peek-a-boo blacksnake
by Holly Morris
This black snake tried to get into my house... I chased it around - in my bare feet - to get this photo. It would keep peeking its head out of the hole under the sidewalk to see if I'd left yet. It took me many tries and a lot of patience to get this photo, but I think it paid off.
no tripod or flash
(I will post iso, aperture and shutter speed info if I have it. I never really needed the info before, so I never recorded it. All of my Very Recent photos - taken yesterday or sooner - will have this info. I am also updating my profile.)
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2 commentsWelcome to NPN - this is such a great place to learn
If you are shooting with a digital camera, all the information about ISO, shutter speed, aperture and so on is stored in the metadata of the digital file. It is also referred to as EXIF data. Most image-editing software will be able to display that information for you (in Lightroom, you can find it in the library view under the "metadata" section and in Photoshop, you can find it under "File" - then "File Info"). If you don't have either of those, the software usually bundled with the camera when you purchased it should also show you this information.
You will likely find you have all this data for your previous photos without even realizing it!
There are some pretty AMAZING photos posted to this site - I try to figure out what I like about them and replicate what I can in my own photos - as an example, the main subject of a photo is usually the most predominant element - so, while you worked so hard for this snake image, it would have had even more impact if the snake itself was a bit more prominant (perhaps instead of the leaf).
Keep posting Holly - Passion and patience are important attributes for nature photographers, and from the story behind the snake photo it sounds like you have both, so now it's all about practice, practice, practice!
Cheers!