Weekly #829 - Animal life Competition

Hello everyone. Thank you for all the interesting photos this week as usual making the judging rather difficult.

This cat disturbs me – drofmit
Anyone who has been owned by a cat will recognise this look. Well composed with good detail in the fur and the eye nicely in focus. It made me smile.

Gentle Lemur – garethjmorgan
Great positioning of the Lemur to the left and looking to the right, with the subject and foreground greenery well-lit and standing out from the out of focus background. Again, great detail in the fur and you are drawn immediately to those bright orange eyes.

Gatekeeper – MHOL190246
A nice photo of a Gatekeeper butterfly contrasting well with the bright yellow flowers and out of focus background. Good sharpness in the head and antennae.

River visit – Nigelk
How wonderful to be able to photograph such majestic animals in their natural habitat. A herd of varying ages and sizes adding to the interest and well framed with the water to the front and the African bush behind.

Ouch – michaelblue
Brilliantly captured moment of a tiger cub biting its mother timed to perfection. The composition, focus and exposure are spot on. Although taken at the zoo it could easily have been in the wild.
I am assuming and hoping that the EXIF data is a blip and it was taken on a Pentax or acceptable clone.

At table – Francisbd
A very good photo of what appears to be one, possibly two buff tailed bumblebees on a sunflower. I love the detail on both the bee and the wonderful colours and texture of the sunflower head. Tres bon.

A bit of privacy please – sueriley
I like the humour in the title here. The framing and crop are excellent and the focus and exposure are outstanding giving it an almost 3D look with the background nicely blurred. There is so much detail to see.

Herding – johnriley
This is certainly a blast from the past-not a sight you see very often these days. Although 1982 it could easily have been 1952. It has that nostalgic look that comes from old film shots. I like the curve of the road sweeping around with the geese to the fore. Even the two herders, important to the picture are looking at the geese making them the focus.

Sundowner moth – Noelcmn
This is a lovely photo that shows that moths can be in some cases as beautiful as butterflies. The colour and detail are superb. Nice to see such entries that I am unlikely to photograph for myself.

1st – Ouch by michaelblue
2nd – A bit of privacy please by sueriley
3rd – Gentle lemur by garethjmorgan

Hc’s to the other entries, thanks everyone.

An excellent choice of winner and a well thought out judging. Brilliant!

Thanks for the win, Pentax Kp with the DA* 300. I always seem to have this problem with the EXIF data, I must be doing something wrong

Congratulations to the way-outright winner.... talk about timing Michael!! And kittens of any size have needle sharp teeth.
Congrats also to Sue and Gareth.... nice!!
Thanks for a fun comp Rooster! And the constructive comments.... RonRon left us at the end of last year at the grand age of 19!! And is still sorely missed....

Michael.... had that loss of Exif problem with PottyShop in the past... what I do now is duplicate the file and pottyshop that, saving as the original duplicate file.... that seems to keep the original Exif intact. My older, more long winded method was to copy and paste the worked file onto a duplicate, then unlock and remove the background to save disc space.

Thanks for an interesting competition and congratulations to the winner and podium places

Congrats Michael, what a fabulous shot, great timing there! And congrats extended to Sue and Gareth for their respective podia places. And thanks to our host and Judge for the interesting challenge that drew, as usual, a wonderful array of interpretations, and for the C&C's. As always much appreciated.

Congrats Michael, what a fabulous shot, great timing there! And congrats extended to Sue and Gareth for their respective podia places. And thanks to our host and Judge for the interesting challenge that drew, as usual, a wonderful array of interpretations, and for the C&C's. As always much appreciated.