DPChallenge: A Digital Photography Contest You are not logged in. (log in or register) 
 
Challenge Entries
Portfolio Images
This image is not part of a public portfolio.
Good Day's Rest
Good Day's Rest
jerowe


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Good (Basic Editing*)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM
Location: St. Louis Zoo
Date: Feb 5, 2007
Aperture: 3.5
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/200
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Feb 6, 2007

 Took this while on my trip to St. Louis. it was either this, or a photo of Victor Wooten i took at the concert (reason for driving 11 hours to St. Louis). anyway, this little joker was asleep looking all content. thought it was cute. i really hope this one does well.

not much processing at all

Post Processing:
Level Horizon line / Contrast boost / Levels / Crop all in Adobe Lightroom Raw conversion
Slight Contrast adjustment
Boosted midtones in levels to show more of eye
Another contrast adjustment to fix the flatness
Resize to 640 on the long side
Save for web
Done.

Hope you enjoy. Hope this to be a new high image for me, but if not, i just hope it's a mid to high 6.

Good luck to all

===================================

WOW a new personal best for me. I'm so excited, glad this chance shot happened for me and i could share it. Thanks SO much for the votes and extremely kind comments. I really appreciate each and everyone of them. :D have a great week, and good luck in the WPL4!

Statistics
Place: 5 out of 195
Avg (all users): 6.7430
Avg (commenters): 7.7333
Avg (participants): 6.4085
Avg (non-participants): 6.8764
Views since voting: 2341
Views during voting: 371
Votes: 249
Comments: 23
Favorites: 2 (view)

Please log in or register to add your comments!

AuthorThread
 02/15/2007 01:12:34 PM
Such a clear and sharp image. Congrats on the honorable mention!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/13/2007 07:48:21 PM
congrats on the top 5... you've done your teammates proud...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/13/2007 07:32:56 PM
Congrats. You were my top pick. 10! Loved it. Made me sleepy and a bit more cuddly than him (I hope).
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/13/2007 10:25:18 AM
One of my two favorites. I really like this a lot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/13/2007 08:57:42 AM
Looks cozy.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/13/2007 07:45:06 AM
I think a little crop of the bottom would be nice here
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/12/2007 02:07:45 PM
You should call National Geographic with this one. It's wonderful. I want to go snuggle up with this guy. :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/12/2007 05:49:33 AM
its very interesting how you took this picture as it was snowing. good idea, i like the subject :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/11/2007 02:01:52 PM
Beautifully done. So crisp and clean. Back to bump you up to 8.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/11/2007 07:00:52 AM
Wow, so intimate and well shot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/10/2007 08:21:57 PM
Makes Life "Bear"able! :}
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/10/2007 06:27:45 PM
tough shot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/10/2007 10:39:23 AM
Nice shot
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/09/2007 06:04:27 PM
Sweet sugared bear! He looks content... very nice shot. 8
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/08/2007 04:18:52 PM
Great shot, beautiful colors and textures.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/08/2007 08:17:47 AM
he;s so cute I love how the snow is gently resting on him
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/08/2007 06:52:32 AM
how did you get a picture of that? nevertheless i like the image look at thoes clawsss
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/07/2007 06:02:20 PM
lookie its so cuddly
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/07/2007 03:01:20 PM
...and you used a LOOONG tele... :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/07/2007 12:38:44 PM
I appreciate the subject but the crop could have been tighter on the left side to eliminate to a maximum that stripe of snow. Unfortunately I feel it's a bit overwhelming, it distracts from the main feature. If it could have been shot from another angle, more left to right it probably would have helped. I still give it very good marks.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/07/2007 06:48:16 AM
What a great photo of one of my favorite animals! I love this very much! 10
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/06/2007 09:45:54 PM
Good photo,and well processed...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/06/2007 08:30:30 PM
my face lit up when i saw this one. 8
  Photographer found comment helpful.


Home - Challenges - Community - League - Photos - Cameras - Lenses - Learn - Help - Terms of Use - Privacy - Top ^
DPChallenge, and website content and design, Copyright © 2001-2025 Challenging Technologies, LLC.
All digital photo copyrights belong to the photographers and may not be used without permission.
Current Server Time: 04/06/2025 03:22:50 AM EDT.