Pretty cool shot. Focus is spot on! The DOF is too shallow, but doesn't ruin the pic. Nice goin!
-- Best regards, Bruce Tuesday, December 27, 2005, 8:28:16 PM, you wrote: F> (A different kind of coils than in the book) F> To get this shot I used a technique that I read about in one of Tim F> Fitzharris's books. As soon as I found this guy I quickly dropped my F> Tilly hat over him, then got all set up and, when I was ready, quietly F> lifted the hat. and there he was exactly how and where I wanted him. F> This fellow was quite ripe to molt (as you can see from the fogging up F> of the scale that covers his eye) and though they tend to be extra F> fierce then (I guess they're nervous because they can't see any thing) F> he was very cooperative. F> note: the colors that come out of my scanner are quite unrelated to the F> colors on the photo I put into it so, though I spent about half a hour F> trying to fix them in PS, they aren't much like the original. F> http://www.photosynth.ca/photo/f/snake.html F> That was on Fuji 100 print film (while I was waiting for them slow pokes F> to send my next case of slide) in my P3n (sitting on my bean bag) with F> my late 2x Vivatar macro TC and M 50mm f2. F> What do you think? F> Cheers, F> Francis
