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Challenge: Candid III (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Nikon Coolpix 5400
Location: Madison, WI
Date: Apr 9, 2006
Aperture: 7.3
ISO: 50
Shutter: 24
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Apr 10, 2006

Taken at the zoo, the expressions here really caught my eye. Took about 20 shots of the same scene and decided on this one.

Statistics
Place: 339 out of 396
Avg (all users): 4.3320
Avg (commenters): 4.1818
Avg (participants): 4.0286
Avg (non-participants): 4.5612
Views since voting: 795
Views during voting: 318
Votes: 244
Comments: 13
Favorites: 0


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/18/2006 02:42:11 PM
I'm not much for receiving or giving comments, but since Candids are
near and dear to my heart, I have decided to give comment on every entry
in this challenge.

Unfortunately, candids of animals are really not what I look for in a good candid. Animals are aware and both unaware at the same time of a photographer, nor do they care either way. Too easy, no comfort zone lost. It's a 2 for me.
04/18/2006 05:47:36 AM
A decent wildlife shot, though one would naturally presume its a zoo shot, which is let down by processing i think: colour temperature seems all wrong, colour saturation is almost non-existent and yet it hasn't the feeling of being effectively de-saturated at all - just looks like it needs more work. Composition doesn't do a lot for me - that rock image right and its closeness ot the female, the half0dead tree image left ...
04/17/2006 11:44:14 PM
Well, it is a nice image of a pair of lions. Not sure how far this will fly with the DNMC group as it's a stretch as a candid (being animals rather than people).

That branch on the left must have been annoying. Too bad you couldn't reach out and prune that out of there! ;^) Don't think the scenery would have remained quite so serene then. You did a nice job on exposing for the lighting and getting enough DOF to keep both lions in focus.

Good luck in the challenge.
04/17/2006 03:02:27 PM
hope you're getting enough comments on this. if your score isn't where you would like it to be, you might want to read this thread
04/15/2006 11:22:21 PM
Nice Shot - Could be a candid, but they are just lying there
04/13/2006 02:31:46 PM
Beautiful! Love everything about it!
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04/13/2006 11:58:23 AM
gonna get low scores.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
04/12/2006 11:58:24 PM
Excellent shot. I like that both lions are focused, and the environment looks very natural.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
04/12/2006 08:27:02 PM
dnmc
04/12/2006 06:25:34 PM
not a candid
04/12/2006 09:57:00 AM
I love this shot, but somehow I find this not to be what I would consider "Candid"
  Photographer found comment helpful.
04/12/2006 09:13:36 AM
Great shot. The post-process put it in a palid way.
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04/12/2006 06:59:58 AM
To easy to be a real candid


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