Seems that context is pretty important in this shot - others have like #2 better also.
Thanks for commenting. -- Bruce Tuesday, March 29, 2005, 7:28:40 AM, you wrote: MC> I like this version over the first, through both are interesting shots. MC> I was a little confused by the first shot because it was not clear that the MC> larger snake body was another snake. So, with v 1 I first spent sometime MC> thinking about how a snake could get twisted around like that and then MC> realized that there was a larger snake in the image. MC> - MCC MC> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - MC> Mark Cassino Photography MC> Kalamazoo, MI MC> www.markcassino.com MC> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - MC> ----- Original Message ----- MC> From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> MC> To: <[email protected]> MC> Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 10:58 PM MC> Subject: Re: PESO - Wriggly 2 >> On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 08:44:00 -0800, Bruce Dayton >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Ok, here is version 2. Not sure if I like it better or not. The >>> fewer bright spots seems better and seeing mom in the corner is nice - >>> but the tighter look of the first sort of jumps at you. >>> >>> http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_1539a.htm >>> >>> Pentax *istD, A 70-210/4, handheld >>> ISO 800, 1/1000 @f/11.0 >>> >>> Converted from Raw to 16 bit Tiff in C1. Cropped, sized/sharpened for >>> web using PictureWindow Pro. >>> >>> Comments welcome. >>> >> >> "I hate snakes!" - Indiana Jones >> >> cheers, >> frank >> >> PS: okay, I haven't seen the first one yet, but I really like this >> one a lot. I really don't mind snakes at all. In fact, I think I >> prefer them to Canada Geese. At least they don't poop all over the >> grass, they tend to try to avoid human contact if at all possible, and >> they don't smell. I mean they do smell (with their tongues, right?), >> but they don't emit odors (that I'm aware of). So, snakes are okay. >> What I like about this photo is that you've cropped it to make it look >> like we're in a snake pit or something. Or, you actually were in a >> snake pit, in which case you've conveyed that feeling very well. Very >> interesting photo. >> >> cheers, >> frank >> >> >> -- >> "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson >> >>

