August (Last Days of Summer)
by kennyt

Comment by colda:
nice serene image - well done

Heads or Tails
by kennyt

Comment by Artan:
Nice composition. A couple of observations, I would prefer more depth of field to see both coins sharp, and perhaps use a slightly softer lighting, as this set up provide too much glare for me.

August (Last Days of Summer)
by kennyt

Comment by Bud:
great silouette.

Creepy
by kennyt

Comment by skylen:
Awesome! I love the color and smoothness of his skin. There are what seem to be JPEG artifacts, noticable on the lines of his scales and on the edges of the branch. Other than that, it's great.

Creepy
by kennyt

Comment by dwterry:
Love how sharp the snake is! Good luck in the challenge!

Heads or Tails
by kennyt

Comment by hyphaefungi:
Good clean shots of coins. Color is great. Contrast is excellent.

Heads or Tails
by kennyt

Comment by Anachronite:
love the subject.... needs better focus though... maybe more depth of field as well...

Creepy
by kennyt

Comment by graphicfunk:
returning for comments.
She has that green vegatable color. A very good find and capture. Bumping up.

Creepy
by kennyt

Comment by ButterflySis:
I'm not a snake lover by any means but this is a great shot. Nice colors, simple background, and good focus. Looks like his head and some edges of the branch suffer from oversharpening. It's not too noticeable but there appears to be bright white specks/pixels. I'm guessing the ISO was higher than normal and it's "sharpened noise" that I'm seeing. Maybe a little less USM would prevent that. Nice job.

OnTop
by kennyt

Comment by Skip:
this has the makings of an interesting image. i agree with brockangelo that it could benefit from a slightly different angle. as the background color is a little dull, the less of it, the better.

another thing to play with would be your dof; here, it's really short, but there is nothing in particular in the spotlight. i'm not quite sure what settings you have available on your camera, but i wouldn't recommend using macro mode unless you are shooting something specific (like a bug going across the table).

also, near the bottom right edge, there is a scratch or something. since this was a basic editing challenge, all you can do about that is crop it out (and be thankful that it was on the edge!). this is the type of thing that has bitten me, usually when i've waited too close to the deadline to really go over all the details. unfortunately, it's those little things that make the difference between receiving a 4 or 5, or having it receive 6s and 7s. (i gave this a 5.)

one thing that i have found helpful is to go back and revisit my challenge shots after the challenge, based on the comments i got. this is not always easy (or possible), but, it has helped me get a better handle on what i missed the first time.

i think you're on the right track, just keep shooting! good luck,

skip