Taken at 280mm (Canon 70-200 + 1.4 extender). Converted from RAW with Rawshooter. Then slight levels and curves followed by minimal sharpening and border added in P/Shop. (All edits were global, as I thought this was a basic rules challenge).
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I gotto love these animals and their orange eyes, they are so photogenic. Love the composition and the colours, don't like so much the orange border. (9)
Tremendous detail and perfect lighting. I'm intrigued as to whether you live in Madacasgar however? I suspect you may get a few nit pickers marking it down as DNMC. Still, in my view it is an excellent shot and I wish you luck for at least a front page finish.
Given the spirit of the challenge was to capture a shot of wildlife in its natural environment, I find it most difficult to believe that this was done with your entry. Needless to say my vote on this was very low given those circumstances. When a photo does not do its best in composition to depict actual challenge guidelines, my stadegy for voting immediately stops and it becomes a DNMC to me. The animal is too rare and to obscure for me to believe this capture was done in its natural environment.
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