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Challenge: Baby Animals (Advanced Editing VII*)
Collection: 2010
Camera: Canon EOS-50D
Lens: Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS
Location: Fort Worth, Texas
Date: Aug 7, 2010
Aperture: F7.1
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/250
Galleries: Animals
Date Uploaded: Aug 8, 2010

 We (myself and Cowtownmom)took the tatertots (the grandkids) and my nephew Teddy to the Ft. Worth Nature Center Saturday morning. This is a nature preserve where most of the animals are allowed to roam relatively freely. After finding some cool looking bugs and landscapes, we finally went to find the bison. Took quite a bit of a hike, and they finally turned out to be at the far backside of their range. We initially spotted them roaming behind a clump of trees and with some patient waiting, the herd eventually came out into the clearing where we could photograph them. There were at least 2 and possibly 3 calves that were born several months ago. We waited at the fence about 40 minutes or so periodically getting some decent shots. I think we burned up too much time earlier in the morning in other areas, so at this late morning hour, the bison were not coming very far out of the shade. Next time we go straight to the bison range when we arrive.

Not anticipating better than a mid-pack placement out of this. Might even bomb out in the 4's, I really don't have a good feel for how this will perform. I just can't seem to coax the wow factor and detail out of this that I want to see in it. Also expect to take some hits for the calf not being as prominent as the mom. Well, that's how nursing a young one looks. If I'd had ability to get closer, filling the frame would have been nice.

Anticipated critiques:
-Harsh sun too much towards midday
-Baby bison is not prominent enough as the subject.

Post-challenge notes:
Well, I'm glad this one is over. I haven't had one do this poorly in a long time. I guess I liked the subject and convinced myself it was ok when it wasn't. I'll put this in the "what was I thinking?" file.

Statistics
Place: 127 out of 138
Avg (all users): 4.5734
Avg (commenters): 0.0000
Avg (participants): 4.4667
Avg (non-participants): 4.6506
Views since voting: 1134
Views during voting: 290
Votes: 143
Comments: 1
Favorites: 0

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 08/17/2010 01:43:24 PM
Whoah. No comments.
This is in the weird situation where the competition participants scored you higher than the non-participants, all users and commenters. Guess they didn't find your bison a threat :)

I gave you a 4. It felt pretty washed out to me, and the baby wasn't very interesting. Basically your pre-challenge anticipations.
There was something about the green that simply looked odd or wrong to me. Not quite sure what it was. Maybe our grass in Ireland's different to yours. I dunno. It seemed slightly unnatural, which didn't frame the shot too good as a first impression, hence, I'd say, my under-par scoring.
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