Snake in the grass

I'm not sure if the depth of field chosen is distracting ... what do

you think? (Other comments welcome also...)

I like this - the picture has impact! Depth of field is fine by me. The only criticisms are

 

1) the scan is too big to fit comfortably on my screen (I always work at 800x600) and

 

2) There is a blade of grass just by the snake's eye. You should have reached down and pushed it out of the way :-)

I think the depth of field is fine. The top of the snakes head seems to be washed out a little though from the light source overhead. I do agree with the scan size. It is to big for the screen.

I resized it .... Hope that worked!

 

'shana

That's better! Thanks. Great shot!

Shoshana, nice diagonal composition. Good timing on the tongue movement. A little bright (on my screen at least) but with a neg. film should be easy to rectify. Paul has a bent sense of humor but a laugh is good for the soul. Best, LM.

i had a burmese - got to be 12+ feet, when i gave her to a breeder. i'll have to dig out the photos i have - i think the green contrasting against the browns on the snake is very visually pleasing - try some head-on shots if you can with DOF fading as the snake's body falls out of the frame. nice shot.