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Challenge: Pet Portrait (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Nikon D70
Location: home
Date: Apr 3, 2005
Aperture: 22
ISO: 500
Shutter: 1/500
Galleries: Animals, Studio
Date Uploaded: Apr 3, 2005

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Statistics
Place: 11 out of 273
Avg (all users): 6.6636
Avg (commenters): 8.2917
Avg (participants): 6.3750
Avg (non-participants): 7.0930
Views since voting: 2210
Views during voting: 385
Votes: 214
Comments: 34
Favorites: 7 (view)

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 04/23/2005 07:21:02 PM
Congrats on this very nice finish. I gave you a 10, I just noticed but didn't leave a comment. Beautiful work.
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 04/13/2005 08:34:01 AM
Ur a Freak :)
 04/11/2005 08:17:23 AM
I agree that you were robbed. People must have "penalized" you for not showing something cute and fluffy, instead of judging this superb photograph. Ggggrrrrrrrr at them.
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 04/11/2005 05:28:33 AM
I don't know how you missed top 10, but only by one..This shot was superb: the lighting, the subject and the use of the skull make it look like something out of Shakespeare..congratulations! Thanks for the outtakes..I like the one coming in one eye and out the other..looks like a poster for a movie.

Message edited by author 2005-04-11 09:29:53.
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 04/11/2005 04:51:29 AM
Wow. This should have been number 1. This was the only 10 I gave out in the challenge.
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 04/10/2005 08:38:28 PM
You was robbed I tell you, ROBBED! A great shot, should have placed higher, certainly higher than the bathroom dog! Who do I complain to? :)

Very nice, congrats on your finish.
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 04/10/2005 08:12:10 PM
A good image that should have placed much higher. Congratulations on your 11th finish.
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 04/10/2005 08:09:34 PM
This should have placed. This was one of two 10's that I gave....I figured since it didn't have the 'cuddly' effect to it that it might score low....again I'm not a big snake fan...but this is an awesome picture in my opinion! :)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/10/2005 07:44:32 PM
Intriguing. Bumping up on superb composition and good dof.
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 04/10/2005 04:16:50 PM
I see this getting a ribbon. Great shot.
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 04/10/2005 12:34:33 PM
macabre but pretty cool... 10
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 04/10/2005 11:31:36 AM
eerily strange...very different from the others....very cool...
I'm not a big snake fan....but his is an awesome picture.... 10
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 04/10/2005 11:08:45 AM
More than just a portrait of a snake. The lighting is perfect and the skull really adds to the image.
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 04/08/2005 10:29:34 AM
nice !! dark and creepy , my kind of photo.
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 04/07/2005 10:22:34 PM
Very dramatic lighting. LOving the composition as well. Honestly, i can't find much i don't like about this picture, aside perharps from skulls upper extremity, which appears slightly blurred or simply a tiny bit out of focus. I believe a frame of sort would do some good as well. 9
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 04/07/2005 07:32:29 PM
Astounding... I am keeping a safe distance for fear it will strike. Wonderful background, fantastic use of a prop, and a truly wonderful photo. I have nothing but laudable comments for your submission, as it is truly a work of art.

Good luck with the challenge.... you should do very well
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 04/06/2005 08:19:03 AM
I hope you'll get a ribbon ! Fantastic shot and composition !!!!!!
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 04/05/2005 07:17:39 PM
OK, I hate snakes more than anything you can imagine, but yet even I like this shot, very nicely done, love the lighting, only thing I wish the snake was looking a tad more this way. Nice work. 8
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 04/05/2005 12:23:38 PM
awesome picture
 04/05/2005 11:40:32 AM
Spooky! Nice :)
 04/05/2005 11:35:41 AM
Excellent.Everything is making this picture frightening:The black backgroung,the skull...
I love this mood 8
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 04/05/2005 08:57:05 AM
This is my second go-around =) - I think he's been guarding his owner for too long now =) haha. Excellent lighting!!! I am not crazy about snakes or skulls, but I do love the quality of this photograph and the composition. Excellent job!
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 04/04/2005 05:29:01 PM
Interesting. I hate snakes AND skulls, but the photos so good, I have to give you a 10. People would probably buy a poster of that! :)
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 04/04/2005 08:55:56 AM
Excellent portrait of the python..I really like the use of the skull-it adds to the atmosphere as does the black background..8
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 04/04/2005 06:19:37 AM
Beautiful shot! Good luck in the challenge :)
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 04/04/2005 05:21:35 AM
I don't really like snakes.. but this picture is very well done. Good Job!
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 04/04/2005 04:20:25 AM
excellent composition, great use of black background. 10
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 04/04/2005 12:17:24 AM
The snake is nice but the skull is a bit much.
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 04/03/2005 09:20:14 PM
Awesome lighting and composition, nicely done.
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 04/03/2005 09:08:34 PM
WOW. wow. Stunning pet, superb setting and lighting.
LOVE IT !!! 10
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 04/03/2005 08:58:40 PM
Great shot. I expect this to do very well in the challenge.
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 04/03/2005 08:51:50 PM
perfect shot...
 04/03/2005 08:39:27 PM
This is absolutely wonderful! It jumps off the screen at me and just screams 10!!! ;)
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 04/03/2005 08:25:18 PM
Beautiful snake. Love the colors and the textures, and you've framed this very nicely. The skull is a really great prop. That black background just makes all the colors really pop too. I used to own a 13 foot Burmese so I have a soft spot for snakes.
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