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Careful While Gardening!
Careful While Gardening!
jbsmithana


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Best of 2004 (Advanced Editing III*)
Camera: Fujifilm FinePix 4900Z
Location: Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle, Wa
Date: Sep 30, 2004
Aperture: F2.8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/4
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Jan 6, 2005

This is my second choice after using the original of my first choice to edit for this challenge. Duh! Damn I was pissed.

I decided to enter this shot because I was always impressed that it came out this well taken through dirty glass using my old Fuji 4900. This was taken during the Wildlife Challenge at the zoo. The white balance was off but I was able to restore it using colors, levels and curves. a little NI and USM and here it is.

Original date/time: 2004:09:30 12:04:26
Shutter speed: 1/4.00
F-stop: 2.8
ISO speed: 200
Focal length: 46.8000

Statistics
Place: 435 out of 530
Avg (all users): 4.9544
Avg (commenters): 5.7778
Avg (participants): 4.8598
Avg (non-participants): 5.2750
Views since voting: 1136
Views during voting: 505
Votes: 351
Comments: 10
Favorites: 0


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01/16/2006 06:01:55 PM
Cobras freak me out, but nice pic!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/24/2005 09:46:41 AM
that's good advice!

now, please bear with me. voting this challenge is extremely difficult, not just because of the size, but because we are dealing with images that people consider their best. it makes even constructive criticism hard...

i appreciate what you're attempting to deliver here, but it somehow feels off. parts of the image seem a bit over-processed (which makes it seem too 'unreal'), while other parts seem to be very rough (as if you are asking your camera to do more than it is capable of). the lighting is a tad strong. i hope you are getting some good comments and suggestions, and not being overlooked in this monster-sized challenge. maybe just consider this a starting point for the rest of the year. good luck with this and the challenges yet to come!
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01/24/2005 02:43:43 AM
Appropriate title :). Is that a toy ?????
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01/23/2005 01:16:10 AM
The subject is the only thing I don't like about this photo. Your focus and lighting are excellent and the composition is outstanding as well. I gave this a 9.
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01/22/2005 09:10:28 PM
I think this would have been much more effective if you had cropped it closer, but your focal point here is very sharp and colors are great, nice shot.
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01/21/2005 06:22:42 PM
An odd composition- the leaf in front of the snakes nose makes this lose some impact. Also, is the snake fake? Or oversharpened?
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01/20/2005 10:33:19 PM
The snake almost seems unreal as the image appears oversharpened to my amatuer eye. Still a nicely composed shot.
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01/18/2005 11:03:32 PM
It looks as if the photo has been significantly sharpened, perhaps to compensate for soft focus. This is especially apparent as a light halo under the dark green area of the leftmost leaf.
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01/18/2005 07:30:37 AM
Menacing! Looks like he has just shed his skin. Photo seems a bit overexposed or overprocessed to me, composition could be improved
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01/16/2005 06:52:00 PM
yikes, great textures!
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