Homage to Animal Heroes [ theme and rules below ].

Challenge #7 in the Ode to Spot series. Hosted by Patchandcrew.

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Many animals have been represented by full size statues to honour them, from animals which have been used in war times, to historical animals of note, to famous TV / Film animals. Lets see your favourite photos of such statues. No ornaments though, this is for full size statues on public display.

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Announced:

Sunday, 13th March, 2011 (GMT)

Submissions:

Sunday, 20th March, 2011 – Saturday, 26th March, 2011 (GMT)

Voting:

Sunday, 27th March, 2011 – Saturday, 2nd April, 2011 (GMT)

Processing rules:

Entries can be black and white or colour or sepia
No special effects
Basic processing, and cloning out of distractions, is allowed.
HDR IS allowed in this challenge
No watermarks or any other identifying marks/text
No reference to the entrant`s ID in title or any other text option

Capture date rules:

No restrictions.

Additional rules:

Real animals and/or people can be in the image but the statue must be the main subject.
No images depicting animal abuse, suffering or death [ nor potential injury or death ], of any [ real ] animal and no statues of animals depicted as suffering deliberate abuse for humans `entertainment`ie no bullfight type statues ].
Entries which do not adhere to the rules as written will be DQ`d
VOTERS :
0.5s should only be given on images of poor quality or for being outside the rules [ if I miss DQing any ].
If giving any 0.5s, reasons should be given, if you give it stand by it.
Voting on thumbnail is lazy and disrespectful, entrants deserve to have their images viewed properly.
Sandbagging / vote manipulation / spite voting - don`t even think of doing it !

Maximum number of entries per user:

Maximum number of entries in challenge:

100

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The look

by ssebi_m

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Camera:	Nikon D5000
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Submitted:	Saturday, 26th March, 2011 15:45 (GMT)
Taken:	Saturday, 26th March, 2011
Focal length:	150 mm
Shutter speed:	1/400 sec
Aperture:	F5
ISO:	320
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Views:	140
Galleries:	View this photo in ssebi_m's gallery

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