Photo Contest - Born Wild (10/27-11/2)

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The thread centers around a photo contest themed "Born Wild," focusing on capturing images of wild animals, whether in their natural habitats or in captivity, while excluding domesticated animals. Participants share their entries and engage in discussions about the contest rules and their experiences with wildlife.

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  • Contest-related, Exploratory, Technical explanation

Main Points Raised

  • Participants must submit photos of wild animals, with specific exclusions for domesticated pets.
  • Photos must be original and taken by the participant, with restrictions on editing and resizing.
  • Some participants share anecdotes about their encounters with wild animals, expressing excitement and nostalgia.
  • There are discussions about the challenges of selecting a single favorite photo for voting, with some suggesting multiple votes might be beneficial.
  • Participants express their admiration for various wildlife, including hedgehogs, salamanders, and deer.
  • Some participants note the difficulty of capturing certain animals and share humorous or light-hearted comments about their experiences.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

There is no consensus on the best approach to voting, with some participants suggesting multiple votes while others have not expressed a clear preference. The discussion remains open regarding the interpretation of contest rules and the nature of wild animals.

Contextual Notes

Participants have raised questions about the boundaries of what constitutes a wild animal, particularly in relation to domesticated species and their wild counterparts. There are also mentions of specific experiences that may not directly relate to the contest theme.

Who May Find This Useful

Photography enthusiasts, wildlife lovers, and participants interested in contests related to nature and animal photography may find this discussion engaging.

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Born Wild

The subject of our theme this week are on animals that are considered to be wild. These animals may be in captivity, such as in zoos, but they must be what we all consider to be wild, i.e. no domestic cats or dogs or hamsters, etc. In cases where animals that are often considered to be wild but were domesticated, such as someone having a pet snake, for example, your photo must not be of the domesticated animal. So the photo of the pet snake does not qualify, but a photo of a snake in a zoo or out in the wild does.

Contest Rules:

1. Any digital photo or digitally-scanned photo relevant to the theme will be accepted within the contest period. In case there's a gray area, or you're not sure if the picture is suitable, check with me first.

2. Please resize your digital photo to no more than 800 x 600 or 600 x 800 pixels. You may also crop your picture if you wish. You are also allowed to adjust the brightness and contrast of your picture but these should not dramatically alter the look of the picture. But other than those, any form of picture editing or modification is not allowed. This is a photo contest, not a picture editing/special effect contest. You may add a watermark or your name/nickname to the photo for identification purposes.

3. Upload your photos to any of the photo servers such as imageshack or photobucket. Then post it the relevant contest thread and link your picture using the img command. PM me if you do not know how. Alternatively, you may simply upload your image file to PF, and then have the full image displayed in your post.

4. Only ONE picture per member per contest. Once a picture is posted, it cannot be changed other than a total withdrawl by that member from that week's photo contest. Exceptions will be made for modification to comply with the rules, such as resizing.

5. At the end of the contest period, I will open a poll and every PF member can vote for the picture they like best.

6. Note that in case we have a large number of entries, I will do the polling in more than one thread. If that's the case, you can vote in each of the polling threads. The photos will be assigned in the polling threads in the order they were submitted.

7. The photo of the subject must be something that you took directly, not via in intermediary medium, and not taken by someone else. Unless otherwise noted, a photo of another photo, painting, print, etc. does not qualify.

8. You can use a picture only once. Once it is used in a contest, it cannot be reused in another contest.

9. Please post only pictures meant for submission in this thread. Photos not meant for submission must not be posted in the contest thread. Posting of more than one photos by a member may result in an automatic disqualification from the week's contest.

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This little fella offered to punch me in the face if I didn't leave him alone.

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phinds said:
This little fella offered to punch me in the face if I didn't leave him alone.
Very cool photo of an animal I personally like very much!
 
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Some dogs like them too.
 
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This was a fella I met by accident in a park in my hometown a couple of years ago. He/she was remarkably courageous and/or I was remarkably careful, since I was less than two meters away when I took the photo. Hedgehogs are quite easily scared which make them curl into small balls, and this didn't.

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DennisN said:
This was a fella I met by accident in a park in my hometown a couple of years ago. He/she was remarkably courageous and/or I was remarkably careful, since I was less than two meters away when I took the photo. Hedgehogs are quite easily scared which make them curl into small balls, and this didn't.

That would have qualified for the "Make A Point" contest as well.

Zz.
 
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A tiny salamander I found in my back yard.
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Its toes are the width of one of my fingerprint ridges!
 

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BillTre said:
A tiny salamander I found in my back yard.
Beautiful!
 
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The Sun looks hexagonal in this wild eye!
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Great topic this time!

Taken in Manas Wild Life Sanctuary, India:

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Read the full travelogue here.

Also pardon the small watermark. Had to put it before uploading to the above linked website.
 

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jtbell said:
From my visit to French Lick, Indiana, on my rust belt road trip redux last August.

Very nice ...
some years back, my wife and I were driving out of the mountains in Idaho and down into Montana when 4 or 5 deer came out of the tree line and onto the road in front of us ... a wonderful sight to see :smile:Dave
 
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Out our back door... :smile:

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Mountain goat in Colorado
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davenn said:
Very nice ...
some years back, my wife and I were driving out of the mountains in Idaho and down into Montana when 4 or 5 deer came out of the tree line and onto the road in front of us ... a wonderful sight to see :smile:

That brings back one memory. In Manas WLS, you are required to take your own tour guides. Our guide was very experienced. One night, he took us out into the forest, and we stayed there for about half an hour, with engine switched off. In the moonlight, we could see a large number of eyes staring at us. It was a quite fearful sight, because we didn't know what they were. Manas has few black panthers, and we were afraid that we were being watched by at least one. Later we learned that they were mostly deers and wild buffaloes staring at us.
 
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Naklua (live) fish market
 

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ZapperZ said:
...no domestic cats...

Well, POOP! My adopted feral cat was as wild as anything I can imagine, and quite photogenic.
Unlike this little bugger, who was supposed to be wild, but much friendlier than that @#^#*& cat.

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phinds said:
This little fella offered to punch me in the face if I didn't leave him alone.

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You were in no danger, he was just practicing his ten pin bowling technique.
The flexion of the wrist a dead give- away.
 
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This little fellow briefly took refuge on our deck before returning to the forest.

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Man I wish my photo of a mother bear in my hotel didn’t get corrupted.
 
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This is going to be a brutal contest when it comes to voting time, but here's my entry. Say "cheese!"

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Zz.
 

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ZapperZ said:
here's my entry. Say "cheese!"
Wow, do people on the balconies feed the giraffes? Where is that?
 
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berkeman said:
Wow, do people on the balconies feed the giraffes? Where is that?

They are not allowed to.

This is at Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge in Walt Disney World. Many of the rooms at that resort overlook the savanna filled with wild animals.

Zz.
 
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ZapperZ said:
This is going to be a brutal contest when it comes to voting time, but here's my entry. Say "cheese!"

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Zz.

Can we have 2 or 3 votes for this? Picking one is going to be very difficult.
 
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Family photo
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