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Viperine snake eyes...

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Posted by Sam Mannaerts on May 12, 2008 at 5:59 AM
Viperine snake eyes...
It's been a while since I posted anything here (all due to school :-) ).
So here's a picture I took in the Brenne (F) a couple of weeks ago.

Posted by Alan Woolnough on May 12, 2008 at 6:17 AM
Those eyes REALLY stand out Sam, and grab the attention!!

Not sure about the shallow dof, mainly on the nose area, but maybe an unavoidable consequence of the situation {or maybe deliberate}. Maybe others with more experience with this type of subject will have more useful views than me though.

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Alan
Posted by Robert Lawrence on May 12, 2008 at 6:53 AM
Hello Sam, I completely agree with Alan. The eyes make it but that nose is close to breaking it for me. I appreciate that at that magnification you are going to have minimal depth of field but when it is so distinct at the forefront of the image it is very distracting. Other than that it is a great viewpoint and framing.
Robert
Posted by Paul Inglis on May 12, 2008 at 8:15 AM
Hi Sam,

Awesome eye contact! I agree that stopping down would have helped a lot!
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Posted by eric weight on May 12, 2008 at 12:13 PM
Great eye contact and they are certainly magnetic, but that oof nose just takes the edge off for me too. Great idea though Sam and worth another try if you ever get the chance. I like the Oof coils in the bg.
:toast: :toast: Eric
Posted by Laurie Braman on May 12, 2008 at 1:09 PM
The out of focus areas are too distracting for my taste. The eyes are amazing though!

Laurie :eek:
Posted by Stuart McCrae on May 12, 2008 at 2:55 PM
Have to agree with the previous replys,those eyes are great though.
Posted by Dennis Alden on May 12, 2008 at 3:52 PM
Agree with all the previous comments re the DOF - but still a nice image - just that the DOF would have made a nice image a gret image IMHO

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dennis
Posted by Dave Courtenay on May 12, 2008 at 4:40 PM
Le Brenne is a great place, I nearly bought a house there once-The shallow DOF makes the eyes pop but i would have liked a bit more to get the nose in focus

Dave
Posted by Nicholas Armitt on May 12, 2008 at 6:51 PM
The eye's really do catch your attention, for me a wider DOF as the others have said or even having the head forward of the rest of the body and that way you could of just had the eye's with out the in focus part of the body distracting. I like it though and I keep coming back.


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Nick
Posted by Magnus Hird on May 13, 2008 at 3:05 PM
Despite the out of focus snout there is still something about this shot that brings me back. The eyes are amazing! :smile:
Posted by David Kjaer on May 14, 2008 at 6:16 AM
Different - I like it!

David :toast:
Posted by Sam Mannaerts on May 14, 2008 at 12:29 PM
Thanks everyone for your opinions!!
I agree with most of you that a bit wider DOF would probably be better, but the circumstances didn't allow that :frown: :wink:

I've got some more snake pictures so I will post some later!