Inspiring Photo: Golden Rattler #2750471

Golden Rattler

Uploaded: September 27, 2006 01:37:14

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Pittsburgh Zoo, August 2006.

Congratulations August Finalists.

catagory: Animals

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Julie Robinson September 27, 2006

A wonderful composition & capture Donald! #529916

Paul E. Earl September 27, 2006

A fantastic capture! Hope you had some glass between you! LOL! #3370350

Derek D. Dafoe September 27, 2006

Great rattler shot Donald !! #3370383

Ray Clarke September 27, 2006

Great capture and composition Donald!!!(R) #3370412

Barbara Waldoch September 27, 2006

Great shot, lovely detail, Donald. #3370413

Stanley J. Contrades September 27, 2006

Whoa! If you didn't have glass between you and this rattler, I hope you had a long lens on that camera, Donald!! Excellent capture, composition and textures!
Much Aloha,
Stan #3370416

Manuel Barrera September 27, 2006

Amazing camera that fuji, outstanding details, colors, and composition, Donald #3370533

Carol Sawyer September 27, 2006

Awesome capture, Don!!!! excellent detail and composition!!!!!! #3370535

Carolyn M. Fletcher September 27, 2006

Oh, I like this a lot! Great job!! #3370570

Colette M. Metcalf September 27, 2006

Great capture and detail, Don!! #3370646

Carolyn J. Connolly September 27, 2006

WOW, Don - FABULOUS capture!! I LOVE the details, textures, colours, lighting, black background, AND composition!! :o) #3370715

Gail Vitikacs September 27, 2006

Awesome image...super details! #3370821

Joy Rector September 27, 2006

wow, love this capture #3370850

Nadine A. Lewis September 27, 2006

Great capture, Donald...love the detail and textures!

<>< #3370862

Renee Doyle September 27, 2006

Wow! Amazing close up Donald!!! #3370990

Ross Throndson September 27, 2006

Fantastic Shot, Donald...Amazing Detail!! #3371139

Jeff Robinson September 27, 2006

Nice capture Donald! Jeff #3371157

Pamela Shane September 27, 2006

YIKES!!!! Seriously - fantastic image
Don; amazing details, & color. Seems like this ratttler is going to slither
right out of my monitor onto my desk!
:) #3372355

Adilson F. Ferreira September 27, 2006

Terrific capture and details Donald!!! #3372406

Nadya Johnson September 27, 2006

Outstanding capture of this fellow, Donald! They do have their strange sort of beauty -- ! Found a couple in my house in Mexico, and they can be pretty startling on your bedroom floor! lol. Ours were not overly aggressive (although they do have one down there, that is) so we took them out into the open desert. Yet another photo-op I missed! Oh well. This is great! Nice work! #3372791

Shelly A. Van Camp September 27, 2006

Ekkkk...Great capture, textures and colors!!! Nadya, you found these in your house??? That would freak me out, for sure! #3373719

Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna September 27, 2006

Snakes are beautiful and this one is no exception, Donald! ^.^ Kitty #3374255

Kay E. Mahoney September 27, 2006

Fantastic capture. Beautiful colors. #3374339

Carla Metzler September 27, 2006

Oh my gosh, this is soooooo beautiful, Don! Great capture! #3374678

September 27, 2006

Whaaoo...I don't like snakes..but this shot is wonderful...excellent. I hope you had a long, long lens to take this pic. Well you did..it is really good. #3375032

Donald K. Cherry September 27, 2006

Thanks everyone for taking the time to look at this image and offer such wonderful comments.

I'm seriously considering restricting my commenting beginning in October because I think all the wonderful comments that I receive in return give me a false sense of confidence in my images, just to have all taken away when the finalists are announced. For example, I posted 31 images in August and received over 1000 combined positive comments on the images which would lead me to believe that I had posted some realy good images, the the finalists are announced and not one of my images is among them. In my mind, either people were being overly kind in their comments on my mediocre images or the judges missed every good image that I posted. I tend to now lean to the former and must accept the fact that my images were not good enough to apease the judges. Perhaps by limiting comments, I won't get my hopes up so high just to be shot down in the end.

