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Hungry Hungry Hippo
Hungry Hungry Hippo
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Challenge: Free Study 2007-06 (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Nikon D40
Lens: Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D
Location: Camden Adventure Aquarium, New Jersey
Date: Jun 19, 2007
Galleries: Animals, Action
Date Uploaded: Jun 25, 2007

 Story
Was at the Camden Adventure Aquarium. Was 2nd pass thru the room, and as it was in the water and I was shooting it with the 300mm, it got agitated and charged out of the water. I kept shooting and it got bored with me, so it started eating. Some father started putting his kids on the wall and they were throwing straw that fell from the birds nest at him, and he came over and started eating. His wide open mouth was literally within inches of the kids, and definately wasn't safe. After they left, I switched in the 50mm and moved around. Some teenagers started throwin some straw and it stayed there, snorting and opening his mouth, so I lifted the camera up, prayed I got a good angle and clicked away. This was the best shot out of the bunch. Can't believe I got a full frame with the 50mm. BTW, hippos have really bad breath. I'll post the original post voting if anyones interested.

Processing
Opened in Photomatrix Pro
Tonemapping
Open in CS3
Crop
levels
curves
slightly adjusted saturation
healing brush for some distracting reflections on wet snout
clone stamped out a distracting straw piece that was hanging from mouth
border
masked border and drew in the snout again to give it the "coming at you look"
USM
resize
USM
resize again
save for web

Statistics
Place: 118 out of 556
Avg (all users): 6.1190
Avg (commenters): 7.2727
Avg (participants): 6.1959
Avg (non-participants): 5.8621
Views since voting: 1324
Views during voting: 215
Votes: 126
Comments: 13
Favorites: 2 (view)

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-7D Mark II
Canon EF 300mm f/2.8 L IS II USM
 07/07/2007 08:47:38 PM
Cool, very cool
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-7D
Tamron AF 28-300mm F/3.5-6.3 XR Di VC LD Aspherical(IF)Macro
 07/05/2007 10:20:01 PM
this boy needs a dentist! LOL. great image!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Samsung Galaxy S9/S9+
Canon TC-DC58B 1.5x Tele Converter
07/05/2007 08:05:54 PM
Most people harp on my thick frames. It totally works here for me as well and I've yet to figure how to do that one. It's very funny to me but yoikes, he should learn to swallow his food before smiling! Good luck to ya!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D70
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
 07/05/2007 05:40:34 PM
A little too much detail for me...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS R
Canon RF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS USM
07/05/2007 05:12:51 PM
Nice framing.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Quantaray AF 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 LD Tele-Macro for Canon
 07/05/2007 10:57:06 AM
Looks like it's in 3-D!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Sony Alpha a6000
Sony E 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 PZ OSS
 07/05/2007 07:56:51 AM
Great capture. I like how you did the border!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM
 07/03/2007 01:52:53 PM
Neat title.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS R5
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 07/03/2007 09:44:46 AM
Great capture, no doubt. I've never had, the er, pleasure of viewing the inside of a hippo's mouth before. My, what yellow teeth he has! Excellent frame job, too.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
 07/02/2007 10:31:37 PM
WHOA! Nice Capture!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D90
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6D ED
 07/01/2007 01:00:01 PM
I like how you have him coming out of the frame, very cool effect.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Olympus E-510
Olympus 40-150mm f/3.5-4.5 Zuiko Digital
 07/01/2007 05:47:18 AM
Great 3D effect - I like this
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 07/01/2007 12:56:14 AM
Seems like a dentists ad - nt brushing ur teeth can lead to this
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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