Competition entry: Hippo Spy
Hippo Spy by Brian Narveson
2026 May Competition - A Open
33 points
Judges' comments:
Nicely framed; sharp; good texture in the skin; catch light in the eye; good color; water does not appear level; might crop from the top
Maker's notes:

Photo was shot in at the zoo in Colorado Springs, Colorado.     Camera was a Canon 7D Mark ii with an 18-135 mm zoom set at 42 mm.  Setting were aperture priority of f/9, ISO 16000, resulting in a shutter speed of 1/125 sec.  Processed in Lightroom, Photoshop and Topaz photo studio (noise reduction and sharpening)