the photographer1 0 Posted June 5, 2004 I wonder what it is like, having a poisonous byte my gonads. Link to comment
james e. petts 0 Posted June 5, 2004 A brave and inspiring photograph of a fascinating creature. The angle isn't perfect: the blurred foreground rock obscures some of its body, and the eyes aren't visible, but, no doubt, that is because of the somewhat difficult circumstances in which you were working. Most impressive! Link to comment
jim hayes 0 Posted June 5, 2004 You win Pete. You're my hero. I just hope that was a really long lens. Nice grab. And just when I was getting over the statue of liberty shot too. Link to comment
bekster 0 Posted June 5, 2004 Wonderful shot, a bit too red on my monitor. What is he so uppity about? Great that you have fangs and the rattle in this shot! Link to comment
james_bencke 0 Posted June 6, 2004 Wow Peter! What a great capture.....even down to the drops of venom on the fangs. Guess all the shortfalls can be overlooked when you think of how hard it must have been to get this shot. Can you provide any details??? Link to comment
alex_halbrook 0 Posted June 6, 2004 the snake is not alive, its a posed dead specimine. One, the posture is wrong for striking. Snakes usually strike upwards from a coil, not holding their bodies off the ground. And the two big giveaways: The rattle is not blurred, which would require a really fast shutter speed and the "venom" on the fangs is fake. Venomous Snakes dont release their venom untill their fangs are in the prey or offending item. Just thought I should make that clear to people. Link to comment
5711 0 Posted June 7, 2004 i actually thought about the venom at the teath..i wondered..but didnt think enough : ) as usual : ) thought i did see 'crocodile hunter' quite often : ) i didnt look at such things nor was i aware to look at such things..i rated first read later.. i wont change my rating (7/7) because it is just such a good fake!..i think the photographer had his fun..hehe anyway..i dont think that this perls at the end of the teeth should represent the venom..i think its just to protect you for beeing hurt by this peaked fangs : ) keep up fakeing but tell me that it was a fake..afterward i have already rated : ) Link to comment
patrick_f 0 Posted June 7, 2004 Nice dummy...It would be interesting if the snake were alive, but I dont think you would find one in this position if he were! Link to comment
the photographer1 0 Posted June 7, 2004 I am not a fan of telephoto lenses, a 80mm prime for me anyday. Link to comment
bjmarkowitz 1 Posted June 8, 2004 ehh, ok shot...would have been better if he was actually bitting someone. Just kidding great shot...hope your were not what was making him so uppity? Link to comment
my_pics 0 Posted January 5, 2005 Why all the yap about whether the snake is dead or alive, posed or natural? PhotoNet is chock full of manipulated subjects. Give the guy a break and congradulate him on his creativity, even if the serpent does have pre-bite venom excretions. Being a fellow who actually takes pictures and knows a few rules of composition, let me say Good Work. Link to comment
steve_wagner1 1 Posted December 24, 2009 I can hardly believe you asked that question. Can you not understand the difference between capturing this from a dead or live snake? Have we really come to that? Dead this is a pedestrian snapshot. Alive in a controlled setting it's a great photo. Alive in the wild this is a stellar natural history shot that is to be highly commended. This "why all the fuss comment" is perfectly emblematic of the lack of regard for the circumstances and realness of photos that is so prevalent here on Photo.net Link to comment
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