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Swinging from the Heights
Swinging from the Heights
Kelli


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: From the Ground Up III (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Fujifilm FinePix S9000
Location: Philadelphia Zoo
Date: Aug 7, 2006
Aperture: f/3.7
ISO: 100
Shutter: 0.017s
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Aug 8, 2006

 Two Toed Sloth doing it's thing, in other words hanging upside down.

Levels, sharpened, resized, USM.



Post challenge - Yes, it is real. No, it's not a baby. It really was up, and they really hang this way most of the time. Also, this was shot in VERY low light, flash is prohibited.

Statistics
Place: 224 out of 361
Avg (all users): 5.0909
Avg (commenters): 8.0000
Avg (participants): 4.8085
Avg (non-participants): 5.3217
Views since voting: 693
Views during voting: 293
Votes: 209
Comments: 9
Favorites: 0

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 09/04/2006 06:47:54 PM
Good color and clear for an shot in such light without a flash. I think this was good enough to score even higher if you could have emphasized the "ground up" portion of the challenge, maybe from a more severe angle. Of course, zoo personnel probably would have a problem with my suggestion. ;-)
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 08/24/2006 11:17:53 AM
What an odd looking little critter! I like the way you chose to shoot this to sort of frame him with the branches and leaves. Good color throughout. As for the challenge, it may have done better had you shot from a lower angle - doesn't look as much "up" as some might have been expecting, I'm guessing. And VERY good work without a flash in low light! He does look like he could use a good shampoo, though... :-)
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 08/18/2006 08:24:19 AM
I scored this a 5. I could have sworn you used a flash and did it well, but I now see otherwise. You have good color and detail on the critter. Did you have a tripod or just handheld? At that speed you did real well with keeping him in focus if handheld. Him being just so slightly off center is a bit off - not sure how to crop it other than dead center. I think you may have gotten lower votes because of the angle you took the pic. Seems more strraight on rather than from ground up.
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 08/16/2006 10:52:46 PM
Goodness gracious, why didn't this do better? I gave it a 7. Cool pic, great way to meet the challenge. You wuz robbed!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/15/2006 09:47:15 PM
Is this for real... Love the animal and picture, great colors and capture...
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 08/15/2006 02:11:40 AM
good picture of an incedible creature. Is it a baby?
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 08/13/2006 10:03:47 PM
That's a cute beast - what is it?
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 08/12/2006 09:32:39 PM
ok AWWWWWWW!!!! :P
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 08/09/2006 09:22:45 AM
Great shot
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