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PotW 7 July 2009

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PotW 7 July 2009

Postby stubbsy on Tue Jul 07, 2009 7:39 pm

One of the more pleasurable, but challenging tasks I have to undertake has come my way again. There were a number of fine images that caught my eye in the last week, but I kept coming back to the images in THIS post by DebT. My problem was that I coudln't decide which of the images was "the one" that I'd choose as Picture of the Week. Eventually I decided that, as Deb suggests in her post, these 3 images belong together so this week it's three pictures of the week. Congratulations Deb.

So why these images? They're sharp, well exposed and the eye contact engages the viewer. Better, the angle of the shot gives a strong feel the hippo is coming straight at us. My only niggle is I'd have liked them a touch wider (so go back and try again Deb :wink: ) On the plus side the tight crop means we can pretend the subject is in the wild rather than captive in a zoo.

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Re: PotW 7 July 2009

Postby biggerry on Tue Jul 07, 2009 8:56 pm

great choice Peter!! and well done DebT - go the hippos!
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Re: PotW 7 July 2009

Postby surenj on Tue Jul 07, 2009 9:13 pm

Nice one Peter!
Congrats Debt.
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Re: PotW 7 July 2009

Postby Big V on Tue Jul 07, 2009 10:26 pm

Well deserved...
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Re: PotW 7 July 2009

Postby Alex on Tue Jul 07, 2009 10:31 pm

Excellent series and great choice!
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Re: PotW 7 July 2009

Postby Bob G on Tue Jul 07, 2009 11:02 pm

Hip, Hip, Hip - Hooray for three fine images.

Congratulations - well deserved.
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Re: PotW 7 July 2009

Postby mic on Tue Jul 07, 2009 11:04 pm

Brilliant !

What a capture and what gums ?

Well done.

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Re: PotW 7 July 2009

Postby radar on Tue Jul 07, 2009 11:12 pm

love these hippo shots, well done DebT, great pick Peter.
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Re: PotW 7 July 2009

Postby Glen on Wed Jul 08, 2009 2:38 am

Great stuff Deb, these 3 images are striking together
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Re: PotW 7 July 2009

Postby Greg B on Wed Jul 08, 2009 9:36 am

Great Hippo shots Deb congratulations and well chosen Peter.

(I couldn't help but think of the classic and much loved "Hippo Eats Dwarf"
story which you can read here :D
Even Karl Pilkington related it in one of the podcasts. Of course it isn't true)
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Re: PotW 7 July 2009

Postby aim54x on Wed Jul 08, 2009 9:44 am

Great choice Stubbsy! It is a very nice series that you cannot pick to have been taken in a zoo.
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Re: PotW 7 July 2009

Postby zafra52 on Wed Jul 08, 2009 12:41 pm

Congratulations to the photographer! It is a great combination of pictures that together make an interesting image.
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Re: PotW 7 July 2009

Postby colin_12 on Wed Jul 08, 2009 5:28 pm

Way to go Deb.
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Re: PotW 7 July 2009

Postby surenj on Wed Jul 08, 2009 5:38 pm

mic wrote:What a capture and what gums ?



Shikes! Just noticed the gums! those are gross. Initially I was concentrating on the teeth.
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Re: PotW 7 July 2009

Postby ATJ on Wed Jul 08, 2009 5:41 pm

Well deserved.
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Re: PotW 7 July 2009

Postby Matt. K on Wed Jul 08, 2009 6:33 pm

Well deserved Debt. They are excellent images...I can almost smell his breath.
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Re: PotW 7 July 2009

Postby fozzie on Wed Jul 08, 2009 7:41 pm

Well done Deb :)
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Re: PotW 7 July 2009

Postby DebT on Thu Jul 09, 2009 11:31 am

WOW what a surprise thanks all ! I thought there were some excellent shots during the week and hadn't even considered the possibility of POW .
Amazing what a good camera, great lens, and the opportunity can produce
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Re: PotW 7 July 2009

Postby Greg B on Thu Jul 09, 2009 12:22 pm

DebT wrote:Amazing what a good camera, great lens, and the opportunity can produce
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Deb, we all have those. The credit goes to the photographer. You. :)
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Re: PotW 7 July 2009

Postby marcotrov on Sat Jul 11, 2009 10:26 pm

Well done Deb. As Peter has mentioned thay are indeed sharp and do belong together. Terrific series and well chosen Peter.
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