rcscharf
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AlanJakarta
February 14, 2014
Nice shot - but, for me, its a shame that those huge beady eyes aren't in focus. Congratulations.
rcscharf
February 14, 2014
Thanks everyone! I tried to focus on his nose to give a sense of depth. Make it look like its coming off the page. There's a side on shot of him with the eyes more in focus
akhtarkhan
February 14, 2014
Amazing closeup, great colours and brilliant capture. Congrats on the feature.
debhall
February 14, 2014
Snakes give me the creeps but this is a fantastic macro! Well done and congrats on your feature!
rcscharf
February 15, 2014
Thanks to everyone for the comments, likes, favorites and awards. I'm very flattered at the choice to be featured, and by the amazing support from the viewbug community! What an amazing site!!
5ive5otogra5y
January 19, 2015
Great shot well done!!!
I'm still a learner, just a question, why her eyes are out of focus, was it intentional?
I believe it's to make her nose/mouth pop out to the viewers most.
I'm still a learner, just a question, why her eyes are out of focus, was it intentional?
I believe it's to make her nose/mouth pop out to the viewers most.
nandicmb
October 01, 2015
Congratulations on ALL your Contest Finalist wins especially Zootography Photo Contest!
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Behind The Lens
Location
This photo was taken at the Edmonton Valley ZooTime
It was taken in the middle of the dayLighting
The lighting looked terrible. Once I got a closer look I realized that the small lights in the snakes cage actually lit him up really nice!Equipment
I used a canon 7D with a 100mm F2.8L macro lens. It was shot without a tripod, there were swarms of tiny humans that i didn't want to smack, jab, or impale while trying to maneuver through the exhibits.Inspiration
This snake is kept in the same area as the primates, and birds. With swarms of children running around and screaming, monkeys loosing there mind and birds singing, he just sat there. I was able to just focus on him, everything else fell into the background. For a few minutes it was just a staring contest between him and my camera. When I look back at this photo,I remember that serenity. I chose to focus on his nose with a shallow depth of field in order to get him to "pop" off the image.Editing
Mostly I had to use noise reduction. Since I shot hand held, in low light I needed a high ISO and the original image was pretty grainy. I did a bit of sharpening around the nose, and some of the scales to increase the depth of the photo.In my camera bag
I now have a canon 5D MKIII, with my 7D as a backup. I use a 24-70 F2.8, 70-200 F2.8 ISII, the 100mm F2.8 macro, and a 10-24 EFs lens. I also have my 430 EXII speedlight. I also have a compact carbon fiber tripod with me. Most often I find I use the 5D with the 24-70 and a circular polarizing filter.Feedback
Play around with your focal point and depth of field! 99% of the time I would have focused on the eyes, or used a higher aperture to get more of the head in focus. This 1% of the time where I did something different turned out to be one of my favorite photos. I have had a few criticisms for "missing" the focus on this shot. I have had far more people tell me that they love it! Try something different, play around with the normal "rules" of photography, you never know what you could end up with.