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[Michael Gerald-Yamasaki]

Ran across this fellow staking claim to a sunny spot on a hiking trail this past weekend.

D3 200 f/2 + 1.7 TC (340 mm) ISO 200 1/800 @ f/4.0 artistic post (20-30 layers, curves, layer blending, edge enhancements, sharpening for effect, color fill, color curves). Cloned out long blurred grass (over scales, sigh).

Thanks for looking.

Cheers,

-Michael-

[Harold Davis]

that is one bad boy there!!! love the position you got him in. i'm wondering what it would look like if you darkened the corners a little. would put even more emphasis on the face of the snake. i really like the PP work you put into it!! nice job and big congrats!!

[Gail Spitler]

Agree with Harold's comments, and can only add that if this were mine it would have been 800mm plus teleconverters rather than a 200mm
Well done
Cheers
Gail

[arash_hazeghi]

Excellent shot perfect agressive pose as if the snake is warning you not o disturb. Congrats

[Alfred Forns]

Hi Michael Difficult getting good snake images and this is a good one !!! Great idea by Harold of darkening the corners, works well in these cases !!!

[Michael Gerald-Yamasaki]

Harold, Gail, Arash, Alfred,

Thanks much for the comments... I'll try a darker corner vignette (I did lighten up the center a bit)...

This is a pretty big guy (of course, any rattler rattling away in a striking pose looks pretty big)... I had my tele rig on and was shooting between two relatives with shorter lenses ;) ...

Cheers,

-Michael-