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Something Fishy


Something Fishy
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Copyright: Callie de Wet (Callie) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1252 W: 106 N: 2659] (7495)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2004-09-28
Categories: Mammals
Camera: Nikon D70, Sigma 80-400 OS
Exposure: f/8, 1/250 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): African Felines, Felidae of the world: Second series, BEST OF: Cheetahs 1 [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2004-10-13 15:37
Viewed: 2523
Points: 36
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Look at the eyes, it is seeing something fishy, something it does not comprehend, out of the ordinary. “I wonder should I go or should I stay? The band had only one more song to play. And then I saw you out the corner of my eye, a little girl alone and to shy” Can't remember who sang this, from the late sixties early seventies. Anyway, this guy was nonplussed. He had no clue as to what the big black tube was that I was holding in my hands and pressing into the fence. This is the Cheetah Research Centre near Hoedpruit. They have 75 cheetahs, & are the world leaders in breeding and research on captive cheetah. The two cubs recently born in a Denmark Zoo that Bente told us about - the zoo personnel was in constant communication with this centre, before the cubs were born.
Cheetah are about R75 000.00 each. The king cheetah, a generic form of the normal cheetah with black stripes in lieu of the spots on most of its skin, are around $200 000.00! They have six, but none for sale.
These were a group of 5 young cheetah, kept in a camp/ They are “tame”, but will chase a small child if it walks next t the fence. Our guide called the to us, and they licked her fingers through the fence. The guy I photographed came last, sort of a cautious approach. Because of the fence, I pressed the front of the lens hood against the wires and shot through the wires. Our cheetah did not like this one bit and gave me this funny stare. I cropped the picture this close in the camera, because I did not know how or if the picture would be useable. I only PP cropped and inch off the bottom. I also have one of eyes and mouth only, with the nearly the same expression.
Now for a titbit. The cheetah is the fastest land mammal, but how fast? They raced a tame cheetah in recently in Cape Town, using the same system as when they race greyhound with the “hare”. And the new record is 140km/h!!! according to our guide!

SHOOTING DETAILS
Venue – Kampala – Cheetah research Centre
Date 28th September 2004
Time 09h42
Camera - Nikon D70
ISO 200 & -0,7 EV
Sigma 120-300 F2.8 lens & 2X converter
Filter – none
Focal length - 250 mm
Exposure mode - Aperture Priority - 1/1 320 @ F8
Flash – none
Metering Mode – Muti Pattern
Support – Handheld, shooting through the wire fence
Bit of cropping on bottom, levels; hue/ saturation; Some Sharpen edges, faded to 20% opacity, reduced to Site size.
ellis49, RAP, gerhardt, PDP, Robbrown, Crypton, AndyB, japie, bartove, TAZ, mogens-j, extramundi, Lourens, shal has marked this note useful
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Excellent shot Callie.
Great eyes, great colours , good composition and good details.
Good note as alwayas
Very good work.

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  • RAP Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2524 W: 345 N: 2373] (7405)
  • [2004-10-13 15:52]
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Personalmente me agrada el primer plano de este guepardo Callie, pero el cuadro me parece un poco ajustado.
Los colores son bellos y el PP atinado.
Excelente nota.

Personally I pleases the close up to me of this cheetah Callie, but the frame seems a little fit to me.
The colors are beautiful and the accurate PP.
Excellent note.

WOW! Best eye detail i've seen of a cheetah Callie. Very nice facial expression captured. Great work done here! Out of curiousity... why did you crop the ears?

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  • PDP Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2964 W: 366 N: 3848] (11755)
  • [2004-10-13 18:00]

LOvely shot Callie. Great portrait, the bright patch above the head is a very minor nit on anotherwise super posting.

Well these are the last points of the day so they go to a vwery worthy cause, as they say the eye have it, they are so peircing they seem to go right though you, worth lossing the ear tips for. nice one.

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  • Luc Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2058 W: 315 N: 4404] (14713)
  • [2004-10-13 21:20]

J'aime beaucoup cet photo, Callie. C'est un magnifique portrait. Une forte émotion se dégage de ce regard. Une étrange profondeur.
Belle réussite!

tres beau regard que nous offr ce felin,
le portrait est parfais, l'emotion qui s'en deguagge est tres forte, les yeux nous fixe bien.les couleurs et la nettete sont tres bonne.
merci bien.

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  • AndyB Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1592 W: 32 N: 1361] (3978)
  • [2004-10-14 3:04]
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A fabulous portrait shot.
The eyes have been superbly captured.
Excellent work,very well done.

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  • japie Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1814 W: 100 N: 1904] (5187)
  • [2004-10-14 10:05]

He is wondering who is this glasseyed monster who is approaching him - and if this monster can run at 141km/h.

This is a beautiful shot and the detail is incredible. I love his eyes.

Thanks for posting

Beautiful Portrait, good details composition.One of my favourit animals.
you can see some of my Cheetah in TE.
Excellent note.

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  • TAZ Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2385 W: 50 N: 3184] (10918)
  • [2004-10-14 12:48]

Waouh ! Beau portrait, il a de beaux yeux et un regard étonnant.
Well done !

Beautiful expression on this great cat. Great job getting this.

Well Callie, I have seen a lot of pictures from your hand but this one I think beats them all. I love the expression in this face and eyes - really superb and the tight cropping increases it. Great, great job.

wow, you have beautiful animals there!
good shot of the cheetah, i like how the head is in focus and very clear.
great eyes to :o)

Another fantastic shot, getting out the personality of this feline. Thanks again for this great shots.

Excellent shot Callie.
Great eyes, great colours , good composition and good details.

Excellent capturee, Callie. Ek is beindruk met die oe.

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  • Bac Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 100 W: 3 N: 35] (480)
  • [2004-10-21 17:45]

The clash sang "should i stay or should i go", I think the cheetah is afraid and he would run away

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