Taz

[binga63]

Tasmanian Devil by Binga63, on Flickr

Tasmanian Devil snoozing in the afternoon sun

 

[LaFoto]

Awww. He looks nicely "un-devil-ish" here!
Where did you find him? (Maybe I should ask: where is he kept?)

 

[binga63]

He is kept in a wildlife park in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia... they are trying to breed them to help rebuild the colonies of wild devils in Tasmania which are currently being virtually wiped out by a nasty facial tumor disease ...

 

[LaFoto]

... virtually wiped out by a nasty facial tumor disease ...

Oh! :shock:
That is too bad :cry:

Good thing they try to save the species in Ballarat!

 

[The_Traveler]

Sharp, clear, well exposed but I think some changes will improve this.
It's not often that there is an image this simple that can be changed in an obvious way to make a big difference.
Note that the animal is in sort of an flat out, non-threatening angle, nothing in the powerful parts of the image, the nose is shiny and bright, there is lots of bright distracting sapce on the left.

Now if the animal is rotated to a more aggressive angle, the space cropped and darkened so the animal takes up more room and the muzzle darkened so it seems more substantial, I think the animal has much more impact.

 

[binga63]

Thanks but I am not sure that the agressive crop improved the shot...I wanted it to appear non threatening because it is at rest and I gave itspace to show that the devil is a small animal not large ...
here is a smaller shot of the whole animal which is not much larger than a small dog


Taz 2 by Binga63, on Flickr

Sharp, clear, well exposed but I think some changes will improve this.
It's not often that there is an image this simple that can be changed in an obvious way to make a big difference.
Note that the animal is in sort of an flat out, non-threatening angle, nothing in the powerful parts of the image, the nose is shiny and bright, there is lots of bright distracting sapce on the left.

Now if the animal is rotated to a more aggressive angle, the space cropped and darkened so the animal takes up more room and the muzzle darkened so it seems more substantial, I think the animal has much more impact.

 

[Frequency]

Good one; is this shy or violent?

 

[binga63]

I'm going for the shy but wild when pushed....