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Meerly Resting
Meerly Resting
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Challenge: June Free Study (Advanced Editing II)
Camera: Sony DSC-F717
Location: Paradise Park, Broxbourne, UK
Date: Jun 6, 2004
Aperture: f4.5
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/250
Galleries: Portraiture, Animals
Date Uploaded: Jun 24, 2004

 Animal Gallery

This little meerkat simply sat calmly as I approached really close with my intrusive lens. In fact, this little fella was so tame he and his little relatives let me stroke them.

He'd just been digging for food so maybe he was too tired to be bothered about me! This is one of many shots of them peering around, eating and generally being as meerkats are - totally charming!

I cloned out masses of debris on his face. I was going to leave it because it added to his rather scatty appearance, but it just looked too messy!

Other edits:
Hue/Sat (to boost the colour for web)
Minor dodge & burn (to bring out the eyes, nose and ears)
Crop (there's more to the left and bottom, but at 640px there's less impact)

Statistics
Place: 83 out of 384
Avg (all users): 5.9951
Avg (commenters): 7.1250
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Views since voting: 1291
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Votes: 206
Comments: 9
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/07/2004 11:03:11 PM
Very krisp kat you got there. I always appreciate a clever title (MeerMuffs?), and this is one of the top animal pics in the group. Nice job.
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 07/07/2004 05:18:52 PM
Great capture! These little guys are cute. Love the expression you caught. Great lighting in this shot also... very nice :-)
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 07/06/2004 01:23:10 PM
These little guys are natural hams. And may be rapidly becoming one of the most photographed creatures in the world. You 've nicely captured the classic "smile" there are excellent details in the fur. It is just lacking that WOW factor that makes an image pop off the screen. That said, I've been looking at him/her for quite some time now, so obviously ther is merit to the image. The crop is just a bit tight on top, I feel, other than that, nicely done. 8
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 07/02/2004 03:25:20 PM
Funny title
good image
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 07/02/2004 01:33:01 PM
Very nice portrait of this funny lookin dude...
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 07/02/2004 01:42:49 AM
I am a big Disney fan, and of course Timon and Pumba are my very favorite, this is a very good shot. Much attention to detail, the eyes are phenominal. 9
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 07/01/2004 04:29:27 PM
fantastic sharpness and detail here.....love the face! great colors too
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 07/01/2004 04:20:36 PM
Ohhh Timon!
 07/01/2004 06:32:39 AM
Wow. Love the expression that you caught, light & DOF. Good job.
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