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Challenge: Off-Screen Expectation (Basic Editing I)
Camera: Canon EOS-10D
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Date: Mar 8, 2004
Aperture: 2.8
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/30
Galleries: Humorous, Nature
Date Uploaded: Mar 8, 2004

 A (sadly) very dead baby brown snake Spawn found. Taken at night with tungsten lamps as this gave the best shadows. Would have liked better DOF on the snake but didn't get time to retake the shot after I realised.

This was actually the test shot, ok, this'll work ... and then all the other shots didn't work as well.

I don't like a couple of the over exposed areas, and that hair at the bottom lace annoys the hell out of me! Also the small wound wher the ants had got at it annoys me as it gives away it's a dead'un. Will spot edit if I bother with DPC Prints for that for sure!

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Place: 6 out of 183
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Olympus OM-D E-M5
Canon EF 28-200mm f/3.5-5.6 USM
 03/16/2004 10:05:23 PM
Great picture! I'd love to see the rest of this snake that's off screen and see what is going on!
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Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH2
Panasonic Lumix 20mm f1.7 ASPH
 03/14/2004 09:11:08 PM
strange photo, but wonderful! I like the idea....the way you photographed it....the field of focus.....great photo! A 10 for me!!
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Canon EOS-20D
Sigma 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 DL Aspherical IF Hyperzoom for Canon
 03/14/2004 04:41:28 PM
I try and just can't seem to get how this ties into the challenge...
Canon EOS-50D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 03/14/2004 12:41:21 PM
I'm not sure why someone would have thought this was PS'd (I see it's been validated). This is a cool shot even though it gives me goosebumps! Nice work, and good DOF.
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Fujifilm FinePix S1 Pro
Nikon AF Nikkor 85mm f/1.8D
 03/13/2004 07:56:45 PM
lol. 6.
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Canon PowerShot S50
 03/13/2004 01:19:05 AM
Absolutely fabulous. The lighting, composition, focus, depth-of-field, and composition are all perfect. My favorite of the challenge. 10.
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Canon EOS-10D
Sigma 15-30mm f/3.5-4.5 EX Aspherical DG DF for Canon
 03/12/2004 10:35:34 AM
Good DOF, sharp and well focused. Makes you start wondering whats happening of-screen, exactly what this challenge is about. Very good.
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Canon EOS-300D Rebel
 03/12/2004 04:29:30 AM
wow evicts feelings of wonderment about what goes on ABOVE teh shoe...9
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Sony DSC-F717
 03/11/2004 09:22:42 PM
Wow, that gives me the creeps..

Great shot. Meets the challenge pefectly.
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Canon EOS-50D
Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS
 03/11/2004 04:03:08 PM
LOL! Great shot. Very creative and excellent title. Well done. 8
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Minolta DiMAGE F100
 03/11/2004 02:28:13 PM
Hee hee.
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Nikon D80
 03/11/2004 01:43:59 PM
Beautifully composed and wondeful lighting, textures and DOF. Also - a good interpretation of the challenge.
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Sony DSC-P52
 03/11/2004 11:54:15 AM
composition is nice and colors are interesting -definitely an expectation off screen, good job.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/11/2004 10:51:51 AM
Just terrific! Great execution of the concept. Wonderful composition!
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Canon EOS-300D Rebel
 03/11/2004 09:46:12 AM
Excellent! Good luck.
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Nikon Coolpix 3100
 03/11/2004 08:41:15 AM
Great idea - worthy of a ribbon. Well done
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/10/2004 09:48:40 PM
Great shot - induces some expectation in me - makes me want to see "what happens" next, or above.
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Nikon D40X
 03/10/2004 04:56:25 PM
Love it! :) - 6
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Canon EOS-1D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 03/10/2004 03:16:00 PM
Superb DOF! And the lightning makes this shot misterious... 10+
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Olympus E-500 EVOLT
Olympus 14-54mm f/2.8-3.5 Zuiko Digital Zoom
 03/10/2004 10:11:48 AM
yewwwww.... gives me the chills! Great photo!!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Sony DSC-F828
 03/10/2004 08:51:17 AM
This is outstanding.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0 L USM
 03/10/2004 08:41:05 AM
good sense of humor
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Olympus C-3030Z
 03/10/2004 02:12:04 AM
Clever shot but there is something bothering me about the DOF, it might be just a bit too tight.
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