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Mr. Giraffe


Mr. Giraffe
Photo Information
Copyright: Julie Thornton (Juliet) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 848 W: 64 N: 1941] (13220)
Genre: People
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-12-11
Categories: Daily Life, Nature
Camera: Canon PowerShot S2 IS
Exposure: f/4, 1/400 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2007-02-03 12:57
Viewed: 528
Favorites: 3 [view]
Points: 56
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
This fella was very friendly and seemed more than happy to come over and check out what I was doing while he was eating. Taken at the Providence Zoo in December. I changed the background to white as it had quite a bit of distractions.

PP: Used paint-fill, brushes, and smudge tool. Resized, sharpened, added contrast, saturated and framed.

SaraT, Beger, kokos101, jan515, kurekpit, lilimih33, GreenBaron, Emma, PierreFrigon, TheMystic has marked this note useful
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To TheMystic: Hi Otto !Juliet 1 02-12 15:38
To cloverstar: Hi DianaJuliet 1 02-08 14:40
To copadonat: Hola NatJuliet 1 02-07 12:19
To dbp: Hi David,Juliet 1 02-05 08:22
To puffy: Hi SweetyJuliet 1 02-05 07:43
To timtim: Hi TimJuliet 1 02-05 07:40
To PierreFrigon: Hello PierreJuliet 1 02-05 07:39
To Riksque: Salut EricJuliet 1 02-05 07:36
To Emma: Hello EvaJuliet 1 02-05 07:35
To GreenBaron: Hello HansJuliet 1 02-05 07:30
To hamperium: Hi MarcoJuliet 1 02-05 07:21
To lilimih33: Hi Lili !Juliet 1 02-05 07:19
To kurekpit: Hello PiotrJuliet 1 02-05 07:03
To valerusso: Hi ValeriaJuliet 1 02-05 07:02
To izmirli: Merhaba GurkanJuliet 1 02-05 07:00
To CallMeMaria: Hi LurdesJuliet 1 02-05 06:58
To jan515: Good Morning JanuszJuliet 1 02-05 06:58
To sela: Hello Sela !Juliet 1 02-05 06:57
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To marietom: Hi MarieJuliet 1 02-05 06:55
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To Janice: Hi JaniceJuliet 1 02-03 13:48
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  • SaraT Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 165 W: 0 N: 217] (1155)
  • [2007-02-03 13:03]
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Cool photo
neat frame
it must of been hard trying to take a photo of something so high up.
amazing details and colors
sara

Cute Giraffe!
Nice PP, Great sharpness and Love the grass frame!
good job,
Shelby

Hi, a fantastic shot, really clear and sharp, I love it! Best , Jean

Hello friend Julie,
Hello mr. Giraffe, you are a handsome and cute fellow!
Great POV with perfect sharpness, superb colour and much details involved!
thanks for sharing for the good captured
cheers
Tony

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  • Janice Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3270 W: 270 N: 7711] (32868)
  • [2007-02-03 13:33]
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Nice to meet your Mt Giraffe. I like how you've chnaged the BG Julie, and the fella stands out really well from it. Good sharpness and pp work, TFS
Janice

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  • Beger Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3285 W: 785 N: 4392] (19736)
  • [2007-02-03 13:52]
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Hi Julie,
What a stunning portrait looking like a hyperrealist painting! Great sharpness and very good colors! Bravo! Annie

Looking around this last week on TL I realize that I'm way out my league here, but that said with babysteps I'm learning.
Wish I already knew all about PP, however Mr. Giraffe was captured in the right way before you did the PP.
Great, loved it!

Regards
Els

hi julie!
lovely shot, great pp work.
tfs
zoran

Hello Julie,
What a nice lady, lol! This animal has a very funny face. I like the timing you had by photographing it when eating. Details and lightning are superb and this is a very nice frame. Well done!
Claudine

Un portrait bien sympathique.
Bon appétit, Monsieur Girafe !
Marie

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  • ttreen Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1405 W: 130 N: 3811] (15804)
  • [2007-02-03 16:19]
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Hi Julie
WOnderful shot! I love the grass stained lips! Such detail!!

Tricia

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  • sela Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 479 W: 1 N: 472] (3750)
  • [2007-02-03 16:19]
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Excellent and a very cool photo. I love it.
Regards sela

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  • jan515 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2499 W: 56 N: 3862] (17478)
  • [2007-02-03 16:20]
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Fantastic shot Julie,amanzig sharpnes details and beautiful face of the giraffe. Good PP work.
Compliment.
Janusz

Hi Julie,
Only one thing I have to point out related with this photo: Mr. Giraffe has to pick up some table manners - Eating with his mouth opened, shame on him :D
I love this portrait, great detail. It stands out very well in the white BG.
TFS
Regards,
Lurdes

merhaba dear julie
beautiful lovely mr giraffe.very good light and colours.well done my friend.
best regards.
gürkan akçakır.

Hello Julie,
Nice shot. Very well captured. I love the frame that you did. Well done.
Best regards,
Valeria

Hi Julie.
Very funny picture,nice composed and good job
Best Regards & TFS

* Piotr *

Hello Julie!
Nice perspective and lovely giraffe! Beautiful composition! Good colours and clarity!
Well done!
Lili

hi Julie
u did a very good PP job and creat a very nice picture of that giraffe.
i like it
its almost a painting
tfs
Marco

Hi Julie,
Please to meet mr. Giraffe. great how you isolated the head and paste it on the white BG. Works fine here. Franming is perfect! Job well done my dear Julie! TFS.
Hans

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  • Emma Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1403 W: 6 N: 1919] (10149)
  • [2007-02-04 8:30]
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Wonderful portrait of the giraffe Julie, woderful PP work and good details and sharpnes.
Regards.
Eva

Salut Julie
Très amusant cette girafe, mais tu devrais lui apprendre à ne pas parler la bouche pleine.
Bravo
;o)

Very nice capture. The PP work is well done but you forgot some cleanup on the left on the neck.
Not an easy thing to do with fur.
Well done
Pierre

Nice close up great shot well done with PP to get rid of background looks good like frame suits

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  • puffy Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1792 W: 128 N: 3006] (16617)
  • [2007-02-04 21:55]
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Hi Juliet

He seem pretty happy to have you taking his photos while he is eatting... :D very nice and close-up shot, good deails and sharpness, well captured, thanks for sharing

Cheers,
Sweety

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  • dbp Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 680 W: 9 N: 97] (4065)
  • [2007-02-05 5:42]
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Hi Julie .
great portrait.
are you sure its a giraffe and not a donkey?
(Shalhevet fly in the morning of 7.2.07).
David

Hi Julie

Eres afortunada de poder retratar estas imagenes esta bellisima

Nat

This is a very good shot of the giraffe. I like how you selected him and changed the background to white. Nice frame too.

Good thing Mr. Giraffe had food, otherwise, the camera would look awfully tasty! I like your pp work, particularly the framing, very apropriate for the subject!
Cheers
Otto

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