Det. Zoo Photography Contest Entries: The contest images had to be shot at the Detroit zoo on July 14 and 15, 2018. Light Photoshopping allowed: exposure, sharpening, color correction...

Fotoartist Loc: Detroit, Michigan

The contest images had to be shot at the Detroit zoo on July 14 and 15, 2018. Light Photoshopping allowed: exposure, sharpening, color correction only.

I have to pick the best 5 of these (in other words, eliminate one). I'm looking for your consensus. Thanks.

Emperor Butterfly
Gorilla
Tiger
Toddler
White Flamingos
Zebras

jayd Loc: Central Florida, East coast

Eliminate the zebra

AlohaJim Loc: Retired. Hawaii >> N. Arizona.

Fotoartist wrote:

The contest images had to be shot at the Detroit zoo on July 14 and 15, 2018. Light Photoshopping allowed: exposure, sharpening, color correction only.

I have to pick the best 5 of these (in other words, eliminate one). I'm looking for your consensus. Thanks.

Emperor Butterfly
Gorilla
Tiger
Toddler
White Flamingos
Zebras

Butterfly

PixelStan77 Loc: Vermont/Chicago

Fotoartist wrote:

The contest images had to be shot at the Detroit zoo on July 14 and 15, 2018. Light Photoshopping allowed: exposure, sharpening, color correction only.

I have to pick the best 5 of these (in other words, eliminate one). I'm looking for your consensus. Thanks.

Emperor Butterfly
Gorilla
Tiger
Toddler
White Flamingos
Zebras

Lovely images. I would eliminate Emperor Butterfly because the item the butterfly is on is not part of nature. Looks like fabric.
Good Luck. The Toddler image is a pure winner.

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

Sorry,theyare all keepers!

tsca Loc: USA

I like them all, but would drop the Flamingo if one has to go. Nice work!

danniepolley

The butterfly is in my opinion the least appealing. Nice set.

SteveR Loc: Michigan

Good photos. Good luck in the contest. I esp. like the butterfly and gorilla.

I grew up in Pontiac, and always enjoyed the Detroit Zoo. Some attractions are no longer there, such as the performing monkeys. That kind of thing is out of vogue. I'm not sure if the elephants perform anymore or not. When I was young, we had access to the large tortoises which lived on open green medians, but carvings into their backs stopped that. One of the great things about the DZ is the large areas that the animals are able to live in. The Zoo is 1/2 mile by a mile. Not many zoos are that large. It takes a train to get you from the front to the back or vice versa.

Katydid Loc: Davis, CA

Amazing photos, all. If forced to pick, I would eliminate the flamingo. For a winner it would be the gorilla.

Pablo8 Loc: Nottingham UK.

I find the Zebras rather confusing. The others all have good merits.

chapjohn Loc: Tigard, Oregon

I would eliminate either the butterfly or the gorilla. The butterfly because the article it has landed on does not look natural. The gorilla because it looks over processed, I mean the black looks too hot to be natural and the out of focus plants in the foreground grab too much atention as they are bright against the black.

turp77 Loc: Connecticut, Plainfield

I say eliminate the butterfly. I really like the Boy and the Gorilla

fourg1b2006 Loc: Long Island New York

These are all top notch images. I think people would relate looking at that little boy looking through the glass at the animal.

malawibob Loc: South Carolina

IMHO the boy and the lemur advertise a zoo better than any of the others.

Tazzy Loc: Tampa area

Eliminate #4