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• Alain_cdn (634)
• [2006-10-14 15:22]

Hello Alex,

Great picture of this snake. Beautifull BG, great POV. DOF and Focus is excellent. Great job. TFS. Alain

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• Bufo (4241)
• [2006-10-14 15:26]

Hi Alex,
what a great close up of the nose horned viper. I only saw this species once and I think it's impressive. Just as your picture. I think the technical workout could be slightly better (a bit overexposed I think). But that doesn't spoil my opinion about the picture. Top!
Rregards,
JAcob

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• fartash (5161)
• [2006-10-14 16:03]

Hey Alex
What a great shot of snake,
Beautiful colors,Good
focusing on head,Excellent
I'll come back later:-)
Regards
Fartash

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• Xplorator (7671)
• [2006-10-14 16:11]

Superb! Daca ar fi sa folosesc doar un cuvant: superb, ar ficel mai usor sa decriu cea ce se vede! Foarte dinamica si intimidanta captura ta. Bravo, big A. !

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• pvs (13835)
• [2006-10-14 16:13]

Hi Alex (snakehunter),

A wonderfull close up from this viper (lucky that you are the men that shows these kind of pictures),I think mine would be unsharp due camera shake haha,well captured and thanks for sharing,

Regards,

Paul

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• BEHRAD (449)
• [2006-10-14 16:44]

Hi Alex

Perfect shot.
Good POV & lighting.I like colour composition.
Regards

Behrad

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• hester (11638)
• [2006-10-14 16:53]

Excellent profile. Perfect POV and great details. Great shot

TFS

Karan

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• massougareux (834)
• [2006-10-14 17:44]

Hello Alex,
beautiful image of this snake, with perfect details of the head and the body.
It is on that also near, that becomes dangerous.
Congratulations,
arnaud.

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• blakitan (5451)
• [2006-10-14 18:45]

Hi Alex,
Cool face with horn! Greatly capturing this viper. Look-like you will be the next Steven Austin of NatGeo. Great shot.
Have a nice weekend.

Ben Lakitan

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• jcoowanitwong (12123)
• [2006-10-14 22:20]

Hello Alex,
Very nice close up picture of this nose-horned viper. Sharp with vibrant colors. Composition, pov, dof, exposure are great. Very well done and TFS.
JC

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• dotuan (774)
• [2006-10-14 22:32]
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Very nice pic. But was too sharpness made some noise on edges of objects. It could be remove very simply by Despeckle option in Photoshop.
Regards,
DT.

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• chrish (372)
• [2006-10-14 22:49]
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Alex,

Love the POV and composition of this shot. Of course, I love all snake shots, but this one is one of the nicer ones I have seen on TrekNature.
There is a little bit too much noise in the background. I don't know if that is from the sensor or post-processing.

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• arfer (0)
• [2006-10-14 23:03]

Hello Alex

A wonderful presentation of this snake.I appreciate the effort that went in to getting this photo for us to see.Snakes are hard to photograph and you did very well.I like the coiled pose,and the composition with the natural surroundings.Good DOF and POV.TFS

Rob

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• jmp (8411)
• [2006-10-15 2:54]

Hi Alex,
Your ability to find snakes is almost magical! This is a really wonderful capture with a very impressive composition, excellent details and a great pose. Congratulation!
TFS, José M.

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• horia (14904)
• [2006-10-15 4:25]

Ehh...se mai intampla (referitor la accidentul de la inceputul anului). Nu poti face o omleta fara sa spargi oale ;)
Foarte misto poza! Intr-adevar asta e cazul cu serpii veninosi. Trebuie sa ai o droaie de rabdare pana se potolesc si atunci, in sfarsit, poti sa le faci cateva poze bune.
Fain POV si foarte bune detalii! Imi place cum cornul este asezat intr-o portiune mai intunecata a BG-ului pantre a contrasta excelent cu el.
Bine lucrat :)

Bravo si TFS
Horia

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• Argus (35041)
• [2006-10-16 7:22]

Hi Alex,
Great DOF, comp and sharpness in this risky shot. The noise can be remedied and does not dtract much from the quality of this capture.
Well done!
Regards, Ivan

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• RAP (7405)
• [2006-10-16 9:51]

Excellent capture Alex , more reading your notes.

I like it a lot: composition, POV, DOF, sharpness, focus, color, framing, notes.

I like it: background, lighting.

I don't like it: nothing

Very nice presentations... take care.
Regards... Ricardo

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• cedryk (5184)
• [2006-10-16 20:29]

Hello Alex,
My favourite viper again. It's a very good shot. Great sharpness and excellent natural background. Rich but not disturbing. Great composition.
Best greetings,
Michal

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• milas (173)
• [2007-01-22 11:03]

Hello Alex,
good foto selamlar

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• cicindela (8635)
• [2007-01-29 8:47]

Hello Alex!
This time without points but I will come back here with them tomorrow ;)
This is a very nice portrait of Vipera amodytes! I was 4 times in Romania and I tried to find this species to take it a photo but without any success :(
I like your picture because of very nice POV, good DOF and contrast.
The note about this species is also very informative.
Best regards,
Radomir

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• gurupawan (1755)
• [2007-03-24 6:55]

Hi alex,

Lovely capture , having so close to this subject itself is amazing and getting such a sharp pic is just spectacular.I love snakes but finding them is what i have to learn , do share me ur knowledge on the same.

Thanks for sharing this beauty.

Pawan

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• snowfalken (1788)
• [2007-03-27 5:01]

Hello Alex,

A very good close-up of this dangerous snake! And the look in its eyes is just ... deadly! One thing cracked me: in your note you stated "I shed a lot of sweat, blood and tears to get this shot"! Why was that? I understand sweat, even blood, but tears? Why did you cry?

Composition:

This is a very powerful composition! Good balance between subject and empty space! It is a positive thing that you ddn't go for the whole snake, ending up by placing its nose close to the left border. The space in front of its nose is necessary for the snake to strike into. The background is nicely blurred which makes the snake stand out but there are also some distracting plants which of course could not have been removed by yourself (unless you wanted to shed more blood :) ) I also appreciate your POV. By placing the camera low on the ground you create the illusion of a really big snake! Much better than a snapshot from above! Great job here!


Colors:

The colors look natural to me and the saturation seems to be normal but I've never seen this beast so please don't rely on my opinion on this!

Contrast:

The overall contrast of the picture is very good! It is a great thing to have less contrast in the background than in the subject. It helps isolating the snake from everything else!

Exposure:

The clearly visible details in the most parts of the picture are a proof of the well chosen settings in the camera. However there are significant overexposed areas in the rock in the lower left corner! If you were to expose the rock correctly you would have lost details in the deep shadows (underexposure). These things happen when the sun stands high in the sky! You could have worked around this inconvenience by using a certain amount of fill flash to illuminate the shadows a bit and shorten the shutter speed to get a proper exposure on the rock. This would have preserved the details in the shadows without sacrificing the details in highlights.

Focus:

The focus was properly achieved on the snake's head. It also led to excellent details in the snake's skin!

A very good close-up with remarkable strong points after all! Very good job! Thank you for sharing!

With Friendly Regards,
Eddie

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• IulianGherghel (1342)
• [2007-05-21 9:29]

Salut,
Super faina poza.
Felicitari!

Iulian

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• bobcat08 (1431)
• [2007-08-17 22:34]

Hello Alex,

That's a dangerous yob you did here. But is a wonderful picture. Naturel colors. POV, DOF and BG are good. The composition and frame are nice. regards and TFS Bob