Golden Rattler [Contest Finalists September 2006]
Uploaded: September 27, 2006 01:37:14
Pittsburgh Zoo, August 2006.
Congratulations August Finalists.
catagory: Animals
Julie Robinson September 27, 2006
A wonderful composition & capture Donald! #529916Paul E. Earl September 27, 2006
A fantastic capture! Hope you had some glass between you! LOL! #3370350Derek D. Dafoe September 27, 2006
Great rattler shot Donald !! #3370383Ray Clarke September 27, 2006
Great capture and composition Donald!!!(R) #3370412Barbara Waldoch September 27, 2006
Great shot, lovely detail, Donald. #3370413Stanley 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!Manuel Barrera September 27, 2006
Amazing camera that fuji, outstanding details, colors, and composition, Donald #3370533Carol Sawyer September 27, 2006
Awesome capture, Don!!!! excellent detail and composition!!!!!! #3370535Carolyn M. Fletcher September 27, 2006
Oh, I like this a lot! Great job!! #3370570Colette M. Metcalf September 27, 2006
Great capture and detail, Don!! #3370646Carolyn J. Connolly September 27, 2006
WOW, Don - FABULOUS capture!! I LOVE the details, textures, colours, lighting, black background, AND composition!! :o) #3370715Gail Vitikacs September 27, 2006
Awesome image...super details! #3370821Joy Rector September 27, 2006
wow, love this capture #3370850Nadine A. Lewis September 27, 2006
Great capture, Donald...love the detail and textures!<>< #3370862
Renee Doyle September 27, 2006
Wow! Amazing close up Donald!!! #3370990Ross Throndson September 27, 2006
Fantastic Shot, Donald...Amazing Detail!! #3371139Jeff Robinson September 27, 2006
Nice capture Donald! Jeff #3371157Pamela Shane September 27, 2006
YIKES!!!! Seriously - fantastic imageAdilson F. Ferreira September 27, 2006
Terrific capture and details Donald!!! #3372406Nadya 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! #3372791Shelly 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! #3373719Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna September 27, 2006
Snakes are beautiful and this one is no exception, Donald! ^.^ Kitty #3374255Kay E. Mahoney September 27, 2006
Fantastic capture. Beautiful colors. #3374339Carla Metzler September 27, 2006
Oh my gosh, this is soooooo beautiful, Don! Great capture! #3374678Donald 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. #3377141Dan Holm September 27, 2006
This is a fantastic shot, Donald! The lighting, detail and your comp are excellent! ... Just my opinion .... #3377185Janine Russell September 28, 2006
Donald, excellent tones, detail, lighting, textures and DOF. #3377389Donna La Mattino Pagakis September 28, 2006
Very impressive image!! Great lighting and clarity! #3377630Paula Dwyer September 28, 2006
Excellent detail and lighting!!! :) #3379440Stephen Zacker September 28, 2006
Super capture. Like the dark bg #3380220Bill Wyatt September 28, 2006
Super details and clarity, love the lighting too, Donald!! #3381317eileen bedford September 28, 2006
Great capture and composition on this Donald, great detail and color contrast too... #3382635Daniel Diaz September 29, 2006
Excellent color and clarity Don!!!Karen Engelbreth September 29, 2006
Fantastic capture, Donald! #3386096Adilson F. Ferreira October 26, 2006
Congratulations on this fantastic finalist Donald!!! #3501902Ray Clarke October 26, 2006
Congrats Donald #3502138Cheryl E. Molennor October 26, 2006
Congrats Donald on this awesome detail and dof #3502213Renee Doyle October 26, 2006
Another big congratulations Donald!!! Fantastic!Paul E. Earl October 26, 2006
Fantastic finalist. Good luck in the next round. Congratulations!!! #3502898Kay E. Mahoney October 26, 2006
Congratulations on your beautiful finalist. Good luck in the next round. #3503259Nadya 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! #3503749Graeme yew Chow October 26, 2006
Donald, big congratulation on this superb finalist. #3504381Su Sana E. P October 26, 2006
Congratulations, Donald!! #3504544Paul Sikora October 26, 2006
Congratulations, Donald!#3504702
Jim Kinnunen October 26, 2006
Awesome image, Donald...very dramatic lighting and great details!!!:) #3505088Barbara Waldoch October 26, 2006
Congratulations Donald on this month'sJanine Russell October 26, 2006
Donald, congratulations on your finalist. #3505912Laurence Saliba October 27, 2006
Congratulations on your beautiful finalist Don!!! #3506392Lynne Morris October 27, 2006
A huge congratulations Don, a very well deserved finalist! #3506534Colleen Braun October 27, 2006
Congratulations #3506930Sandra Freyler October 27, 2006
Congratulations, Donald! :) #3507240Marijana Fajgl October 27, 2006
Congratulations Donald on your wonderful finalist1 #3507405Terri L. Scribner October 27, 2006
Big congrats on this awesome finalist!!! #3507483Revonda L. Gentry October 27, 2006
Congratulations Donald! #3507499Donna W. Neal October 27, 2006
Congratulations on a well deserved finalist Donald #3507763She-She Killough October 27, 2006
Congrats Donald!! I sure hope you had a long lens too! #3508393Manuel Barrera October 27, 2006
Congratulations, Donald a real beauty, good luck in the second round #3508434Claudia Kuhn October 27, 2006
Congrats Donald, cool capture! #3508652Lani J October 27, 2006
CONGRATULATIONS, Donald!!! :o) #3510608Jill Odice October 27, 2006
Congrats Don! Good luck in the nest round! #3511819Lorraine A. Cook October 27, 2006
Congrats on this awesome finalist, Donald!<:)) #3512228David L. Luchowski October 28, 2006
This is a beauty,Donald.Congrats. #3512571Carol Sawyer November 24, 2006
Congratulations on this excellent capture, Don!! #3626350Hurk (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 #4372378Peggy J. Maguire August 06, 2007
Don,Congrats.wonderful finalist!!! #4607284Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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