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Contest Results: Animals

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Ended 03/21/19 4:15 PM GMT
Winner: rozem061 (See the full results)

1st place
Suspicious by rozem061

casechaser: Enchanting and beautiful, John. A wonderful composition.

0930_23: Congrats on your win John. It was a great entry.

Vickid: This is a spectacular capture, the lighting and details and angle give us a view that is simply breathtaking. Favorite. Excellent entry!

rozem061 received a 2 month membership in the Caedes Cadre.

2nd place
Red Crested Pochard.... by biffobear

corngrowth: Richie, congratulations for your second place in the 'Animals' contest.
Well done!

Vickid: Excellent composition, the reflections, the details and clarity, very impressive. Red Crested Pochard, wow, I cannot even begin to comprehend how you know all the species! Brilliant scene!

biffobear received a 1 month membership in the Caedes Cadre.

3rd place
King Kong by LynEve

Ramad: 6 to 15 times the strength of a grown up man! Nice and sharp shot and an apt movie title too.

rozem061: Hey, Lyn !

In mid-2004, Bokito escaped from his enclosure in Berlin and climbed its 3 meter high wall. He was escorted back to his cage without incident.
On May 18, 2007, Bokito jumped over the water-filled ditch that separated his Rotterdam enclosure from the public and violently attacked a woman, dragging her around for tens of meters and inflicting bone fractures as well as more than a hundred bite wounds. He subsequently entered a nearby restaurant, causing panic among the visitors. During this encounter, three more people were injured as a result of the panic. Bokito was eventually sedated with the help of a tranquilizer gun and placed back in his cage.
The woman who was attacked had been a regular visitor to the great apes' enclosure, visiting an average of four times per week. She had a habit of touching the glass that separated her from the gorillas, while making eye contact with Bokito and smiling at him � a practice that is discouraged by primatologists, as apes are likely to interpret human smiling as a form of aggressive display. Zoo employees had previously warned her against doing this, but she continued, claiming a special bond with him: in an interview with `De Telegraaf` she said, "If I smile at him, he smiles back".(Wikipedia)

Good luck in the contest !
John



4th place
Blue by JaiJoli

0930_23: Congrats on your 4th place finish in the contest. Wonderful entry.

regmar: This image conveys the whole "happy dog" thing quite well. I feel that maybe you pushed the contrast a bit far. Here's why: Back when I was in school in TV production (a thousand years ago) they always said that the technique should convey the message and not draw attention to itself. Any attention drawn to the methodology distracts from the message.

Now of course all this goes out the window when the technique IS the message - in which case put the pedal to the metal and distract away!

5th place
Francis by 0930_23

LynEve: LOL - a picture that made me laugh - well done you and Francis looks like a very good communicator ! Good luck in the contest

LynEve: Congratulations Tick & Francis !

koca: Great entry, good luck.

jerseygurl: Congrats, Tick, on taking 5th place in the contest!!!!!!!!!!!!!!