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Critique By:
Chelsea Burke (K:5750)
7/23/2006 4:55:11 PM
They're quite the little acrobats, can climb, swim, and slink their way into the tiniest of spaces. The birds first got my attention, rufous towhees, robins and vireos were all squawking and mobbing it, which is what made me wander over to the are in the first place to see what they were upset about.
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Critique By:
Dave Stacey (K:150877)
7/23/2006 4:29:11 PM
Good capture of him, Chelsea! I didn't even know weasels could climb trees!
Dave.
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Critique By:
Jani Salvataggio (K:27283)
7/19/2006 7:46:18 PM
Whooo! Excellent and very dangerous shot!!
reards
Jani
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Critique By:
jeff lynch (K:4770)
6/28/2006 2:18:39 AM
Next time get him/her to smile... 
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Critique By:
jeff lynch (K:4770)
6/28/2006 2:16:12 AM
Wow Chels! This one is very very cool. As Sai said earlier, the grass really makes this one work. The depth is right on the money...blah blah blah...this is just really really good dear! Nice work!
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Critique By:
Chelsea Burke (K:5750)
6/25/2006 2:10:39 PM
Mehdi, I definitely used a tripod. I'm finding it more and more difficult to get sharply focused shots handheld.
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Critique By:
Biswendu Chowdhury (K:141)
6/23/2006 5:03:19 PM
Have u taken this picture for any Science school book? I must say it looks like one. esp the photograph seperately attached to the main visual. Dont mind.... we expect a better visuals.
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Critique By:
Mehdi Malek (K:86)
6/23/2006 7:21:51 AM
This is a beautiful shot!!! I am so suprised of how sharp the image is. did you use a tripod or anything?
Excellent job!
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Critique By:
Marlyce Chastain (K:4071)
6/18/2006 3:41:56 PM
Great capture of color and composition. Good saturation. The detail of the leafy skeleton is excellent. You might want to try to clone out the gray stem to the side. Also I would probably crop out a little more of the lower leaves only enough that you still have all four red lines in view, as they pull the eye toward them which detracts from the beautiful leaf. I really do like the shot and these are just my impression.
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Critique By:
Luis Limchiu (K:3168)
6/18/2006 3:16:50 PM
The colors is nicely brought out and the composition is also very good. The only thing that seems to distract a little is the grayish branch on the left upper area. I wonder if was possible for you to move slightly to the left to avoid the branch from your image. Overall the image is very good.
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Critique By:
Mary Sue Hayward (K:17558)
6/15/2006 2:23:30 PM
I would have fainted.
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Critique By:
Chelsea Burke (K:5750)
6/14/2006 5:35:03 PM
Spoiled doesn't begin to describe it! LOL! This beastie hogs the lion's share of the bed. And those paws can kick while he's dreaming in the middle of the night. It's summer and he's chasing his favourite rubber ring-toss toy, I'll have to try to get a shot of him with that.
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Critique By:
Chelsea Burke (K:5750)
6/14/2006 5:29:58 PM
Thankyou everyone for your comments. Fortunately in this end of Ontario there are no poisonous snakes. I like snakes. They eat mice. Snakes do not come into my home, they don't try to steal my foot, they don't leave their stinking little droppings all over the place, they don't endanger my life by spreading disease and chewing on electric wires, they don't destroy my belongings by chewing them all to shreds...they go about their lives hunting mice. And occasionally, they do a good pose for my camera! ;-)
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Critique By:
Fabio Giorgi (K:1874)
6/14/2006 4:30:36 PM
Don't bother about the grass, it made a very natural framing for the snake.Great photo.
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Critique By:
chris d (K:3046)
6/14/2006 3:41:40 PM
Hi Chelsea
Personally, I belong to the "good snake is a dead snake" variety (expecting some fallout!) so well done on what IMO is a brave shot excellently executed - no reference to the snake. Like everyone else, I like the blade of grass...
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Doyle D. Chastain (K:101119)
6/14/2006 3:22:35 PM
Wow . . . you can't really crop the bottom as suggested by Sergio (IMO) . . . the little ones really make this shot. This shot gives me shivers!!! Well conveyed!
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Critique By:
Doyle D. Chastain (K:101119)
6/14/2006 3:19:04 PM
Great image and great action shot. The freeze captured the snowshoe spread of the forepaws and the facial expression is priceless. I think (my opinion) that the shot would have even more impact if the left side crop was pulled out more to add some space. Tanka looks like a very happy and (I'm betting) spoiled puppy . . . trapped in a dog's body! . . . And we all know how fun snow can be! Nice capture!
