natasha mhatre

second that!

i initially thought you'd set it up yourself and was thinking to myself....woah she can think up shots like this in her minds eye, and at 18!!! and then i read the account of how you got the picture, which is even cooler...its a matter of seeing it and THEN waiting stalking until you get it...

 

good luck to you for the future, this shot suggests you dont need it.

:)

in sculpture, i think particularly in greek and then roman sculptures theres a posture thats often preferred called contro posto (i think). refers to having one of the legs taking the weight of most of the body and the other cocked just so....the elephant reminds me of that. it was believed to add dynamism to an otherwise static form of art...the illusion of motion...

lovely

I love the light on the body, picks up that lovely rust colour without blowing the droplets out. spectacular shot

actually the guy on tops the male and the bigger one below is the female. they're copulating....having both eyes sharp would be better? i know its tough, i've tried and failed :)

This is pretty good! as an aside i would burn the stuff in the dark background out if i could...its a bit distracting

not much i can add by way of critique, just to say great moment....

and i love a lot of the birds in your folder too, you seem to have a great passion for them. wishing you happy shooting :)

wow you own an x-gm!!! i own one i no longer use...and i never put it to this good a use!...masterful

nice looks almost like a dance posture...but somehow that may artefactual, given how its your second name?

hey there, nice to see some new contributions!

well seen and great detail!

nice diagonal and the colours work well too. I would have asked the snake to twist his head a bit to his right, but i know they're usually fairly unobliging creatures :)

I like how fragile the grass looks, and I like the treatment of the idea of the cycle and return.

 

One nitpick though, I don't normally notice something like this but the frame is a bit distracting and heavy.

this reminds me of arbus, the picture identical twins invites even compels you to look for the differences between the two girls, to invent them as it were...calling the landscape tranquil makes me search for the dynamic elements in this image.

 

love the fact that the way it was made was an incredibly 'simple' idea

very beautiful light. something quiet and dreamlike about the moment :)

its a good shot btw...

is this a baited shot? if it is maybe you could position yourself so the bait isnt so obvious and so that there isnt anything in the foreground that is distracting?

 

lovely moment umar bhai. 6/7 i would only suggest that you could try and remove the plants in the foreground.

hey there, yes these are similar...off course the DOF is the only crib...(even though i havent managed it very well myself).

 

trying and having as much of the animal parallel to the plane of your camera helps a lot...and when you cant the convention generally is to have the eyes as sharp as possible...

 

:) look forward to seeing more

was wondering whether theres a reason for the person holding it to be holding it that tight? cant be comfortable for the snake and isnt usually necessary...

every image here could be used to illustrate an art book principle, to tell stories of tone colour texture (this could off course be a good and a bad thing, i dont know which you think it is)...this one i would put on the cover...it really is beautiful

you had to go try this! i had a shot of the same dragonfly ('Pantala flavescens') but now that you have this i suppose i should take mine down :)

great pic mark, this is hard to do

its a frog hopper, i think

yeah snakes dont have eyelids, this guy does, its a lizard, still dangerous though, they can bite if their jaws are free to...

it really seems pointless leaving critiques on perfect pictures 7/7

this is truly spectacular! it is sand right? not snow?