Snake in the Leaves
Uploaded: October 18, 2011
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At the weekend "Meetup" of the Delaware Valley Photo Friends at Tyler State Park in Newtown, PA.
The group's leader (wearing his trademark blue glove) cornered a young garter snake against a stone wall to give the group an opportunity to shoot him for several minutes.
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It was really difficult--a dark spot with a nervous, rapidly moving snake, but I managed to get one shot that had possibilities. Cropped it majorly. Then applied various Nik filters to sharpen and add contrast. Also, some of the leaves were curled and white on the reverse side. The white was distracting, so used some of the other leaves to clone color and texture onto the white areas. Dodged and burned some areas too.
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Will post the uncropped, unedited version in the discussion area.
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Exif: F Number: 14, Exposure Bias Value: 0.00, ExposureTime: 1/20 seconds, Flash: fired, compulsory flash mode, ISO: 800, White balance: Auto white balance, FocalLength: 270.00 mm, Model: Canon EOS 7D
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