snakes on a tree
by ti

Comment by snaffles:
Greetings from the Critique Club

Lesson number one if you're going to enter challenges: Read and understand the challenge description, and read and understand the rules, ideally both and before entering an image that appears to have been taken handheld. I can see camera-shake, and nobody can get a sharp, in-focus image handheld at .3 of a second. So if you like to get pics of your snake, a tripod may be a wise investment. A few basic tutorials on composition, lighting, aperture, shutter speed and ISO and how they all need to work together would be of great use to you.

And in the meantime...as I'm sure you've guessed by now - entering a colour image in a b/w challenge isn't a very good idea. And as this challenge also calls for use of a certain photo technique, none of which is evident here, you may want to learn a good deal more about photography overall - either here or elsewhere on the web - before entering here again.

Sorry if this sounds harsh, but how else are you to learn what will work here and what won't? Feel free to PM me with any questions.

snakes on a tree
by ti

Comment by Neat:
There's always a rebel :0)

IT will be interesting to see how this will score, not only is it not in black and white, it's also OOF and not HDR. Realistically you should get a whole bunch of ones, but all peeps won't do that, so I won't add to it also.

snakes on a tree
by ti

Comment by Kodak:
Interesting

snakes on a tree
by ti

Comment by Kroburg:
Focus is off and it's no B&W

snakes on a tree
by ti

Comment by Fayfly:
Not black and white...

snakes on a tree
by ti

Comment by snaffles:
DNMC

snakes on a tree
by ti

Comment by Lydia:
Nothing is in focus... And... I really need something to be in focus.

I'm sorry.

snakes on a tree
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Comment by gipper11:
I think you forgot to convert this to black and white and the focus is completely off.

snakes on a tree
by ti

Comment by spencelg:
??

snakes on a tree
by ti

Comment by Paul:
Eclectic!