Thanks again for all the kind comments and remarks. #3375840

David L. Luchowski September 27, 2006

This is a high impact image,Donald.Excellent texture and composition.Amazing capture. #3377141

Dan Holm September 27, 2006

This is a fantastic shot, Donald! The lighting, detail and your comp are excellent! ... Just my opinion .... #3377185

Janine Russell September 28, 2006

Donald, excellent tones, detail, lighting, textures and DOF. #3377389

Donna La Mattino Pagakis September 28, 2006

Very impressive image!! Great lighting and clarity! #3377630

Paula Dwyer September 28, 2006

Excellent detail and lighting!!! :) #3379440

Stephen Zacker September 28, 2006

Super capture. Like the dark bg #3380220

Bill Wyatt September 28, 2006

Super details and clarity, love the lighting too, Donald!! #3381317

eileen bedford September 28, 2006

Great capture and composition on this Donald, great detail and color contrast too... #3382635

Daniel Diaz September 29, 2006

Excellent color and clarity Don!!!
Don't worry about the judges buddy, it happens all the time, I had zilnch last month. Life goes on and so does our photography!! #3383955

Karen Engelbreth September 29, 2006

Fantastic capture, Donald! #3386096

Adilson F. Ferreira October 26, 2006

Congratulations on this fantastic finalist Donald!!! #3501902

Ray Clarke October 26, 2006

Congrats Donald #3502138

Cheryl E. Molennor October 26, 2006

Congrats Donald on this awesome detail and dof #3502213

Renee Doyle October 26, 2006

Another big congratulations Donald!!! Fantastic!
#3502689

Paul E. Earl October 26, 2006

Fantastic finalist. Good luck in the next round. Congratulations!!! #3502898

Kay E. Mahoney October 26, 2006

Congratulations on your beautiful finalist. Good luck in the next round. #3503259

Nadya Johnson October 26, 2006

A Huge Congratulations, Donald! One AWESOME capture and a well deserved finalist!! I just read your comment now (about the comments vs. the contest) and I just want to say, although it IS a mystery (!) I don't think they're necessarily related. The same thing has happened to me and if this were a voting thing the results would be different. We all look for what we like: but the judges look for other factors -- I guess. Anyway, best of luck in the winning round! #3503749

Graeme yew Chow October 26, 2006

Donald, big congratulation on this superb finalist. #3504381

Su Sana E. P October 26, 2006

Congratulations, Donald!! #3504544

Paul Sikora October 26, 2006

Congratulations, Donald!

#3504702

Jim Kinnunen October 26, 2006

Awesome image, Donald...very dramatic lighting and great details!!!:) #3505088

Barbara Waldoch October 26, 2006

Congratulations Donald on this month's
flower :-)
Excellent work! #3505840

Janine Russell October 26, 2006

Donald, congratulations on your finalist. #3505912

Laurence Saliba October 27, 2006

Congratulations on your beautiful finalist Don!!! #3506392

Lynne Morris October 27, 2006

A huge congratulations Don, a very well deserved finalist! #3506534

Colleen Braun October 27, 2006

Congratulations #3506930

Sandra Freyler October 27, 2006

Congratulations, Donald! :) #3507240

Marijana Fajgl October 27, 2006

Congratulations Donald on your wonderful finalist1 #3507405

Terri L. Scribner October 27, 2006

Big congrats on this awesome finalist!!! #3507483

Revonda L. Gentry October 27, 2006

Congratulations Donald! #3507499

Donna W. Neal October 27, 2006

Congratulations on a well deserved finalist Donald #3507763

She-She Killough October 27, 2006

Congrats Donald!! I sure hope you had a long lens too! #3508393

Manuel Barrera October 27, 2006

Congratulations, Donald a real beauty, good luck in the second round #3508434

Claudia Kuhn October 27, 2006

Congrats Donald, cool capture! #3508652

Lani J October 27, 2006

CONGRATULATIONS, Donald!!! :o) #3510608

Jill Odice October 27, 2006

Congrats Don! Good luck in the nest round! #3511819

Lorraine A. Cook October 27, 2006

Congrats on this awesome finalist, Donald!<:)) #3512228

David L. Luchowski October 28, 2006

This is a beauty,Donald.Congrats. #3512571

Carol Sawyer November 24, 2006

Congratulations on this excellent capture, Don!! #3626350

Hurk (Steve) Hurkett June 06, 2007

Nice capture, Donald ... excellent detail and lighting ... you have a fabulous array of winners, too ... speaking of which, congrats on this finalist ..... steve #4372378

Peggy J. Maguire August 06, 2007

Don,Congrats.wonderful finalist!!! #4607284

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