Taken with a D70 (80-200 mm ED with 36 mm extension)at a garter snkae denning area in Manitoba on April 15. Full gallery at //www.pbase.com/duff24/garter_snakes
[I can't figure out how to change the camera in the profile - this shot was with the D70 not CP 5700]
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Place: 144 out of 250 Avg (all users): 4.9095 Avg (commenters): 5.6250 Avg (participants): 4.7963 Avg (non-participants): 5.0000 Views since voting: 826 Views during voting: 327 Votes: 243 Comments: 18 Favorites: 0
nice sharp image with a hint of meeting the challenge but it is met. I like that you didn't go with the normal rock beats scissors image most others used. Great detail and colors.
Great timing, wish the grass was much more out of focus, as it competes for viewer's attention at the moment. Snake is too horizontally centered in frame for my taste.
Great capture, this is really well done. Nothing said the r/p/s had to be the subject of the picture, I hope people don't misinterpret that and downgrade you for it, because this is better than a lot of the pics in this challenge. Hm. As I look at it again, maybe you could take a little off the right side to improve the composition, though the clean diagonal through it is nice.
the snake is beautiful and softness works imho very well here - i would give more than 8 if you got the challenge topic more into focus (or may be i would not because that would spoil the snake :-)
Great snake and captivating picture! My only concern is that since the rock is the element that makes the photo qualify for this challenge, I wish it played a more prominent role. That said, I still enjoy the photo. Good lighting and cropping. I love the detail on the head.
I love the picture but it's really stretching the challenge theme, especially with the rock in the soft background. Great picture though, so I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt and vote you higher than I might otherwise have given it.
the theme of this challenge is rock ... ....yet the rock is taken over by the snake and grass, it would have looked better if the forground was blurred, and the rock sharp, but that is only my opinion, good luck
I love your snake, but I don't think the photo is very good for this particular challenge. You even NEED the title to make sure we see the blurred (suggested) rock in the background.
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