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Challenge: Trends (Classic Editing)
Camera: Olympus C-720UZ
Location: San Francisco Zoo
Date: Jul 17, 2003
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Jul 19, 2003

Penguin at the Zoo, obviously.

Statistics
Place: 64 out of 169
Avg (all users): 5.2422
Avg (commenters): 6.6667
Avg (participants): 5.2553
Avg (non-participants): 5.2346
Views since voting: 1376
Votes: 256
Comments: 11
Favorites: 1 (view)


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08/04/2003 08:26:55 AM
Hi jason - your cc moment

Two technical points first - minor ones, but they bug me a little. First it feels slightly off-horizontal: it's probably one of those shots that will always feel so, but its an impression. Second, I think you've left a little too much to the left of the den entrance - just a fraction, but such a clean shot needs a clean composition I think.

Good shot though - interesting contrasts and situation. I couldn't really place it within the framework of the challenge myself, and I bet this has hurt you in the voting. One of those where the title seems to want to push the idea into the challenge, rather than obviously meeting it. I can see the pride - but if you were pushing the idea of zoos as preservation, then perhaps you need something to put it more obviously in a zoo (Yeah, I know penguins don't live in caves, but ...) like people, or a fence, or something. Tricky, obviously, but it's in that area that I think it doesn't work for this challenge.

Ed
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/29/2003 01:38:36 PM
cute, but not enough contrast between penguin and rock color
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07/27/2003 11:53:59 AM
Wow you are really close to this penguin. Is this a telephoto shot? Looks really good if it is. The penguin has the perfect posture, very cute. I keep wondering what the thing is back in the cave that I can barely discern.
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07/26/2003 02:52:34 AM
sorry, can't see the connection to the topic.
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07/25/2003 07:30:26 PM
oh wow this is a cool shot.
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07/24/2003 09:54:05 AM
hahaha i love that dude
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07/23/2003 11:18:06 PM
Honey I am home lol 9
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07/23/2003 10:25:52 PM
Great photo!
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07/23/2003 01:58:01 PM
Kind of stuffed looking. Tough shot, lots of contrasts, you did good.
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07/23/2003 04:35:46 AM
good shot but I cant see nomatter how hard I look how this could fit this challenge
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07/23/2003 12:51:42 AM
NIcely taken photograph, technically very strong, not too sure how it applies to category, maybe I'm just a little slow! Would love to hear your side of it, might even change the score!
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