Animal coat colours : Black predominant [ eligibility and rules below, dont make me DQ you for the sake of a few moments to read the rules ]

Challenge #38 in the The Company Of Animals series. Hosted by Patchandcrew.

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Lets see your best shots of any species of animal MAMMAL whose natural coat/fur is predominantly black. [ Other colours/markings are fine but there must be clearly more black than other colours *within shot*, if the balance is too far from black predominant I will DQ ;) ]. If unsure please ask.

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Announced:

Sunday, 26th June, 2011 (GMT)

Submissions:

Sunday, 3rd July, 2011 – Saturday, 9th July, 2011 (GMT)

Voting:

Sunday, 10th July, 2011 – Saturday, 16th July, 2011 (GMT)

Processing rules:

FULL COLOUR ONLY
No special effects.
Borders/frames are ok for this challenge.
HDR IS allowed in this challenge
Basic processing, and cloning out of distractions, is allowed.
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:

No images depicting animal abuse, suffering or death [ nor potential injury or death ], of any animal.
People or other animals can be in view but the predominantly black animal mammal must be the primary subject.
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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2011-01-09 339

by shelworth

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My dog "Pepper", at age 14!

Camera:	Canon EOS 40D
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Submitted:	Monday, 4th July, 2011 15:02 (GMT)
Taken:	Sunday, 9th January, 2011
Focal length:	15 mm
Shutter speed:	1/400 sec
Aperture:	F13
ISO:	400
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Galleries:	View this photo in shelworth's gallery

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