This will probably do horribly, but oh well... I have been wanting to take this photo for a while. She is my snake named Rosie, she's an albino corn snake, but some exotic form of albinoism so she looks pinkish white. And this was a lot more difficult than I thought it would be - holding a squirmy snake still on a slippery surface and *trying* to get the photo in focus and the exposure correct.
Post-processing - I made the not-so-black background more black - curves, levels, and some spot editing. Resize, unsharp mask, save for web.
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I love the composition of this shot. You must have taken so many shots to get this. In particuler I like the way the curve of the body lead the eye into the depth of the shot. to my eye this is well balanced. I personally would have like the forground to be in crisp focus. Maybe its just a matter of taste but I think this would have been more effective if the whole subject was in focus (with a longer DOF maybe) or that the foreground was in focus with the head a little soft.
So why is the score not higher (not that you've done badly)? Seems the DNMC crowd have for some reason chosen to strike at you. Personally I think it is a testament to all that is good about this shot that they can be so discriminating about the off-white shade.
I hope my comments help and Good Luck in future Challenges!
My roommate and I actively raise cornsnakes and are belong to a forum of cornsnake owners - cornsnakes.com.
I am guessing from your description that Rosie might be a snow corn or possibly even a coral. Albino cornsnakes are actually called Amelanistic (lacking black pigment) but they are usually red/orange and white. Come visit us on the forum sometime...I am sure someone on there could probably tell you exactly what morph Rosie is! Would love to see more pics of her.
Ivory-hued serpent. Archetypal fearful symbol. How could I NOT comment! Dramatic composition...might like it better rotated 90 degrees clockwise. Tough not to scare your subject out of range. Good job.
Ohh...what kind of snake?? Love snakes! Great choice for this particular challenge, but maybe would have looked better if the snake was facing the camera.
Very good idea! But I call it unfinished picture. If you want to keep the same position of the snake, go ahead, but next time try to go to the lower angle, you will see what's gonna happen.
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