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Hippo

Posted by
Ralf Kesper (Fröndenberg, Germany) on 20 May 2020 in Animal & Insect.

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Complete overlook here. Many thanks for watching and comments.

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Martine Girard from Brest, France

Joli gros plan.

20 May 2020 5:08am

Jypyä Pop from Turku, Finland

Looks pretty wild

20 May 2020 5:32am

Alan Creation from Saint Nazaire. Pays de la Loire., France

Gros plan sur cet animal volumineux.

20 May 2020 5:34am

Devi from Chennai, India

Never seen such details in the face !! Looks great!

20 May 2020 5:55am

Marjolein from Westvoorne, Netherlands

Great is this close-up in bl-white

20 May 2020 6:23am

jpla from Anjou, France

Superbe N&B
JP

20 May 2020 6:29am

Annierita & Annisabelle from New Delhi & Belle Ile, India

Superb close up, impressive ! Annierita

20 May 2020 6:31am

Daniel from Perpignan, France

terriblement impressionnant !

20 May 2020 6:36am

Siepi from Zemst, Belgium

Caracter head! Looks you straight in the eye, scary if not on photo ;-)

20 May 2020 6:36am

Existence Artistique from Angers, France

bien le cadrage

20 May 2020 6:41am

Gérard from Allauch, France

Big N&B ....

20 May 2020 7:54am

omid from mashhad, Iran

such beautiful frame, lights & details!
wonderful portrait.

20 May 2020 8:29am

Daryl Johnson from Worcester Park, United Kingdom

What a great frame, love the detail.

20 May 2020 8:42am

Steed from D, France

Wowwwwww !!!! The"Hippo"'s coming in my Room,Heavy,Quiet .....and Impressive !!! There's a Real Beauty to look at the details of the Head,so near,and the Skin which seems tell the Story of its Life .....I imagine You're not endangered from where You're taking this Picture,Boy,but once in time,I'm amazed You master so perfectly Light and Dark Zone and do,with this Shot a Perfect document we'll can find in the better books of zoology ......A Perfect realisation,all concentrated on the Look,so deep .....Hat's off,Friend Ralf ......Have an Excellent Thursday and Keep Healthy.....*****

20 May 2020 8:44am

grouser from Ludlow, United Kingdom

what fabulous skin detail. Interesting crop and great treatment

20 May 2020 8:55am

mo.langel from Courtelary, Switzerland

Excellent capture, frame and BW!

20 May 2020 9:03am

jean pierre from Paris, France

superbe mise en valeur des details!!! amts

20 May 2020 9:17am

Hiro from Kyoto, Japan

Wow, successful tight framing !!!

20 May 2020 9:36am

helys from Paris, France

woooooooow
GREAT

20 May 2020 9:38am

Yves from Allier, France

Un regard de douceur.

20 May 2020 9:51am

Marjolein from Enkhuizen, Netherlands

The light's nice on the head.
A beautiful play of light and shadow in b/w!

20 May 2020 10:05am

beach from Oshawa, Ontario, Canada

Up close and personal.

20 May 2020 10:48am

Steven from Chicagoland, United States

Great use of dramatic light and shadows in this splendid close-up!! His textured skin deserves a coat of moisturizer. :-)

20 May 2020 11:10am

Paleblue Photography from St. Catharines, Canada

Excellent black and white of this guy! The details are amazing.

20 May 2020 11:24am

Ana Lúcia from Leiria, Portugal

Interesting image. Great texture and light.

20 May 2020 1:12pm

Ruthiebear from Titusville, NJ, United States

How strong the skin details are

20 May 2020 1:31pm

Wayra from Roma, Italy

Wow, perfect capture!!!

20 May 2020 1:56pm

Mhelene from Villiers-sur-Marne, France

Wonderful framing and light !!

20 May 2020 2:05pm

Florence from France

A hippo in all its splendor. Like humans, each animal has its own beauty. You knew here how to enhance it with this splendid face to face!

20 May 2020 2:35pm

marceline from tournai, Belgium

Waw quel rendu de texture sur cet hippopotame ;)

20 May 2020 2:40pm

Claudiel from belgium, Belgium

a successful close-up

20 May 2020 3:59pm

Nadine from Le Sud......, France

gros hippo…!!! bravo, il prend tout l'écran…:-)))

20 May 2020 4:25pm

tataray from Charentes-Poitou, France

De beaux détails !...

20 May 2020 4:37pm

Sam from Chennai, India

Great closeup. Excellent in black and white. :)

20 May 2020 4:51pm

Blikvanger from the boarder of NL and, Belgium

He is almost entering my room. Great close up I mean zoom in ;-)

20 May 2020 4:51pm

Jason Kravitz from Brussels, Belgium

A little too close for me! I like the textures on this giant. This photo also matches nicely today with Rem-La.

20 May 2020 6:04pm

Willem from Noord-Scharwoude, Netherlands

Fantastic details and b/w, a nice framed close-up portrait.

20 May 2020 6:18pm

Tomek from PoznaƄ, Poland

Amazing close up.

20 May 2020 8:41pm

Don from Spokane, United States

A strong capture of this hippo's face in excelent black and white.

20 May 2020 8:59pm

Benkirane Thami from Fès, Morocco

Excellents cadrage et rendu de la peau épaisse de l'animal!

20 May 2020 10:11pm

Michael Rawluk from Williams Lake, BC, Canada

Wonderful. Great black and white work.

20 May 2020 10:45pm

Harry from Apex, NC, United States

you got his personality! black & white was a good choice

21 May 2020 12:16am

Irene from San Francisco, United States

Good close up.

21 May 2020 1:05am

B. Thomas from Arlington, Texas, United States

Impressive shot - in your face!

21 May 2020 1:46am

Elaine Hancock from Olney, United States

A fabulous close up in your face portrait! I love it!

21 May 2020 2:44am

Manav Singhi from Jaipur, India

Good Shot, Have a Nice and Safe Day . . . :)

21 May 2020 2:54am

Maryse from bordeaux, France

Un vrai tête à tête.... on ne peut pas faire plus près !!!!

21 May 2020 8:31am

Jolanda from Amsterdam, Netherlands

Impressive close-up

21 May 2020 9:44am

Jean-Luc.M from Nancy et ailleurs, France

Beautiful black and white with this skin texture.
A choice of original composition and well seen!

21 May 2020 4:33pm

Le Krop from Charenton-le-Pont, France

Impressionnant : et l'image, et le traitement ! ♥

21 May 2020 9:49pm

Emilio Garcia from Pleasanton, United States

Excellent and interesting framing of this close up. You can almost read the peacefulness of this giant animal!

22 May 2020 8:14pm

fateme@@ from Dezful, Iran

WONDERFUL details on its skin.

24 May 2020 9:41pm

Max from Liège, Belgium

J'aime beaucoup cette photo ... Le cadrage qui permet à l'animal d'occuper tout le cadre renforce l'impression d'énorme qui caractérise la bête ...

29 May 2020 8:23pm

k@ from Paris, France

Very clever and original !

4 Jun 2020 7:09pm

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