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Close Encounters of a Different Kind


Close Encounters of a Different Kind
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Copyright: Sabine Schoep (Bien) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 502 W: 50 N: 956] (4713)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2003-02
Categories: Nature
Camera: Nikon F60
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Around the world 2 [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2006-02-02 8:49
Viewed: 1933
Favorites: 1 [view]
Points: 76
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
One of the most exciting moments in my modest travel life was the safaris I did in Tanzania.
I was so much in awe for nature and the thrill of seeing all those animals in their natural habitat was very overwhelming to me.
Wherever you look there is always something to discover. Like a child you go from one amazement into the other.

When a herd of zebras meet up with two nose horns in the Ngorogoro Crater, you witness a close encounter of a different kind.

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Hi Sabine
Very nice shot with a good framing and nice colouring. The scene looks quite classic and the panoramic format delivers good impact. Well done.
Aubrey

The colours and the contrast to the rather grey background are amazing. It looks like an impressive place with an interesting nature. The frame is well chosen and enhances the motive!

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  • gaby Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1420 W: 45 N: 1555] (19762)
  • [2006-02-02 9:06]
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Sabine bonsoir - très jolie photo en format panorama - le ciel est sublime (est ce le ciel, est ce la mer ??? - on dirait des vagues-
les animaux et l'arbre sont superbement disposés -
Merci et bonne après midi
Gaby

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  • cessy Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2257 W: 99 N: 2341] (13569)
  • [2006-02-02 9:23]

very beautiful
wonderful moment,nicely captured
looks like a painting

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  • fkk Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 561 W: 0 N: 78] (1792)
  • [2006-02-02 10:20]

Selam Sabine;
very nice shot, wonderful colors...
well done

catman-fatih

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  • Cormac Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3279 W: 56 N: 6074] (25494)
  • [2006-02-02 11:02]

Wow, I'm so jealous of your visit to this place. To see such magnificent animals in their natural setting must be quite thrilling. I like the naturalness of this shot, and the animals relaxed encounter. Well done!

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  • lukie Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 852 W: 34 N: 1448] (11163)
  • [2006-02-02 11:14]
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Dag Sabine,

net een schilderij ! Prachtig hoor. Haha, er is er één die denkt dat de bergen, de zee of de hemel zijn... Nog eens een zeer prettig verlof toegewenst. Kom behouden en volledig terug, hee.

groetjes,

Luc.

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  • sined Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 530 W: 0 N: 21] (4329)
  • [2006-02-02 11:22]
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wonderfull light for an unforgetable meeting !
you make me dreaming sabine!!

Wow Sabine, what a fantastic shot! Not that i am so surprised, but this is really good. The light is so lovely and I like that the rhinos are going one way and the zebras are going another. Beautiful scenery.

Narayan

Hi Sabine,
Very impressive picture with this "rhinoceros" walking near these "zèbres"...
Nice colors and very nice crop !
Congratulations !
Christophe

Bonjour Sabine, c'est une très belle photos, je l'ai fixée et puis les animaux se sont mis à bouger... j'y étais!
Merci.
Fab.

I find your shot amazing! The grain gives a warm feeling taht suits well the scene. Colors are beautiful and animals are well captured in there "daily life" ;) Besides, the framing is perfectly chosen with a tree and a rhinoceros in each side of the picture clsing the scene. Brilliant! Maybe there is too much luminosity on the center of the pic and not enough on the sides but, at the same time it helps focusing the eye on the action "the zebras and rhino meeting..." :o)

Cheers,
Pris.

Bonjour,
quelle beauté, quelle chance tu as eu de pouvoir immortaliser cette scène.
Je t'envie...
Raphsax

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  • peck Gold Star Critiquer [C: 243 W: 21 N: 239] (2779)
  • [2006-02-02 13:34]
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Hello Sabine,
Amazing photo :)) I like this colours and framing!! The animals and the scenery - beautiful... well done :)))
greetings
Gregory

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  • azuri Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 169 W: 2 N: 145] (1592)
  • [2006-02-02 14:16]
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And - who are winner?:) Very nice shot! colour, dinamic, everything. Sky is wonderful.

natalia

Bonsoir Sabine
très très belle cette photo avec une lumière excellente. Le format choisi donne un bel équilibre. J'aime beaucoup
Xavier

Bonsoir Sabine,
C'est vraiment magnifique. Mon safari en Tanzanie est un de mes meilleurs souvenirs d'Afrique.
Ici, les couleurs sont magnifiquement accentuées et la confrontation entre zèbres et rhinocéros vraiment étonnante.
Emma

Bonsoir Sabine,
The saturated colours give a special glow to your image... something like an old painting. The barren background strongly in contrast with the vivid green of the ground are a great scene for this endless meeting.
A smile
Luca

Damn....Sabine, this is a good one!! I remember this place as if it was yesterday :)

What a light on the crater. Beautiful view of the animals. Great composed with the tree to the left and all the animals spread out.

I think the name of the crater is Ngorongoro.

I agree with you - safari is an experience you never forget!!

