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Thief in Action
Thief in Action
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Challenge: Action Shot (Advanced Editing I*)
Camera: Sony Mavica CD400
Location: Sarkar Alaska
Date: Dec 31, 2003
Date Uploaded: Jan 2, 2004

This Ermine showed up on New Years Eve and was caught in action stealing the dogs treats. They are extremely fast and not very photogenic.

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Place: 95 out of 97
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01/18/2004 07:29:52 PM
Greetings from the CC. Well what you got right with your shot is the subject. It is an interesting and somewhat obscure animal. However, you would of done well to use red eye in it to reduce the glare in its eye. Also the composition IMO is a bit lacking... in that you have far too much empty space around this little image, keep in mind when you are composing or post editing the 1/3 2/3 rule, makes for a more interesting shot. Try cropping this shot significantly (if camera is high enough resolution to allow it) Crop as much as can and try to get the ermine into the lower left corner of the shot.
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01/11/2004 02:16:47 PM
I dont know how easy it would have been but shots of animals tend to look better when shot at their eye level, try and get as close to the ground as you can when shooting an animal like this.
01/08/2004 12:17:30 PM
To bad the weasle is so small.
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01/05/2004 04:35:42 PM
Cool take on the challenge ... more contrast would be nice
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01/05/2004 11:29:12 AM
The glare in his eye is very distracting in my opinion.
01/05/2004 06:51:15 AM
This shot seems to have some image quality problems, as such all the detail is muddled here.
01/05/2004 12:22:36 AM
With the december rules you could have fixed his eye. A tighter crop would also be nice. Cute critter...ermine? Mink?
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