MMA (Marmot Martial Arts) Fight Series - Edited + New Order

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Re-post the Combatants

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The Combatants - Original

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WhistlerPush
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Re-post The Push

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The Shove - Original

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The Prize Awaits the Victor

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Description

We took the tram up Whistler Mountain, named for these guys. We were treated to the main MMA event. It was actually pretty lopsided and the bigger marmot just kept chewing and pounding on the little guy for a long time. There never seemed to be much damage done and the little guy was really game for quite a while. He eventually broke and ran after about ten falls, and tried hiding under the steps to a building. The other marmot just followed and pushed him out from under and kept chewing. They even took the fight up to the top step of the stairs. They were still going at it when we decided to take some photos of a new life-lister bird, the gray-crowned rosy finch.

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I’d like some feedback on the series as much as the individual images. Does this portray a serious struggle for these combatants. It looked pretty serious for the smaller one.

Technical Details

  1. Canon R5, f13, 1/640 sec, iso 500, 100-500 lens with 1.4 TC at 420 mm. Cloudy.
  2. R5, f13, 1/640 sec, iso 400, 420 mm, added strip of snow on top of frame and cropped up a bit from the sides.
  3. R5, f13, 1/640 sec, iso 800, 420 mm, cropped to portrait orientation from landscape.
  4. R5, f20, 1/640 sec, iso 2500, 420 mm, cropped to about 70% of original frame.

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Really nice series! Hopefully, this was a minor territory/alpha male dispute only.
All shots are well-done, but I like #2 best, with both profiles and eyes visible. The bright snow is a little distracting, it might be an improvement to tone it down a bit.

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Thank you very much @SandyR-B. I’m not sure if I went far enough on the reposts toning down the snow. I’m always afraid of leaving artifacts. . .

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Marmots are always up to something and you captured them doing exactly that! I can live with the snow as it adds to the mountain-atmosphere to the comp. I agree with Sandy about #2 being a fave, but the last one has a nice take down with wrestling to make it a very close second…Jim

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I really appreciate your comments @Jim_Zablotny. They are little characters. . .

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Nice EP! Marmots are such fun to watch -

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These are all nice shots, but I like #2 the best as it shows their eyes and profiles and gets across your point of the wrestling/fight. #1 is a second choice.

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Thank you @robertakayne