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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Free Study XIV (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Sigma 18-125mm f/3.5-5.6 DC for Canon
Location: Columbus Zoo - Where else?
Date: Oct 2, 2006
Galleries: Portraiture, Animals
Date Uploaded: Oct 2, 2006

 Yet again - another tiger from the Columbus Zoo. I wonder how many people will know this to be mine as this is the 5th or so that I have entered. These tigers are amazing posers and very interactive with the people watching them. Not a whole lot to say about this. It may not have the excitement of a wild pose or the heavy editing of my previous FS tiger entry, but I felt that this was way too clean to not enter. I felt the image was sharp, the colors dead on, and the composition pleasing. Maybe not a wow shot but I hope it will do well. Next FS I should have my Sigma 70-300mm lens so I hope to get even closer and better shots of these beauties.

PP - crop, levels, saturation, minor cloning, dodging and burning all over the place, light blur to background, USM a couple of times, High pass and soft light blend, NI, resize for web, USM again, border.

A couple of outakes from this "portrait session".

Statistics
Place: 43 out of 625
Avg (all users): 6.5081
Avg (commenters): 7.8421
Avg (participants): 6.5000
Avg (non-participants): 6.5429
Views since voting: 1842
Views during voting: 282
Votes: 185
Comments: 27
Favorites: 4 (view)

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 09/29/2007 04:39:42 AM
I was just looking at your profile and noticed your comments received needed another one to make 4700. That's all.

Oh, and I love tiger photos.
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 03/23/2007 01:30:26 PM
Nice kitty nice kitty
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 12/29/2006 06:17:52 PM
My take on this: possibly a little too much saturation, possibly a little too much yellow. Moving rapidly on, placement of the DOF is masterful. A little portion of the ground in front of kitty is sharp as is the face, superbly so, so that the fact that the rest of the body is going out of focus really focusses(!) attention on the head and shoulders. Great composition and use of ROT. I'm sure that this took an awful lot of patience to get, just waiting for the moment. Extremely well done indeed.
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 11/08/2006 12:06:38 PM
I agree: Tigers make the most dramatic photos! It sure got me one of my best scores too :) This one is awesome! You have certainly gotten it down how to bring out the best in these gorgeous animals! Great job!

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 11/08/2006 04:30:59 AM
Ha- I knew this was yours! ...ok, not really. I didn't vote this challenge. But if I did, I woulda given this one two thumbs up! :) Highly commendable finish in a very competitive field.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/07/2006 05:35:22 PM
how beautiful!
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 11/07/2006 01:36:06 AM
Excellent colors in this!
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 11/06/2006 07:43:11 PM
Nice composition and colors, though there are some spots that look a bit oversaturated
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 11/06/2006 03:26:41 PM
love the colors
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 11/05/2006 09:22:01 PM
I love tiger shots and this one is very nice, especially with the eye contact.
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 11/05/2006 06:16:44 PM
really great colour, good composition and focus. good work
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 11/05/2006 11:30:50 AM
fantastic shot with true colour
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 11/04/2006 10:02:06 PM
This is such a cool shot! 9
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 11/04/2006 01:35:22 PM
great colours,sharpness and perfect framing. it's rear that I rate with 10 a shot of animals if this shots aren't with free animals ( but here is to ask too much :)). 10
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 11/04/2006 04:58:21 AM
Almost look like a painting.....but also so real as well.....
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 11/04/2006 03:04:36 AM
Awesome focus...should be in the top 10...I'm going with a 9 because I think it's probably a caged animal.
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 11/03/2006 07:57:24 PM
Great shot!
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 11/03/2006 08:25:09 AM
great image
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 11/02/2006 11:00:09 PM
Royalty and deadly attention! 7
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 11/02/2006 09:22:15 PM
Beautiful colors on the tiger, though perhaps a touch too saturated for my tastes. Great detail and you managed to capture a great expression on the tiger.
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 11/02/2006 01:02:06 PM
This would be perfect if you cropped just the face, but quite nice anyway. Van
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 11/01/2006 11:32:20 PM
Vibrant tones. Nice positioning and crop. 10
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 11/01/2006 10:18:17 PM
Awesome! Definitely "MY" kind of photo! :) Beautifully photographed and processed! Good luck!
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 11/01/2006 07:55:24 PM
this is beautiful. great detail
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 11/01/2006 05:38:37 PM
Great composition and lighting. The colourful tiger looks great against the plainer background. Nice DOF and the gaze from the tiger is fantastic.
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 11/01/2006 04:13:07 AM
majestic
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 11/01/2006 12:42:00 AM
very crisp and vibrant. -8-
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