Take care :)

:) Tina

salut sabine,
merci de cette photo qui me rappelle un sacré souvenir de ce fabuleux cratère c'etait en février 2005 juste avant de faire le kili, une réserve fabuleuse ou tous les animaux vivent dans un lieu idylique (enfin pour nous) je n'ai pas eu la chance d'approcher de prés les rhino et je n'avais pas le zoom approprier 28/80 et f65, belles couleurs saturées et bon cadrage
merci de se partage
amitiés
gilbert

Hi Sabine,
I can see what you mean in your note. This is a beautiful scene with lovely colors. I feel like a child again :) TFS..
Skye

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  • sarju Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1139 W: 52 N: 1278] (5300)
  • [2006-02-03 0:01]
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Allo Sabine
wow ... this photo does have lots of good things in it ...
To start off. I like the earthly texture of the elements in this photo .... the vegeatation in its pristine settings ...
the lonely tree on the left adds a good excitement and the zebras and rhinos add the drama ....
oh well I hope you will understand what I am trying to convey here because when I read what I have written I cannot understand myself ... lols
anyways what I mean to say is that I loved this photo
merci pour le partage ... amicalement ... sarju

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  • jasmis Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2933 W: 618 N: 3236] (40173)
  • [2006-02-03 4:02]

Amazing indeed. Extraordinary colours and composition. Like from fantasy movie. Well done. Regards, Sabine.

Allo Sabine!
Ça fait un bout que je veux venir voir ta gallerie! Eh bien, me voici! Cette photo est simplement magique! Il y a une superbe lumière sur cette végétation! Du plus beau doré qui soit! Ta composition est excellente, avec l'arbre à l'extrême gauche et ce rhinocéros à l'extrême droite. Et cette rencontre des deux espèces, c'est définitivement un moment décisif! C'est vraiment très beau! J'en profite pour te souhaiter un superbe voyage, peut importe ta destination. Qu'il enrichisse ton âme! Et que tu puisses, à l'aide de ta nouvelle caméra, nous faire passer toute l'émotion dont je te sais capable!
Claire

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  • berek Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3921 W: 172 N: 5107] (23968)
  • [2006-02-05 6:14]

Hi Sabine ,
Beautiful view. very good colors and framing. thanks for your sharing. have a nice sunday from the istanbul.

B.Erek
Meaning(Sense) :9
Framing:9
Idea :10

Hi Sabine, lovely shot this one, interesting meeting !
Very well captured and framed. Gorgeous composition with very good colors.
I like the contrast between the clouds and the plants.
Thanks for sharing and greetings, Aires dos
Santos

Salut Sabine,

J'aime beaucoup tes photos de Tanzanie...

Celle-ci est trés bien composée. L'horizontale disposé au centre de l'image donne une impression de calme et de sérénité.

Merci

Sylvain

Hello Sabine,
Amaizing shot, looks like a paint!.
The animals seems that are in a battle.
Good colours saturation.
Excellent work
Hernán

PS: nickname Bien capture my attention because in Spanish means Good; all right.

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  • martou Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 292 W: 1 N: 166] (1400)
  • [2006-02-18 14:37]

bonjour Sabine,
quelle belle photo, on pourrait en faire une peinture, une superbe lumière et j'aime l'effet du cadrage, très beau travail, reviens nous vite avec d'autres excellentes photos,
bravo Martin

Sabine,

Great shot! I like the composition, with the tree in background on left and the rhino on right setting the bordersfor the scene in the middle. Detail/sharpness is not 100% - sas a long telephoto lens used? I can imaging why!

Wonderful shot - Merci!

...tim

hello Sabine,
beautiful shot,
wonderful colours,
I like it
regards
Igor

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  • alainh Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 4168 W: 148 N: 6818] (32389)
  • [2006-03-10 4:17]

Bonjour Sabine
je vais te le faire en Français, ça va être plus simple !!!
une tres jolie gallerie et ta série Tanzanienne est sincerement superbe. J'ai pris celle ci au milieu des autres pour son coté sursaturé, ce 50/50 qui ne laisse pas de place pour le ciel, ce cadrage particulier avec cet arbre seul et cette si impressionnate faune.
tu l'auras compris: j'aime beaucoup.

bonne journée à toi
alain

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  • faubry Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3691 W: 358 N: 4455] (28941)
  • [2006-03-10 6:19]

bonsoir Sabine, vraiement une photo telle un tableau! bien composée et équilibrée, la lumière est superbe et le tout encadré avec le noir renforce cet paysage si attrayant! bravo
à ++
francine

This is a good shot, better than any picture ive seen here about safari's photos. Excellent!

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  • skomy Gold Star Critiquer [C: 50 W: 0 N: 9] (124)
  • [2006-03-13 14:56]
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Sabina,
I liked ur photo "seeking wisdom" so i thought of looking at your other photos. This one i stopped at..its AMAZING.
Its like everything was positioned perfectly in the shot, the rhino's, zebras mountains in the background and even the tree of the far left side.
wonerful shot.
Sherif

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  • danyy Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 7605 W: 448 N: 10755] (54712)
  • [2006-04-25 5:50]

Hello Sabine,
j'aime beaucoup cette photo, les rhinos qui vont dans un sens et les zèbres dans l'autre; elles ont toujours l'air un peu 'banales' ces photos car pas mal dencyclopédies en publient, mais il n'empêche que tout le monde rêve de voir tout cela en vrai.
Excellent cadrage.
Daniel.

hallo Sabine,

Prachtige plaat! mooi qua kleur, compositie, dof en scherpte. Ik vind em leuk!! tfs

groeten Arnoud

Hi Sabine

As somebody daid: it looks like a painting...

Just wonderfull. Good colours and deep.

Perfect

Jorge Amorim

Hi!
This photo has been chosen by me to represent country in which it was taken in thema "Around the world", it is a very good and sucesful capture and excellent photo!

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