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Year of the Snake
Year of the Snake
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Chinese Zodiac (Advanced Editing I)
Camera: Sony DSC-F717
Location: National Zoo, Washington, DC
Date: Jan 24, 2004
Aperture: f2.2
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/30
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Jan 24, 2004

 Burmese python curled up under his cozy heat lamp.

Statistics
Place: 37 out of 77
Avg (all users): 5.3418
Avg (commenters): 5.6667
Avg (participants): 5.1695
Avg (non-participants): 5.4444
Views since voting: 1057
Votes: 158
Comments: 10
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 01/31/2004 04:55:13 PM
Thanks for the comments. If I'd had any control over the snake's position, my angle for the shot, or the lighting, I might have changed some or all of them. But the zoo frowns on people breaking the glass and climbing in to rearrange or re-light a snake big enough to eat a small gazelle. :)
 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/29/2004 10:06:42 PM
Nice detail but not sure about the lighting for this
Fits the challenge
 01/28/2004 10:56:23 PM
I bet it is a beautiful snake but I wish I could see more of the head. I think it would be better if I could see the natural color of the snake and not be distracted by the color of the lights on its body.
 01/28/2004 10:30:00 PM
I can see lots of scales, but the composition makes it difficult to really identify the snake.
 01/28/2004 05:34:43 PM
Great detail, Im sure there is a snake somewhere.
 01/27/2004 11:04:37 PM
Nice color, DOF, and exposure. Hard to recognize content at first, would have liked the focal point to be more prominent or conspicuous.
 01/27/2004 10:16:05 AM
The red doesn't worjk for me.
 01/26/2004 02:28:16 AM
Beautiful and it's great that it takes a minute to realize where the head is. The light and shadows are great but the foreground out of focus takes away from the overall power of the shot for me.
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 01/25/2004 09:19:51 AM
Unusual, abstract composition to this image, I really had to look for the head of the snake. Well done.
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 01/25/2004 05:39:43 AM
Really nice colours and texture. It's kind of an abstract shot, which I really like about it.
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