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Comment by naplesmusc:
I like the simplicity with only 3 elements. Great sky. 8

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Comment by h2:
crop at right is a bit tight

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Comment by PaulE:
Greetings from the Critique Club.

Hi Marissa,

I love the composition of this shot. You must have taken so many shots to get this. In particuler I like the way the curve of the body lead the eye into the depth of the shot. to my eye this is well balanced. I personally would have like the forground to be in crisp focus. Maybe its just a matter of taste but I think this would have been more effective if the whole subject was in focus (with a longer DOF maybe) or that the foreground was in focus with the head a little soft.

So why is the score not higher (not that you've done badly)? Seems the DNMC crowd have for some reason chosen to strike at you. Personally I think it is a testament to all that is good about this shot that they can be so discriminating about the off-white shade.

I hope my comments help and Good Luck in future Challenges!

Cheers
Paul

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Comment by ArpeggioAngel:
My roommate and I actively raise cornsnakes and are belong to a forum of cornsnake owners - cornsnakes.com.
I am guessing from your description that Rosie might be a snow corn or possibly even a coral. Albino cornsnakes are actually called Amelanistic (lacking black pigment) but they are usually red/orange and white. Come visit us on the forum sometime...I am sure someone on there could probably tell you exactly what morph Rosie is! Would love to see more pics of her.

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Comment by Jugan:
nice curves!

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Comment by cynthe:
Ivory-hued serpent. Archetypal fearful symbol. How could I NOT comment! Dramatic composition...might like it better rotated 90 degrees clockwise. Tough not to scare your subject out of range. Good job.

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Comment by md8speed:
I like the wandering lines, but would have liked a little more DOF so that we can see all of the texture on the snake

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Comment by v5planet:
Is this an apple-shaped piece of metal or an apple that's been painted with gold paint? The composition is very strong and cleverly executed. One thing that I think would make this jump out even more is that, if it is indeed an apple painted with gold paint, had you left the bottom right chunk of the apple unpainted, it would've looked like the transformation to gold was progressing through the piece of fruit. Just a thought. But this works very well as is.

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Comment by md8speed:
The best negative space image in my opinion. I think that a black background may have made the gold pop a bit more.

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Comment by digitalknight:
this image doesn't look greyscale to me