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Wow! My first 6+! Well I went to bed last night thinking I was locked into 5.9, which I was very happy with. To have it go over 6 is a special treat! Thanks all who voted.
This was a green tree snake on display at the Baltimore Aquarium. Ironically I had planned to use a picture of a green frog that I had taken in the same place, but it turned out to have been a bit blurry. So this shot turned out to be a substitute.
I originally submitted the full image I took, thinking the green color was the subject of the image. But the more I looked at it the more I felt the snake should be the subject, so I cropped it down putting the snake at the center. The leaf going straight thru the diagonal was intentional, I did think the curve of the snake and the straight lines of the leaves and the branches make a nice contrast.
Here is the original picture:
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Thanks for the kind words! I agree that its over noise reduced and the lighting was not the best. The fact is that I wasnt even thinking of the challenge when I took this picture. I had taken a different picture to use in the green challange but it hadnt come out. This was the only other thing green I had taken. Had I planned the shot better I would have zoomed in much closer and worked at a better composition. As it was I had to crop so much of it that the final image was incredibly noisy and needed some extra passes, which obliterated some of the detail. A great learning experience tho, the words of my high school photography teacher still ringing in my ears; "fill the frame". Now they actually have meaning for me, Photoshop cant fix everything ;)
This is a great shot, and even with the 6+ score, I think you were robbed. The composition is interesting, especially with the contrast between the curves in the snake and the stright edges in the leaves. The lighting is a touch harsh in a few spots, but overall, it's a great capture.
Creepy. I'm not a fan of snakes, but I like this shot - the S-bend of it's body is such a bold shape in the photograph. Perhaps a smaller aperture to increase the depth of field so that the S-curve was in sharp focus too?
Good color depth on how the green tones of the leaves match the greens of the snake. I like the juxtaposition of the straight branches with the curve of the snake as well - good contrasting lines. I might have lightened the levels on the shadows a bit to make the underside of the snakes head not quite so dark, but that's just me - nice capture.
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