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Challenge: Hidden Gem -- 1,000th Challenge! (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Canon EOS-1D Mark III
Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM
Location: Costa Rica
Date: Dec 8, 2008
Aperture: 11
ISO: 2500
Shutter: 1/2000
Galleries: Animals, Action
Date Uploaded: Mar 9, 2009

Monkey shot in Costa Rica while hunting a bird.

Statistics
Place: 582 out of 1129
Avg (all users): 5.5624
Avg (commenters): 6.3393
Avg (participants): 5.5930
Avg (non-participants): 5.3867
Views since voting: 1173
Views during voting: 664
Votes: 505
Comments: 62
Favorites: 2 (view)


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03/21/2009 06:30:12 AM
excellent shot and powerful rhythm. the BG works perfectly!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/17/2009 09:15:23 PM
Good stop-motion.
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03/17/2009 08:53:05 PM
Wow. Nice Composition..
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03/17/2009 11:54:23 AM
Great capture of a monkey in motion, I like this shot a lot.
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03/17/2009 10:42:35 AM
I love these animals... Nice shot.
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03/16/2009 04:47:32 PM
i might have cloned out the leave at the bottom, but its a wonderful shot
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03/16/2009 12:09:29 PM
nice moment , six from me ;D
brano
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03/16/2009 12:24:30 AM
Very dynamic action shot.
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03/15/2009 10:06:01 PM
Excellent timing and capture!!
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03/15/2009 09:22:26 PM
interesting
03/15/2009 05:33:56 PM
great catch.
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03/15/2009 01:59:59 PM
love how gracefully the monkey is arching..
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03/15/2009 11:54:36 AM
Wow, good timing!! A very neat photo.
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03/15/2009 09:48:38 AM
very nice capture - 6
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03/15/2009 09:01:33 AM
Interesting photo. I wish the monkey would have been a little sharper
03/15/2009 12:36:32 AM
He sat on the branches opposite. For all his life he had been scared. Scared to do anything. He had been the last to learn to climb. The last to leave his mother's side. The last to hunt on his own (something he still had much trouble doing, and usually tricked others into doing it for him).

But now he was trapped. There was fire consuming the forest around him, and his only hope was to leap to the trees on the other side of the river. It was a mighty jump. A heroic leap. Everyone else had tried and made it, but now here he was, in the last tree, with flames threatening all around.

All his life he had been scared, and he was terrified now. They called to him, but he cowered. He couldn't do it. He wouldn't. He would burn here and it would be a fitting end for his fears and cowardice.

Then, crashing down right beside him came a burning log, and it made such a noise, and sheered the branch beside him clean off.

He panicked.


He jumped.
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03/14/2009 10:17:25 PM
the palm shadows(?) look like ripples on a pond, cool capture
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03/14/2009 07:00:25 PM
nice action capture.
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03/14/2009 02:49:51 PM
Dang. I hope there is not limit to my faves list, because it's filling up fast in this challenge. A very unique shot.
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03/14/2009 09:50:54 AM
Good capture made interesting by the rarity and uniqueness of it.
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03/14/2009 08:37:50 AM
Delightful action shot of this monkey swinging from tree to tree. Nice processing,background works well to compliment the silhouette's.
One little niggle.....That little bit of branch at the bottom all by itself...you should have cloned or cropped it out. It just causes a tiny bit of distraction and unbalances this otherwise perfect image just ever so slightly. 8
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03/14/2009 07:08:47 AM
cool, great capture, perfectly blurred background too, great silhouette, like this a lot
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03/14/2009 04:29:14 AM
Richard Dawkins would be proud.
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03/14/2009 12:12:59 AM
Stunning capture. something surreal about it. 10
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03/13/2009 05:31:08 PM
Nice action capture and a great shot with a good composition.
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03/13/2009 03:09:16 PM
Nice fly of the monkey. I like the silhouettes.
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03/13/2009 11:37:50 AM
How fun that you caught this. Great timing.
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03/13/2009 11:28:33 AM
amazing capture
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03/13/2009 09:39:02 AM
Nice action shot.
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03/13/2009 07:58:52 AM
Love the monkey silhouette. The colors are a bit drab but the subject and story is really nice.
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03/13/2009 05:22:00 AM
that one orange leaf is really distracting, but other than that it is a great capture and I almost thought those were water ripples in the background...which looks pretty darn cool :)
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03/13/2009 01:55:40 AM
Has almost an underwater kind of feel to it - really like the background arches and that one wee bit of color.
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03/12/2009 11:02:54 PM
That is split-second timing!! Can't tell if this is the shadow or the actual monkey!
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03/12/2009 09:27:15 PM
If you only knew how much I dislike fly monkies, but this is a great capture, and i really like the background
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03/12/2009 08:08:21 PM
Nice timing on the capture! That one red leaf bothers me.

Not voting yet.
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03/12/2009 07:18:46 PM
Nice capture. The blurred branches in the background add to the pic.
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03/12/2009 07:01:00 PM
Fantastic capture, good use of silhouette too.
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03/12/2009 05:34:50 PM
Neat capture. The long arc shadows behind the monkey almost create an abstract background.
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03/12/2009 03:38:47 PM
Great moment captured, congratulations!
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03/12/2009 03:32:44 PM
Cool shot and lucky timing!
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03/12/2009 11:10:12 AM
Good timing to get him mid jump.
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03/12/2009 10:56:21 AM
Very cool!
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03/12/2009 09:47:08 AM
fantastic timing
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03/12/2009 09:24:04 AM
what a great shot. beautiful.
03/12/2009 08:29:40 AM
Congratulations on being part of this 1000th challenge on DPC. Keep up the good work!!
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03/12/2009 05:09:37 AM
this is nice, I love the shadow play in the background. one colored leaf??
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03/12/2009 12:02:20 AM
Cool shot !!! , Like it , 7
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03/11/2009 10:29:26 PM
There's a tail to be told with this shot. Love the large frond shadows in the background.
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03/11/2009 09:46:24 PM
Looks like a trapeese artist.
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03/11/2009 08:05:27 PM
Very nice capture. The silhouettes alone wouldn't have done it, but the softly out of focus plants in the background add an element of perfection!
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03/11/2009 07:18:06 PM
Flying monkey, very cool shot. I love how you captured the shadow of the plant on the wall as well.
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03/11/2009 04:51:31 PM
Nice flow to the photograph--background a little distracting
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03/11/2009 04:30:15 PM
I like the silhouette and the "stripes' in the background lend an interesting touch. Why is the one leaf orange?
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03/11/2009 03:23:25 PM
nice shot, really like the natural framing
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03/11/2009 03:09:39 PM
though this is a great action shot...it lack appeal for me...to dark not enough details
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03/11/2009 01:23:48 PM
Great moment to capture!
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03/11/2009 09:19:01 AM
Nicely caught and great BG!
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03/11/2009 09:00:06 AM
Very interesting composition. I like it.
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03/11/2009 07:46:04 AM
Great capture although the one colored leaf really grabs my attention.
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03/11/2009 05:46:26 AM
nice shot
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03/11/2009 03:54:59 AM
wow good get
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03/11/2009 01:55:41 AM
Brilliant action silhouette. I love the hint of fronds in the background.
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