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Cody White

Member
Just wondering how this works,
What needs to be fixed?
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Thanks for looking
 
fahim mohammed

fahim mohammed

Well-known member
Cody, I hate snakes; of all kinds.

But photos of them are ok. Good ones are very welcome ( repeat photos only pls. )

This is a good one. I find that the oof area and intensity behind that snake's head distracting.

As I said, I don't like to see live snakes..in the dark or in the light!

Thanks for sharing.
 
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Paul Abbott

New member
I agree with Fahim, that white area is very distracting. A simple and uncluttered backdrop is more useful for subjects like this, I guess.
 
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C. Fessler

New member
Nice DOF!

Echoing what the others have said, I'd put some greenry behind his head, a good contrast to the brown, without having the blown out highlight of what's there now.
 
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Cody White

Member
Paul Abbott said:
I agree with Fahim, that white area is very distracting. A simple and uncluttered backdrop is more useful for subjects like this, I guess.
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C. Fessler said:
Nice DOF!

Echoing what the others have said, I'd put some greenry behind his head, a good contrast to the brown, without having the blown out highlight of what's there now.
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That white area is the back of my house the dark brown frame is a window.
I tried to use a f/stop that would blur out my house mostly.
And I don't have any Fancy backdrops, I try to do the best I can with What I have.

thanks for looking.
 
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Gregg Simpson

New member
Good effort Cody, I too agree that the background is distracting also the image is lacking a bit of dynamism, the snakes head is to square on for me, I hope you don't mind me butchering your photo! This is how I think it should look.

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Regards

Gregg
 
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Prateek Dubey

New member
Cody,
Since you've taken the risk to have a python in your backyard, you can risk cropping the photo a bit more to focus on its eyes. The beauty is in the eyes though. I'm fascinated by snakes, though I cannot really touch them. I think they represent time. Gracious, slippery, beautiful and very deadly if you're not careful. I use snake textures often in my paintings..
Prateek
 
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Cody White

Member
Prateek Dubey said:
Cody,
Since you've taken the risk to have a python in your backyard, you can risk cropping the photo a bit more to focus on its eyes. The beauty is in the eyes though. I'm fascinated by snakes, though I cannot really touch them. I think they represent time. Gracious, slippery, beautiful and very deadly if you're not careful. I use snake textures often in my paintings..
Prateek
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Sorry to say this snake is not a Python, but a Boa constrictor
 
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Andy brown

Well-known member
Whilst cutting wood today (it's winter in OZ) a beautiful little snake came out from a hollow log I was splitting. Delightful ctreature, it was gunmetal grey with a glistening black head. It looked like a highly polished black shoe. I did take a quick shot which I won't post, it was in mottled light, just for ID sake. It turned out to be an Eastern small eyed snake. I didn't even know they existed previously and I spend lots of time in the bush.
 
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