markvmueller 0 Posted June 23, 2009 thx for also visiting my portfolio and your comments... Link to comment
sacha_de_carlo 0 Posted June 23, 2009 Very interesting motion capture :) The sand tones are warm whereas the vision of a snake makes me shiver... Link to comment
Life Photo-Documentaries 0 Posted June 23, 2009 Vincent NIce side winder! I hope I were enough lucky to be able to find a wild one and make such kind of photograph. Have you thought in cropping the image just to frame the snake and the sand marks? I think It would emphasize the beautiness of your composition. I am actually visualizing the cropped image as a three feet long panoramic photograph hanging in a wall.! I also photograph snakes, so If you may, please visit my photo.net portfolio and my main website www.lopezjohnston.com Congratulations. JC Link to comment
fischerphotos 0 Posted June 24, 2009 Very Cool Capture! Sidewinders are very interesting. Congrats! Link to comment
markvmueller 0 Posted June 24, 2009 Hi J.C. Thanks for your comment. I would not really know how/why to crop the image. The combination of the snake, its tracks, the crossing insect tracks and the sand's pattern is what makes this image work for me. I generally prefer to show my subjects in context, for instance animals with surroundings, rather than pure close-up's. This sidewinder by the way is only 25cm long. I was spending the night in the Thar Desert (Rajasthan, India). When I woke up in the morning this viper was curled up under my backpack - which I was using as a cushion. The image was shot with a 20mm (my favourite lens for wildlife photography). Link to comment
erikadams 0 Posted June 26, 2009 I tried JC's idea of cropping it top and bottom, to produce a wide mural type print, and I have to say I like the original crop better. The insect tracks in the sand and the wind marks in the sand are so appealing that having more of them, top and bottom, seems to improve the image. Great image. I've never thought of a 20 mm as a wildlife lens. It's opened my mind a little. Best regards. Link to comment
eddiem 0 Posted June 27, 2009 Good placement of the snake and the snake's tracks relative to the whole, and the inclusion of the other tracks all highlighete from the top left make it quite interesting. Good work! Link to comment
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