Green vine snake

Gallery: WildlifePosted November 12, 2012802 views12 comments

This is the same vine snake I posted some months ago, and this image is one of several I made that day.
There are lots of snakes, some poisonous, in and around Bangalore, a city of 9 million in South India. Snake rescuers are in great demand and this vine snake was one such that was rescued from a house. I helped in releasing the snake in a forest nearby and made lots of images during the release. I have removed some background twigs and oof branches during post-processing.
The green vine snake is mildly poisonous, causing local swelling and pain, but no deaths have been recorded so far.
Species: Green vine snake (Ahaetulla nasuta)
Location: Near Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Date: Jan, 2012
Equip: Canon 7D, Canon 70-200 at 200mm
Specs: ISO 250, f7.1, 1/160s, hand-held, standing

Thank you for taking time out to look, and for your comments/critiques.

Comments

12 comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on November 12, 2012 at 10:53 AM

What a cool snake! The body looks like a green and black braided rope. A nice look at the head and open mouth. Wish the comp were a bit different to include more of the body, rather than being cut off on the right.
I'd love to see more of your shots of this fellow.

Sandy

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Comment posted by Rebecka on November 12, 2012 at 12:20 PM

Wow!! It's not often that we see such a great action shot of a snake. It's really cool to be able to see what the inside of his mouth looks like. The details are fantastic. I love the teeth visible on the far side of his lower mandible. We can see how they are facing inward, making the path to his stomach a one-way road. Nice of you to help in the snake's release, too.

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on November 12, 2012 at 8:06 PM

I recall the other shot Ajit. Love the colors and open mouth. I do agree with Sandy about wishing the body on the right didn't leave the frame, but I don't think it ruins the image by any means either.

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Comment posted by Ajit Huilgol on November 12, 2012 at 8:42 PM

Thanks, Sandy for the comments. This snake is so pencil-thin that if I post the entire snake the impact of the image would be totally lost!

Registered on December 19, 2008, 302 Posts, 2055 Comments

Comment posted by Vincent Grafhorst on November 12, 2012 at 11:41 PM

Wow, what a cool snake Ajit! I love the pose, detail and vibrant green colours. A pity that part of the body is clipped by the right edge of the frame though. There appears to be some distinct repetitive horizontal banding in the top half of the image in the BG; possibly as a result of your cloning work?

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Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on November 13, 2012 at 6:48 AM

Looks deadly !!!
Great colours n beautiful snake.I too would have loved to see full neck on the right edge. Banding is already seen by Vincent.
Jagdeep Rajput

Registered on April 29, 2008, 686 Posts, 2857 Comments

Comment posted by Brad Hill on November 13, 2012 at 8:35 AM

Hi Ajit,

While the head and wide gape on the mouth command one's attention here, what really caught my eye was the very interesting green, white, black patterning on the body of the snake (and Sandy's "braided rope" terminology describes it well). While I wish the edge of the body wasn't clipped by the right side of the frame, my attention wasn't really drawn by that. I looked for the repetitive pattern that Vincent was referring to but all I can see is what appears to be slight JPEG artifacting on that continuously-toned background (or, in this case, not-so-continuous toning!

).

Cheers...thanks for sharing this...

Brad

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Comment posted by Richard Olsen on November 13, 2012 at 3:24 PM

Awsome capture! Love the lines, and the colors. The posture of the snake and the brightly colored mouth really set this one off. Congrats on a fine capture!!j

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Comment posted by Morkel Erasmus on November 13, 2012 at 3:51 PM

certainly looks the part! nice vibrant colours
I see the banding Vincent alluded to - could in fact be artifacting?

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Comment posted by Gary Gulash on November 15, 2012 at 1:38 AM

This is a wicked looking snake, very cool. I like the simple background, really helps to make the snake stand out. I would like to see a bit more dof to have the body of the snake in better focus. Inclusion of the entire first curve of the snake would also have been desirable, as all ready eluded to.

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on November 17, 2012 at 7:29 PM

This is super cool looking snake

A beauty, I really like great view of it's open mouth.

Sweet One!!!

Ken Archer

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Comment posted by Suzanne Huot on November 20, 2012 at 11:02 AM

My eye is instantly drawn to the jewel like eye and the open mouth looking as if he is a bout to strike .i love the pattern of his skin and this adds even more to this striking image .others have added their nits .Image works for me .Ajit thanks for all the interesting info on this handsome snake .

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