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Red Panda


Red Panda
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Copyright: Janice Dunn (Janice) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3315 W: 148 N: 6113] (18648)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-10-07
Categories: Mammals
Camera: Canon EOS 30d, Tamron 28-300 XR
Exposure: f/6.3, 1/800 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Date Submitted: 2006-11-11 4:30
Viewed: 2545
Points: 30
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Red Panda
Ailurus fulgens
Status: Endangered


(Other Names: Bear-cat, Bright Panda, Cat-bear, Common Panda, Fire Fox, Lesser Panda, Nigalya Ponya, Panda Chico, Panda Éclatant, Panda Rojo, Petit Panda, Poonya, Red Cat-bear, Sankam, Thokya, Wah, Wokdonka, Woker, Ye)

This red panda lives at the Auckland Zoo. Don’t you just love its fur? I was standing quite a way from him and this is as good as I could get with my lens

The red panda resembles a raccoon in size and appearance. The red panda weighs 3 - 6 kg (7 - 13 lb). It lives in mountain forests and almost exclusively eat bamboo. They are good tree climbers and spend most of their time in trees when not foraging.

A female red panda picks a location such as a tree hollow or rock crevice for a maternal den, where she will bear 1 - 5 young. Red pandas are solitary, except for the mating period and the time when a mother and its young are together.

The red panda is found in a mountainous band from Nepal through northeastern India and Bhutan and into China, Laos and northern Myanmar. It is rare and continues to decline. It has already become extinct in 4 of the 7 Chinese provinces in which it was previously found.

The major threats to red pandas are loss and fragmentation of habitat due to deforestation (and the resulting loss of bamboo) for timber, fuel and agricultural land; poaching for the pet and fur trades; and competition from domestic livestock.

www.animalinfo.org/species/carnivor/ailufulg.htm

dew77, Alex99, red45, livios, jcoowanitwong, jeanpaul, PDP, wallhalla15, jchemas, marhowie, chiliu, marmottelolo, Signal-Womb, JeanMichel, aido has marked this note useful
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  • dew77 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 4774 W: 294 N: 4020] (13209)
  • [2006-11-11 4:35]

Hello Janice,
What a cute face:)I'd never seen it before.POV,moment you caught,clear eyes,framing and composition are wonderful.Hava a great weekend!
TFS...:-)

Hi Janice.
You have shared beautiful and lovely shot with interesting captured scene and expression of the face of this cute animal. I like the light, colours and perfectly selected DOF, excellent details of the main captured objects and blurred BG. My compliments and TFS,
Alexei.

Hello Janice,
What a little beauty this one is. I like the moment you caught and those great details! Lightning is very good and I like this POV and composition a lot. My only nit was this noise seen in BG and I think that Alexei did a nice WS. Well done MF with interesting notes again. TFS,
Claudine

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  • red45 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2705 W: 74 N: 8864] (30243)
  • [2006-11-11 16:21]

Hello Janice!

I love this mad panda :-) Don't be angry, but you captured it in very special moment and position :-) It looks like serial plant killer with this shinning eye :-) Great work!

BTW - in Polish panda is called - surprise! - Panda :-)

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  • livios Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2156 W: 322 N: 4258] (16906)
  • [2006-11-11 23:20]

Janice, I've never seen one of them.

Great pov and composition. I like the expression upon the face too.

Great note.

Hello Janice,
Nice profile of this red panda. Sharp and crisp clear picture. POV, DOF, and exposure are great. Congratulations,
JC

Hi Janice

Excellente image de de ce beau portrait de ce petit panda rouge, belles couleurs ; J'aime beaucoup le cadrage et la note
Merci et au revoir...JP

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  • PDP Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor [C: 2821 W: 344 N: 3779] (11769)
  • [2006-11-12 14:24]

I love these pandas, they are so cute but i reckon so lazy too. Whenever I have seen them they are asleep or in the process of getting more comfortable for another nap.

Well done on the active portrait, well done Janice.

Hello Janice.
Great shot of this red baby panda.
Love the expression of the face of this cute animal.
The light, colours and DOF, are excellent and the blurred BG is right in place.
Regards
JC

Hello Janice,
this is a lovely picture. I like it very much. Great sharpness, details, natural colours, great lighting and POV too. This is a great compostion. Thank you my friend.
Gr.
Heinz

Well done Janice.
Cute profile capture with nice details and color. I like your POV and the parted mouth..Looks like the panda's gettin' ready to dive into lunch :)
Have a Great Week mf!

Hi Janice,
Very cute image!
Excellent off-centre composition, nice colours and clear detail.
TFS!
Chi

bonjour janice
une espece inconnu pour moi,je vous remercie de nous faire profiter d'animaux que nous n'avons pas ici.
bonne couleurs et exposition.juste un peu de bruit sur le BG qui aurait pu etre supprimé.
laurent

I love this little chap Janice, a few hot areas on the whites but its winner for me, well done.

Hi Janice,
That's a cute one! Very good light and nice composition with the plant on the side. It's a lively shot like if the Panda was smelling the leaves. I like it!
Regards
Jean-Michel

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  • aido Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor [C: 1044 W: 156 N: 1218] (4046)
  • [2007-01-24 18:22]

Hi Janice,
This little fella was on your intro page. Amazing little creatures, I could watch them for hours. I think it's fairly rare to get this close to one in captivity, they always seem quite shy. A nice shot, some OE in the whites but the bright sunlight creates a strong contrast. Great note too, I love looking up different names for animals. Have to say I've never heard them called a 'Wokdonka' before though :-) Nice work.
Cheers,
Adrian

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