8/10/2002 3:08:32 PM

YEAH! I smell a winner...

rock on,
vasko

8/12/2002 4:24:21 AM

Bob!! Congrats on making 1st place with this outstanding reptile pic!! The clarity, coils, color....just superb!! Another winner!! I am soo happy for you!! Many congratulations!!

9/7/2002 11:18:21 PM

congratulations on the win
best regards Judy

9/8/2002 1:27:24 AM

Congratulations, Bob. Great color and detail on this snake. Looks great.

9/8/2002 7:37:19 AM

congrats. Bob..Nice color..

9/8/2002 9:27:05 AM

congrats Bob. Your consistent high quality shows through again.
Well done my friend.

9/8/2002 9:57:25 AM

WoW! What a striking (pun intended) photo! I don't know how I missed it last month, but am sooo glad it has won first place! I love the color in this! It's fantastic!

9/8/2002 10:18:56 AM

Thank you everyone for your kind words. I photographed this Python through glass at the Los Angeles Zoo. I put the lens up to the glass, using a rubber lens hood to eliminate any glare from the flash. I then replaced the wood background behind the snake with this out of focus one using Photoshop. In several trips to the zoo since taking this image, I haven't seen the snake in this position again!

Bob J.

9/8/2002 11:41:37 AM

Hi Bob: Congratulations on your award! It's a fantastic image, and it's really interesting reading how you captured it. Also, I enjoyed your Web site ... Great work! Kerry

9/8/2002 1:41:09 PM

Congrats Bob loved the detailed skin really make me feel cringy ( ment as a compliment of course).

9/8/2002 3:41:17 PM

I'm not going to enter any more animal/reptile/insect/still life shots anymore. I'm going to secretly go away and study your images until I can come back with the same level of brilliance that you always show in your images Bob.
Another stunner! I just hope you don't get carried away and start enetering images with people/ black & whites/ abstracts and any other style of image, or there will be no hope for the rest of us!
Cheers Adam

9/8/2002 10:54:31 PM

Thanks again for the additional comments. Kerry - thanks for your kind words. It means a lot coming from you.

Adam ... I got a kick out of your response. Tomorrow I will not enter an animal but an image that is partially B&W and color. As you know, there are a lot of great images on this site submitted by so many people. Congratulations on your "Fete Fun".

Bob J.

9/8/2002 11:03:34 PM

"BUGGER!" I should have kept my mouth closed, maybe then you would have entered another animal image!
PS Thanks for the comment
Cheers Adam

9/8/2002 11:24:29 PM

Looks like GREEN was the order of the day, Bob! Congrats on your win!

9/8/2002 11:33:21 PM

Congrats, Bob! I was glad to read that there was glass between you and this fellow when you took the shot. :)

9/9/2002 7:33:01 AM

Color, clarity, pose, it doesn't get any better! Wonderful shot. Congratulations. +Guy

9/9/2002 8:49:35 PM

Congrats on your nice green snake win! Nice shot!

9/10/2002 2:12:56 PM

This is a wonderful image that you should be very,very proud of. Congrats again Bob!

9/10/2002 6:31:24 PM