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NOT Rocky!!!

Gallery: Weekly ChallengePosted March 18, 20181,641 views5 comments

Definitely, NOT "Rocky Raccoon"!!! frown

I encountered this very scary fella during the day in my yard next to the first pasture. I did not get very close, as he should not have been out and about at this time. Plus, he had a really scary facial expression...screaming, "DANGER, DANGER, I'm going to KILL YOU!" frown

I sharpened him up with a little Topaz. He never foamed at the mouth, so maybe, he had distemper, not rabies...But, I didn't want to find out!!!

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5 comments

Comment posted by Mark Seaver on March 19, 2018 at 10:35 AM

How interesting, I raised an abandoned baby Raccoon including bottle feeding and training at digging up crawdads. It eventually ran off, but a couple of times, it snarled at me showing off quite a menacing set of teeth. Their claws are amazingly sharp also. I wouldn't want to mess with one. Your raccoon stands out very nicely in the grasses and the snarl is quite menacing. This does look a bit oversharpened.

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Comment posted by Ed Williams on March 19, 2018 at 2:12 PM

That is an awesome grimace Lucy. It looks like you applied some kind of special filter to get this result?

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Comment posted by Paula LeVay on March 21, 2018 at 10:33 PM

Lucy, I'm amazed that you had the presence of mind to actually capture this image. It's quite the threatening facial expression and I probably would have been exiting the area before trying to diagnose his condition. He's a great subject for the weekly challenge. Good luck!

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Comment posted by Lucy VanSwearingen on March 22, 2018 at 8:40 PM

I took it so fast and darted back inside, that his hairs and the grimace were a tiny bit blurry. So, I used Topaz Clean to simplify his pretty fur and his menacing grimace. I may have oversimplified (oversharpened), which was actually my intent...to impart my terror at this backyard rogue just outside my door! frown

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on March 23, 2018 at 1:25 PM

That is one mean looking raccoon, Lucy. We're lucky enough that thus far we don't have rabies in anything but bats in this area. I don't know what was wrong with this one, but something sure was. A beautiful image with wonderful texture in the fur.

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