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Nature's Way WC641

Gallery: Weekly ChallengePosted July 4, 2014213 views8 comments

Howard Cheek's photo reminded me of something I had seen a few years ago. Encountered this drama while doing some weeding in my front yard. I enjoy seeing animals exhibit natural behavior and this was the first time I had seen something like this. Wish I had turned my camera around for a vertical composition; the garter snake was at least 18" long.
Powershot SX-1 with fixed zoom at 589mm equivalent, HH, ISO 250, f/5.7, 1/30, matrix metering with AWB. Adjusted midtones to increase the contrast and auto-sharpened on PSE. Comments and suggestions always welcome and thanks for viewing.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on July 4, 2014 at 7:40 PM

First thought was "Oh Wow" Jim!

Very graphic head on view of the action, good details.
The look on the toads face is rather grim, he's not having a very good day

Excellent entry for this WC!

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Comment posted by John Tobias on July 4, 2014 at 11:26 PM

Striking photo! Vertical comp would have been nice. Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by John Neukirch on July 5, 2014 at 8:01 AM

Somebody had a bad day and somebody else had their work cut out for them. Bet once he got him down he was pretty worthless for a while, Thanks for sharing it!

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Comment posted by Karen Kane on July 5, 2014 at 11:33 AM

Pretty cool experience to have while weeding the front yard Jim! The toads expression says it all - thanks for sharing

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on July 5, 2014 at 1:58 PM

Pretty amazing to think that that snake is going to succeed in swallowing that toad, which looks to be several times bigger than the snake's head. Neat catch.

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Comment posted by scott lanz on July 5, 2014 at 2:36 PM

...aka, "The Big Gulp." Great head on perspective of this event, Jim.

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Comment posted by Ed Williams on July 5, 2014 at 8:40 PM

The toad looks a bit down in the mouth here Jim. Great head on shot.

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Comment posted by gary phillips on July 5, 2014 at 9:06 PM

Sucks to be a toad on this particular day. I amazed that the snake can handle such a big meal.

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