Is this good?

It's an old photo and simply trying something out here.
Would appreciate your sincere thoughts about the post-processing.

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So do you like it?

Will tell you later what I think.

A bit unsharp Stefan, here is my take on it, good photo though, Jack.

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I would have filled the frame with more of the image that was in focus, or selected more DOF. The out of focus parts of the image are a little distractin' for me.
Its quite a strikin' photo though.

Thank you both, already was happy with the photo itself and already had comment on that but it's still very appreciated.

Thank you Jack what did you do?
Did you also blurred a part?
I did had it that light but then darken it and then lighten it again but decided I didn't like it that much and darken it again. That was one reason I was uncertain about this.
I did the PP in photoshop and had 13 layers in the end.
Ain't sure about the sharpness though, I find yours a bit to sharp now.

Mine is indeed not super sharp since it's 1/8 second at 100mm so I couldn't keep it still so long ^^;

Hi, next time try make it stick its tongue out?! I'm not familiar with snakes so don't know how to do this - maybe if you do it yourself it will mimic that

Seriously, I think the picture needs something that stands out - as it is now the eyes/head are not quite enough for me.

Thank you for your comments Gareth and Joe.
I've no idea how to make the snake out out his tong, he was quite motionless.

Have redone it a bit to bring it closer to what Jack did, it has 15 layers now .
And Joe does the eye stand out now?
Cropping is the easy part since that's probably need like you and Pauly suggest.

Also click on the photo to see it bigger.

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