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Ophidiophobia - Fear of a Reptile Dysfunction
Ophidiophobia - Fear of a Reptile Dysfunction
Dr.Confuser


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Phobia II (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D800
Lens: Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
Location: Seattle, Washington (USA)
Date: Oct 27, 2013
Aperture: f/2.8
ISO: 6400
Shutter: 1/500
Date Uploaded: Oct 29, 2013

 Photographer’s Notes
I am reminded of Indiana Jones, “Why did it have to be snakes. I hate snakes.”

Took a trip to the reptile house of Seattle’s Woodland Park Zoo. It was Sunday morning, foggy, drizzly, and cold. And the f’ing zoo was overrun with families with kids in costume collecting candy at each exhibit. Getting close enough to the snakes to photograph them was quite a challenge; took a lot of patience.

Spent some time talking to a herpetologist (snake person) who had a snake on her hand and variously around her neck. Took a few photos but made the mistake of not paying close enough attention to the background. In expert editing, I could make something of these, but not in advanced.

Did I mention the light? The cages were dimly lit and the most interesting snakes were moving around. The ones not moving around were uninteresting by definition. The D800e has very good low light performance – which saved this effort.

Post Processing
• Convert from RAW (PSCS5 Camera Raw)
• Reduce Noise (Neat Image)
• Detail & Vignette (OnOne Filters)
• Partially Desaturate (OnOne Filters)
• Dodge & Burn (PSCS5 Overlay Layer)
• Crop (PSCS5)
• Resize (OnOne Perfect Resize)
• Save for Web (PSCS5)


Camera Data
• Date: 2013.10.27
• Camera: D800E
• Lens: Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
• ISO: 6400
• Aperture: f/2.8
• Shutter: 1/500

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/01/2013 02:40:42 PM
I've heard of that......
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 11/01/2013 05:17:27 AM
7 for the clever title and quality shot
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