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On Top of the World
On Top of the World
CorySmith


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Challenge: Hidden Gem -- 1,000th Challenge! (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
Location: Clermont, Florida
Date: Mar 29, 2005
Aperture: 11
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/250
Galleries: Humorous, Animals
Date Uploaded: Mar 6, 2009

Taken in my early days of photography, it has always been my favorite animal photo so I am very pleased I get to finally use it in a challenge.

Some of you wondered how I got him to pose like that and the answer is the same how you get a child to make funny faces or unique expressions. Spray them with water. =D
Here are some outtakes from the same day:


Statistics
Place: 98 out of 1129
Avg (all users): 6.3942
Avg (commenters): 7.3864
Avg (participants): 6.4378
Avg (non-participants): 6.1750
Views since voting: 1744
Views during voting: 740
Votes: 482
Comments: 98
Favorites: 8 (view)


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04/22/2009 10:17:33 AM
And I thought the trick was to give them a quacker.
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03/24/2009 07:41:47 PM
ha, awesome shot and grats on the making the top 100!
didn't know you had a studio back then already...
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03/18/2009 01:26:49 PM
Oh how totally delightful! And a top 10%, too. You are good with the models.... :-)
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03/18/2009 12:53:31 PM
Woo hoo, you made top 100! WTG!
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03/18/2009 03:17:52 AM
Oh yeah! Top 100! Way to go, Cory. ONe of about a dozen 10s I gave out.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/17/2009 11:49:11 PM
Love it. Really creative AND well done. One of my favorite in the challenge. 10
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03/17/2009 10:40:58 PM
Very clever.
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03/17/2009 09:01:59 PM
Cute!
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03/17/2009 03:59:27 PM
This is so flipping cute I can hardly stand it!! (10)
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03/17/2009 03:49:30 PM
This is freaking adorable. Great color choice for the background. Cute title as well.
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03/17/2009 02:32:32 PM
:))) seven


;D
brano
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03/17/2009 02:31:04 PM
LOL! Smile on my face! And a bump to 7. This is beautifully rendered, and just fantastically cheerful.
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03/17/2009 09:47:30 AM
Delightful image
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03/17/2009 08:53:30 AM
This is funny... Very sharp and well saturated. I wonder how you kept this dude there...
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03/17/2009 04:39:43 AM
cute. hope he wasn't harmed
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03/17/2009 04:31:41 AM
Exellent, this made me laugh
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03/17/2009 01:45:22 AM
What a cool shot. I love the details on the chicken. Nice shot.
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03/17/2009 01:03:17 AM
Cute. Love his fluffy yellow against the dark purple bg.
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03/16/2009 11:07:11 PM
cute
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03/16/2009 10:51:54 PM
The duck is back... And he mad as heck!
This is a very cute picture, but more importantly it's done perfectly.
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03/16/2009 09:31:57 PM
Interesting composition & well executed
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03/16/2009 06:54:24 PM
Toronto Star Headline:
Giant Duck Attacks Canada

Are you angry at Canada for some reason? We are peaceful people... honest.

Nice shot... very cute.
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03/16/2009 05:56:38 PM
so cute
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03/16/2009 03:15:22 PM
ha! thats awesome. great fuzzy texture
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03/16/2009 03:01:48 PM
This really made me smile - very cute and well done!
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03/16/2009 10:45:48 AM
OMG! This is too darn cute and funny. Really a fine image.
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03/16/2009 07:17:05 AM
Cute. Great detail.
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03/16/2009 03:56:41 AM
Awesome capture and presentation. Gorgeous. And, it made me smile!!!
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03/16/2009 01:26:59 AM
Not for long with that lean! Nice crisp shot. Well done.
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03/16/2009 12:14:07 AM
Of all the nightmares and disasters and cataclysms and extinction level events that all of humanity could have devised in all of their many years on the earth, none of them, not one, could have prepared them for the true end, when it came.

For out of the deepest, darkest depths of the universe it came. It came without warning, and when it did, it spelled the end of us all.

Yet how could we have envisioned such an end? How could we have foreseen that when the human race was extinguished, it would be extinguished by the cutest damn giant duckling that ever was?
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03/15/2009 11:25:55 PM
lol fun capture
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03/15/2009 11:24:09 PM
Lol, what a way to spend the first few minutes of your life. Cute and funny.
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03/15/2009 10:32:46 PM
Such a cutie!
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03/15/2009 10:18:08 PM
Those itty-bitty wings just look silly! Cute baby.
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03/15/2009 05:47:10 PM
So cute!!!
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03/15/2009 05:25:24 PM
Voted earlier coming back to leave comments. The cuteness appeal is very high with this composition!:-) One can't look upon this young cuddly soft little ducky and not smile or want to pet it. He looks straight at the camera and with his wings raised & the tilt of his head he looks like he is happily yelling to us "Look at me, I can fly! I'm on top of the world!" Great details and great body pose on your main subject that communicates emotion to us. I do have a critique...I know, I know....picky, picky right;-) The backdrop color could be more complementary to the other elements within the shot. Blue would be better on two fronts. First it would invoke the idea of wide blue skies - perfect when thinking about flight and the world. Second, blue is the complementary color to yellow - and that would complement the downy soft yellow color of this little ducky.
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03/15/2009 02:02:46 PM
Really cute, I love his little hands/wings. The color in the background really adds to the overall feel.
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03/15/2009 01:51:55 PM
How cute is this. Nice color, focus, composition
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03/15/2009 09:25:36 AM
This made me laugh. Very sharp.
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03/15/2009 12:45:45 AM
That is hilarious!!! Great lighting and detail, and I like your choice of background color.
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03/14/2009 11:46:31 PM
Oh so cute, this made me laugh! This would make a great greeting card.

