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Challenge: Pet Portrait II (Advanced Editing V*)
Camera: Fujifilm FinePix S5100
Location: My yard
Date: Dec 10, 2006
Aperture: F3.1
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/420
Galleries: Animals
Date Uploaded: Dec 10, 2006

My female charcoal cornsnake posing beautifully for me. I have a gut feeling this won\'t do great in the challenge due to it not being a \"cute and fluffy\" pet. Heck, some might not even believe she is a pet, but instead something I found in the wild. I can confirm she is a pet, one of 16snakes I currently own.

Editing - crop and resize, autocolor, adjust bright, contrast and upped saturation just a tad. Noise Ninja, add border, save for web.

Statistics
Place: 58 out of 378
Avg (all users): 6.2595
Avg (commenters): 7.1579
Avg (participants): 6.1353
Avg (non-participants): 6.3876
Views since voting: 1320
Views during voting: 368
Votes: 262
Comments: 21
Favorites: 0


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01/11/2007 03:22:43 PM
Wow ! Congratulation for your back yard :) and capture too!
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12/20/2006 10:55:09 AM
Post Challenge -

Thanks everyone for all the great comments. I can confirm that yes - this snake is my pet. One of 17 snakes now that I currently own. She is a charcoal cornsnake. And you think cats are hard to get posed...try a snake. They don't have ears so you can call them and get them to look at you...LOL!
This girl is still a baby, although a little bit bigger than most of my other baby cornsnakes so one of the easier ones to photograph. I too wish the focus on her head was a little tighter, but c'est la vie.

 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/19/2006 06:42:34 PM
is this your pet?
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12/18/2006 04:33:22 PM
Great colors and wonderful sharp details.
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12/17/2006 12:12:36 PM
Nice shot; like the DOF and shadow.
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12/17/2006 10:55:13 AM
Wonderful colours
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12/17/2006 07:58:02 AM
Great shot, Original. 10
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12/16/2006 11:50:33 PM
Pet or Horseshoe, pet or horseshoe. . .I'll go with pet (benefit of the doubt).
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12/16/2006 10:41:07 PM
4 - Benefit of the doubt. Like the composition, 640 (width), sharper focus on the eyes/head and less frame, make this better in my opinion.
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12/16/2006 09:47:38 PM
Looks like it should be on the cover of a snake book! I would love to have the back end of the snake in focus too, if that could be done without damaging the oof leaves in the back.
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12/15/2006 11:07:49 AM
Hell of a pet, love the shot and the border adds a lot to it. Nice work. Great colors and contrast.
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12/15/2006 09:44:39 AM
lovely presentation and colour, well done!
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12/15/2006 09:12:21 AM
nice.
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12/14/2006 12:19:13 PM
i love snakes, though i don't like them as pets, because i think, the belong to their natural environment, as it seems to be here.
so i'm struggling between giving it a low score for not beeing a pet photo and giving a higher score for loving the shot for its quality and subject...*deep thinking*...ok those cute eyes convinced me of giving it a 7...;)
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12/13/2006 03:24:44 PM
Great colors and clarity.
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12/13/2006 01:02:11 PM
Beautiful colors in this picture!
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12/13/2006 11:58:47 AM
nice composition. 6
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12/13/2006 10:57:52 AM
GREAT color work!!! Is this really your pet?!?!?!?!
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12/13/2006 08:36:13 AM
great lighting and colors on this image - just wish the face was a little tighter on the focus
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12/13/2006 02:05:37 AM
Stunning, and I hope this does well for you, as it should, as the photo is excellent, and a winner in my book, thats for sure.....
Definately a "9" from me.
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12/13/2006 01:59:24 AM
I love this, but the focus isn't quite right, it seems to be on the body and not the head...I think the black frame is good for this...
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