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Mom & Her Pup


Mom & Her Pup
Photo Information
Copyright: Jim Robinson (jrobins1) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 53 W: 1 N: 152] (657)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2004-06-03
Categories: Nature, Portrait
Camera: Nikon D100, Nikkor 70-200 VR AFS, Skylight filter
Exposure: f/3.2, 1/320 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2005-05-26 22:52
Viewed: 772
Favorites: 1 [view]
Points: 10
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Prairie Dog:
By the Webster definition any of a genus (Cynomys) of gregarious burrowing rodents of the squirrel family chiefly of central and western U.S. plains; especially : a black-tailed rodent (C. ludovicianus) that usually lives in extensive colonial burrows.

Prairie dogs are very social animals. They live as a group in prairie dog "towns" which range from one to over 1,000 acres. These towns are subdivided into wards that are arranged like counties within a state. Wards are further subdivided into distinct social units called coteries. A coterie usually consists of a single adult male, one to four adult females, and any offspring under two years of age. Movement between wards is uncommon; however, among family members, prairie dogs greet each other with bared teeth with which they "kiss" as a form of recognition.

Huge prairie dog towns, such as one that covered 25,000 square miles and supported a population of approximately 400 million prairie dogs, once were reported from Texas. Although prairie dogs still locally are common, today less than one percent of the prairie dog population and habitat remain.

This Mother was keeping a look out for any trouble and her pup looks like he is ready to dart to the burrow at mom's command.

PP work croped, 10% contrast added and resized for TL in Photoshop CS2
Thanks for looking and your comments.
Jim
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Nice tight frame, good use of DOF, natural colors and lighting. Very cute, by the way.
Very well done!
Vassilis

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  • Orme Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 87 W: 6 N: 73] (311)
  • [2005-05-27 6:25]
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Great shot, Jim. Excellent clarity in the prairie dogs and the foreground gravel. Good DOF too giving a nice blurry background. Well captured.

Hi Jim, a good effort and well detailed shot.
The composition is in question though. Slight space on the left and alot of space is needed on the right to complete your composition.

Lighting, exposure and focus is spot on. Well done.

Mike

Cool pix! It looks like Mom could use a manicure! Very good color and DOF. I love animal pix and you do them well! Your 7-200 VR lens is awesome!

Oh, so cute! Good shot!

Cheers,

Carla

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  • Yod Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 103 W: 10 N: 72] (975)
  • [2005-05-27 18:21]
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Another great work from you.As to the composition being kind of too tight,I also think that it would look better if there was a little bit of more space on both sides,but sometimes I also do some tight cropping otherwisae the file doesn´t fit the size requirements of the server.I like your work a lot.Yod

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