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Grass Snake

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Posted by Guy Rogers on March 13, 2008 at 4:27 PM
Grass Snake
Canon 5D, Sigma 180mm Macro, F 22, 1/45 -1/3, iso 100, Tripod Cable release.
Posted by Andy Astbury on March 13, 2008 at 4:32 PM
Lovely Guy - superb eye detail :toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by John Robinson on March 13, 2008 at 4:48 PM
Excellent!
JohnR
Posted by Matt Cole on March 13, 2008 at 5:21 PM
very nice, lovely and sharp! A great sighting too, I normally just see them disappearing into the undergrowth :smile:

Matt
Posted by Paul King on March 13, 2008 at 5:35 PM
Hi Guy,

Love the detail in the eye reflection cracking capture, :toast:
Posted by Paul Inglis on March 13, 2008 at 6:54 PM
Hi Guy,

Superb, simply superb!
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Posted by PhilH on March 14, 2008 at 4:14 AM
Nice one and quite unusual light body colouring... am assuming a male.

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Posted by John Chapman on March 14, 2008 at 6:09 AM
Well pictured Guy :toast:
John :toast:
Posted by Paul Gibbs on March 14, 2008 at 6:42 AM
Nice, i love the coiled snake and the detail. Very nice.
Posted by Robert Lawrence on March 14, 2008 at 8:49 AM
Lovely shot of an animal I see very little of. I don't know if it is just the monitor I'm using but the colour of the snake doesn't look quite right to me. I can't put my finger on what it is. The foliage detail / colouration looks OK. Do grass snakes vary much in colour?
Posted by Phillip Tomkinson on March 14, 2008 at 9:02 AM
Hi It's a nice image but I would like to see all the grass snake.

Phil.

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Posted by Guy Rogers on March 14, 2008 at 1:15 PM
Hello Robert the Grass snake is a female and can be lighter than the males, although this is the lightest one I have come across. This was taken at first light so I might be getting a warm light which is showing on the snakes body.

Hello Phillip I wanted to do a closeup of the Grass snake but include more than just the head, but at the same time make the head shot the main part of the picture. I have done the same shot with all the body has well but it dose seem to lose the impact of a closeup.

Thanks for your comments. :wavey:
Posted by Paula Graham on March 14, 2008 at 1:28 PM
Wow...just wonderful. Is it a settup?
Posted by Guy Rogers on March 14, 2008 at 1:35 PM
Hello Paula.

No its not a setup I found the Grass Snake on whats left of an old Silver Birch which is now totaly covered in moss. The snake allowed me half an hour before moving on.

Thanks for your comment. :wavey:
Posted by eric weight on March 14, 2008 at 2:46 PM
Beautiful shot, full of interesting detail. I was going to mention the colour as well. Interesting answer.
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Posted by Mark Fellowes on March 14, 2008 at 3:24 PM
Comp works for me - very, very nice.

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Mark
Posted by Major Gilbert on March 14, 2008 at 4:08 PM
Very likeable image Guy. The beam of light to the head showing it well. :toast:

Major.
Posted by Nigel Blake on March 14, 2008 at 6:31 PM
Excellent, beautiful detail in those scales and a fine composition.
Posted by John Robinson on March 14, 2008 at 6:39 PM
Nice image but the colour looks somehow less green than it should be. You were lucky to have the time for a cable release too ! A great image though and I reckon could be even better if the head was to the left more( would possibly include more body too )
Cheers
JohnR
Posted by Justin on March 16, 2008 at 6:07 PM
Excellent shot. The way the light is picking out the snake from the slightly darker surroundings works really well. I stumbled across a pair of grass snakes a couple of times last week, not managed to get close enough yet though.

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