention.
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 11/16/2006 09:10:57 AM
this is a really good shot and lovely that you have got that beautiful tail within the crop. It is a great shame that the belly is so bleached as it is the first thing you see = 7 sorry
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 11/16/2006 08:12:33 AM
I would loved to have sen a little more of its color in this picture, adding a little more "pop" to it.
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 11/15/2006 11:02:15 AM
love the perspective here! your choice of color tones is also right on.
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 11/15/2006 06:16:26 AM
Nice line by the tail. Good composition.
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 11/14/2006 08:03:34 PM
Nice placement within the crop. Like how the tail sweeps down toward the bottom. Also like the coloration. 7
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