Ok, having scraped a 5.456 in Wildlife using the image I judged as best of my selection, I'm now interested in whether one of my other potential choices would have done better.
Here's my entry
The main reason I didn't use either of those was because neither are native wildlife to my country of residence and are taken within the wildlife park... but did I make the right decision?
I assume they would score roughly the same since they appear not to be wild. Folks, including myself, voted low on non-wild shots. The shots are all nice, but thats the reason for the score to me.
Thanks so much for your input and I understand where you are coming from.
Just to point out though, that the reason I used the camel is because there are herds still living basically wild here, or at least as wild as camels ever have.
I enjoy the young emu and the pelicans better than the camel - the dark curly feathers on the emu contrast nicely with the background and it is better focus than the camel tho' both use a nice shallow dof to isolate the subject. The pelicans are colorful, bright and interesting - I also like the composition on the interesting tree - a nice diagonal more dinamic than the camel composition. The emu composition is nice too - filling the frame better than the camel which feels a bit squished at the bottom of the frame. In its favor, the camel does have a quirky, engaging, toothy expression - but the picture just didn't grab me like the other two would have. As for the wild issue - knowing DPC photographers are from all over the world I was inclined to give people the benefit of the doubt.
Thanks adine, for taking the time to reply and for your helpful and constructive comments. I also think I like the emu shot best, but thought it would get marked down for obviously not being in a natural environment. C'est la vie!
