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Snack-Time Kids!
Snack-Time Kids!
wickedpete


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Challenge: At the Zoo (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Location: MN
Date: Jul 17, 2005
Aperture: f4
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/250s
Date Uploaded: Jul 17, 2005

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Statistics
Place: 196 out of 198
Avg (all users): 3.7920
Avg (commenters): 4.0952
Avg (participants): 3.8596
Avg (non-participants): 3.7232
Views since voting: 1158
Views during voting: 338
Votes: 226
Comments: 23
Favorites: 0


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07/24/2005 10:31:39 PM
oh I get it
07/24/2005 09:51:53 PM
Looks tasty!
07/24/2005 12:33:40 PM
This is very nice although I have a feeling it would do better in a different challenge. I have a feeling people will vote it down because it could've been taken somewhere other than the zoo. I really like it though.
07/23/2005 04:57:05 AM
i like how you captured the essence of a Zoo ;-p
07/22/2005 11:17:44 PM
This should be a mistake.
07/22/2005 07:21:26 AM
I don't understand how this meets the challenge.
07/21/2005 06:10:48 PM
Excellent photo of your melon. But its hard for me to give it more than 5 because of the challenge. I am looking for animals here.

07/20/2005 05:36:39 PM
Zoo ? - stretching it a bit!
07/20/2005 02:49:00 AM
this is at the zoo???
07/20/2005 01:35:51 AM
This seems well off the challenge. Nice still life though.
07/19/2005 10:59:16 PM
I'm not sure what to do with this. Are you saying that when you bring out the watermelon it's a real zoo around there? I'll go with that and give you an outside the box 6 for creativity.
07/19/2005 12:08:28 PM
Having read the challenge description, I am certainly aware that "things you might see at the zoo" are viable shots for this challenge. Even so, I'm much more inclined to vote favorably on kids and/or animal photos... however yours is a fabulous exception and I'm glad to vote it a 9.

As for the photo itself, besides the obvious (color, focus, exposure) what I like so much is the composition, for example, the way the deep red of the watermellon starts and ends in the all-white areas of the plate and then the background. Also like the blue/white checkerboard being used to frame the shot. Bravo!
07/19/2005 09:59:45 AM
Cute picture. Can you picnic at zoos? It isn't really fitting the challenge for me though. Sorry.
07/19/2005 08:17:10 AM
And because you're at the zoo this snack will cost you $2 per slice. I'll spare you the "Where's the animal?" comment, as I'm sure you've had a few. This is without a doubt, the best watermelon shot I've seen so far in this challenge ;-) God luck to you, it'll be interesting to see where the masses put this. IMO, the composition & focus are great. I might have used a grassy background or a picnic blanket or basket behind the plate to give a more outdoorsy feel. Good luck!
07/19/2005 12:05:58 AM
i acknowledge people often eat lunch at the zoo, but i don't feel this meets the challenge.
07/18/2005 09:07:04 PM
huh? zoo?
07/18/2005 08:58:58 PM
I don't think I'd carry a watermelon around a zoo however I like the message you're conveying. 7
07/18/2005 03:51:58 PM
need a zoo plate or cup, otherwise could be anywhere.
07/18/2005 01:30:33 PM
Unique take on the challege!
07/18/2005 02:55:13 AM
... I suppose this image is just a big mistake :D nice but not the right contest
07/18/2005 02:43:38 AM
Out of the box! niiiice.
Ok, i gotta admit I don't think the zoo has such lovely plates for the snaks, but personally I love this idea a lot more then most of the other pics in the challenge.
Also, I think the BG is a bit blown out. I would love to see some details in it. 8
07/18/2005 01:36:14 AM
Probably will be voted down because there's no animal in the shot. However, I've seen this before at a zoo. :-) I think the white in the top is a little overpowering however (IMHO).
07/18/2005 12:18:54 AM
Kind of a strange animal.


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