Back to vote, I gave this a 9.
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03/14/2009 11:08:05 PM
This 'quacks me up!'
Love it, love it!
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03/14/2009 09:57:37 PM
Little Mr. Too Cute: I love it 7
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03/14/2009 06:09:25 PM
cute little duckling!! on top of the world, nice shot
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03/14/2009 05:42:15 PM
The detail is fantastic. Nice job overall.
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03/14/2009 02:06:02 PM
OMG! I actually laughed out loud when this came up. How cute is this fuzzy guy! Great detail on the feathers, love the stern expression, and the slightly off-kilter stance on top of the world :-)
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03/14/2009 01:35:11 PM
I remember this one, excellent!!
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03/14/2009 01:09:16 PM
Haha, cute! Well composed, good sharp focus and the background color works very nicely
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03/14/2009 07:14:15 AM
This one has been in my faves for a long time.
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03/14/2009 05:41:16 AM
:-) why so angry? :-)) very funny capture. :-) hope it didn't fall off.
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03/14/2009 04:39:33 AM
Amazing! You directed the duckling so well to get such a great pose and expression from him :0) The lighting and composition is fantastic, Really like the red gradient in the background as well.
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03/13/2009 11:54:21 PM
The world wide webbed foot. I like how it steps on Quebec. 10
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03/13/2009 11:18:46 PM
Extra points for humor and uniqueness. This makes me smile. 8
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03/13/2009 08:56:34 PM
aww- so fluffy. nice clear, well lit photo. good job.
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03/13/2009 08:40:28 PM
Cute duck. Your photo caught my dog's attention. Very crisp photo.
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03/13/2009 08:33:57 PM
not quite sure what to say, definitely unique with nice details, 7
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03/13/2009 07:55:30 PM
Too cute for words! Great shot.
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03/13/2009 07:37:47 PM
Too cute!!!
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03/13/2009 02:58:44 PM
duck with attitude
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03/13/2009 11:23:14 AM
Oh this is incredibly cute! :D
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03/13/2009 03:43:00 AM
Funny
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03/12/2009 09:09:09 PM
Awww so cute :)
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03/12/2009 05:42:29 PM
lol
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03/12/2009 05:25:41 PM
is this guy real and if he is, how did you get him to pose like this, this is really good, love the background color
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03/12/2009 05:05:52 PM
Aww, how cute! This could totally be an inspirational poster, I think! This made me smile.
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03/12/2009 04:58:25 PM
One day you're on top of the world....the next in the oven. Poor guy his future is kind of bleak. Cute shot though!
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03/12/2009 04:08:30 PM
what an expression! Congrats on such a great picture.
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03/12/2009 02:44:19 PM
amazing shot. great colors and composition, must have been pretty hard to keep the little guy there long enough to take a photo :)
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03/12/2009 02:37:49 PM
One great shot. I love that the little dude is tilted. Put a smile on my face.
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03/12/2009 02:31:05 PM
Nice color and focus.
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03/12/2009 02:17:09 PM
Ya just gotta smile!
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03/12/2009 10:04:19 AM
Awww. hahaah. So sweet. Good detail and great subject.
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03/12/2009 08:58:11 AM
Nice ducky, but he looks so angry.
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03/12/2009 06:59:26 AM
haha, this is a funny picture, well done
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03/12/2009 01:42:15 AM
anger management
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03/12/2009 12:47:27 AM
im not a fan of the red background (i dont know why) BUT i LOVE the picture the moment the feeling the capture and everything else about this one
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03/11/2009 09:24:45 PM
ohhhhhhhh how cute
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03/11/2009 09:01:04 PM
Dynamo Duck? (Saturnin)
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03/11/2009 07:32:27 PM
This gave me a huge smile!
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03/11/2009 03:50:05 PM
great shot.. has lots of pop... good work.
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03/11/2009 02:59:13 PM
LOL
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03/11/2009 02:50:01 PM
What a cutie! Oh oh, he just crushed Toronto!
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03/11/2009 01:49:45 PM
LOL ... what a total cutie! lighting is great and I love the curious expression of your duckie ... the background color choice really compliments him also
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03/11/2009 01:35:07 PM
Very cute!
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03/11/2009 01:34:05 PM
Surely, this is a gem you cannot hide.
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03/11/2009 01:01:46 PM
Perhaps there's more to say, but first impression is....adorable.
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03/11/2009 12:10:36 PM
I...can't...resist...the...cuteness...
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03/11/2009 11:14:17 AM
This is SO adorable!
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03/11/2009 08:31:24 AM
Very cute, great stock image
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03/11/2009 08:23:56 AM
Quaks Up!
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03/11/2009 08:07:49 AM
gorgeous little thing that has been expertly exposed! very nice. good luck: 9.
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03/11/2009 06:24:49 AM
Good Idea!!
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03/11/2009 04:31:46 AM
oh, this is funny! great focus on this little guy!
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03/11/2009 04:30:01 AM
fantastic detail in the feathers and very amusing shot
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03/11/2009 03:46:30 AM
priceless expression
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03/11/2009 01:50:49 AM
neat concept
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03/11/2009 01:23:46 AM
that poor chick...how many shots did this take and how fast the it have to move...excellent colors and tones
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03/11/2009 12:46:00 AM
lol - too cute
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