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Posted by Alan Melle on Wed Oct 22, 2003 4:43 pm

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The Desert Cottontail is not a jackrabbit, although it's hind feet and ears do look larger than most Cottontails. The seed cluster in front of the bunny is from a Screwbean Mesquite. Each individual Screwbean spirals just like a screw and, in fact, the Spanish name is "Tornillo" which means screw. These seeds are eaten by the cottontail.

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by Dennis Olivero on Wed Oct 22, 2003 5:32 pm
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Very successful image in my book. Nice size in the frame, perfect exposure, good detail and interesting seed pod thing...This is a very cool shot and my only thought for a suggestion, digging deep here, would be what do you think about cloning out the oof thing in the FG in front of the foot? Since the ground has a nondescript look should be pretty straight forward to clone over this little brown area.. Just a thought, excellent as is.. Thanks for posting here in FFM>
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by Rich S on Wed Oct 22, 2003 6:14 pm
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If you're into cloning, Dennis's suggestion is a good one. Other than that, I wouldn't change a thing. Pose is good, background works well, and bean definitely adds interest.

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by Harvey Edelman on Wed Oct 22, 2003 6:14 pm
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You couldn't ask for better placement in the frame o a better pose. All he technicals are on the money too. I'd consider cloning the little bit of OOF matter on the bottom.
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by NDCheryl on Wed Oct 22, 2003 7:48 pm
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Lovely shot. great comp. Better without the OOF part part very well done as it is. Congrats on a very fine image.
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by T Williams on Wed Oct 22, 2003 9:12 pm
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Very good shot, Alan, with a perfect composition. I like it.
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by Carol Clarke on Thu Oct 23, 2003 2:55 am
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Great shot Alan, perfect composition and DOF and excellent detail.

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by Chas on Thu Oct 23, 2003 8:35 am
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Alan, this looks good from where I am sitting. Very well done!

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Nice composition and very nice exposure. Thanks for the biology lesson.

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by E.J. Peiker on Thu Oct 23, 2003 10:14 am
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Nicely done. A great looking specimen.
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by Matt Cox on Thu Oct 23, 2003 3:21 pm
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Very nice shot, Alan. The subject has a perfect pose, the composition is well done, and the colors and lighting work very well. You also did a nice job preventing any background elements from intersecting the subject. A crop from mostly the right side to an 8x10 format might also make a strong image.
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by Bart Breet on Thu Oct 23, 2003 4:53 pm
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Very nice image indeed, no nits here ;)

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