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Critique By:
Doyle D. Chastain (K:101119)
6/14/2006 3:14:05 PM
Good capture Chelsea!! I happen to like the grass in the foreground. It makes a framing accent that's natural (clearly) and the side grass makes a really nice natural framing too which the lower blade is accented by. The DOF is really very good, the colors are rich and well saturated and the pose . . . the pose . . . ok, well, just because they're not toxic doesn't menat they won't bite! Nicely done!
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Critique By:
Melanie Reynolds (K:9096)
6/14/2006 5:17:29 AM
Ummm... wow! I'm amazed at the photograph and your skills in getting the snake to "pose" for you! LOL I would have probably had a small panic attack without even thinking to grab the camera and here you have made an amazing photo out of it.
I also like how the grass acts as a natural frame. The focus/DOF is great too. Awesome job!
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Critique By:
. . (K:2743)
6/14/2006 4:01:49 AM
actually to me ..the framing by the blades of grass..is perfect! wouldn't be half as powerful an image without the grass..
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Critique By:
Paul Lara (K:88111)
6/14/2006 3:38:48 AM
Cool shot, Chelsea!
I don't know many women (or people, really) who would have:
a) recognized the species
b) realized it's non-venomous
c) known how to get it to pose
Here in Texas, people seem to think we only have two kinds of snakes: Near water? Moccasin. Not near water? Rattlesnake.
On behalf of all the amateur herpetologists out here, thanks for the nice moment.
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Critique By:
Chelsea Burke (K:5750)
6/13/2006 5:33:07 PM
Early mornings, Dave, when it's cold, the insects aren't moving yet. I live out in the country, some of the things I'm finding are along the laneway, I spot them when I take the dog for a walk. Also, prowling along the edges of ponds and lakes in the morning turns up a few insects holding still. Also, even on a warm day, if you spot a dragonfly sitting somewhere, slowly set up and wait them out. They'll take off but quite often settle back down on their perch or somewhere right close by.
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Critique By:
Dave Arnold (K:55680)
6/13/2006 5:30:15 PM
Don't you just love the wind? Living here in NM, it never stops blowing. Very hard to shoot macro on stuff like this.
You still have a good shot despite the money shot being lost. I almost want to turn this right side up, though I know this is how you shot it.
Dave
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Critique By:
Dave Arnold (K:55680)
6/13/2006 5:15:52 PM
Wow, now how are you getting these critters to stand still? Drugging them?
I'm going to check out the rest of your macros you are doing with the Canon lens. I let the camera store talk me into the Sigma 50 mm even though everybody on UF was raving about the Canon. I just can't seem to get a real clear shot with the Sigma.
Dave
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Critique By:
Daniel Hernández (K:105)
6/12/2006 12:16:39 PM
Great Picture. Nice details, lovely colors. Congrats
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Critique By:
Danuta B. (K:426)
6/12/2006 6:38:26 AM
nice capture
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Critique By:
Sarah Per Lee (K:2477)
6/12/2006 4:30:27 AM
Pretty rays and cloudscape. :-)
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Critique By:
Randee Armstrong (K:-820)
6/12/2006 3:51:26 AM
Beautiful sky!!
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Critique By:
Mary Brown (K:71879)
6/12/2006 3:49:56 AM
Your composition is really efffective with the one tall tree standing out and reaching into the lovely blue sky. Lovely picture.
MAry
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Critique By:
Chelsea Burke (K:5750)
6/12/2006 3:37:05 AM
Yes, James, I tried. But I have a "frozen shoulder" that just physically doesn't allow me to get as close to the ground as I would like, and I couldn't find my wee tabletop tripod that would have held the camera. Normally in a case like this I would just lay down on the ground and shoot, but I can't lay face down these days and use the camera. I did prop the camera on the bag and tried a few shots, but my arm was shaking, those shots are blurred. Argh! The spider itself was just a little guy, less than a half inch across, so I would have needed to get very close. It was just killing me because it was so cooperative. The lighting was poor, overcast cloudy day, just grayed out the colours. It's cold tonight, if I'm awake early enough tomorrow morning and if the sun is out and it warms up like they're promising, I'll drag myself back up in the woods and see if it's still there, try to shoot it before the sun evaporates the water droplets.
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