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Challenge: Wildlife V (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-7D
Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS
Location: Kenya, in the Masai Mara
Date: Oct 27, 2010
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/800
Galleries: Animals
Date Uploaded: Oct 31, 2010

 Taken on a Safari in Kenya, in the Masai Mara ... Awesome trip, loved every minute of it. Taken fairly early in the morning, hence the fairly harsh light. According the the focus she was 82m away .... we got even closer when she went with some more of the pride and several cubs to some undergrowth ... they didn't care at all we were there in an open sided landrover! So many shots to choose from!! I chose this over some much tighter crops to show the whole environment so there was no doubt this is not in a zoo :)

Cropped from landscape to portrait using the full height of the original, then just basic curves and levels after converting from raw.

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Statistics
Place: 23 out of 99
Avg (all users): 6.2400
Avg (commenters): 7.2727
Avg (participants): 6.2340
Avg (non-participants): 6.2427
Views since voting: 905
Views during voting: 320
Votes: 150
Comments: 13
Favorites: 0

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 11/08/2010 05:05:43 PM
Ohmygoodness. I'm dying with envy! What amazing photos! I hope some day before I die I get to do something like this in Africa!
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 11/08/2010 03:18:32 AM
You can just feel the heat and dryness of the scene here. It does look hungry :) Congrats on a good finish!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/07/2010 06:49:35 PM
Lonnnnng lens, I hope! :) Great shot.
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 11/07/2010 05:05:19 PM
great depth of field...
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 11/05/2010 04:14:40 AM
Nice shot. Would have cropped it more at the top but nicely done
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 11/04/2010 01:12:29 PM
nice shot- top 5
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 11/04/2010 12:24:45 PM
Very nice environmental shot. I usually prefer a tighter crop but the outlines of those trees in the background are quite nice (and African Plain-looking). Definitely adds to the scene for me.
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 11/03/2010 07:54:30 AM
Nice capture, 8.
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 11/02/2010 06:40:12 AM
Good thing you wore your running shoes. Very nice photo.
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 11/02/2010 05:00:10 AM
one of my two 10s in the challenge. Just perfect!
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 11/01/2010 02:09:42 PM
Hope it wasn't you on the menu! VERY NICE!!!!! (how close did you get??)
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 11/01/2010 04:26:32 AM
This genuinely looks real; not in a zoo.
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 11/01/2010 12:20:50 AM
Don't see any cages there and the trees do look African. She pops nicely against the similar coloured grass. Good composition too. 8.
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