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They're out..!

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Posted by Brett Lewis on March 15, 2009 at 6:19 PM
They're out..!
Just what I've been waiting for all winter.. The return of the reptiles.. :biggrin:

Found 3 Adder last weekend but no opportunity to photograph in any detail. The light was really bright today and so had to under expose somewhat.. Was playing around with different DOF so that I know what may be possible on more 'optimal' days for photographing them. This one being particularly shallow.

Anyway, this is the first time this one has shown itself this year and will shed its skin in a couple of weeks which is when I hope to go back and get them in better condition. I had a total of 3 Adder, 4 Grass snakes, 3 Lizards and a slow worm today..! Awesome.. :smile:

Hope you all had a good weekend.

Kind regards,

Brett :cool:

Canon 30D, Sig. 150mm f2.8
1/1000 @ f4.0 ISO 100, -0.33
Posted by Greg Hitchcock on March 15, 2009 at 6:41 PM
Great comp here Brett, loads of editorial potential, front covers etc. I think the shallow DoF has avoided a distracting foreground with the grass.

Greg
Posted by Craig Jones on March 15, 2009 at 6:57 PM
Lovely photo, and great detail in the eye brett, love to photo these, well done :wink: :wavey:
Posted by Brian Davis on March 15, 2009 at 7:05 PM
I like it, I like the OOF bit at the front, great shot, spent some time looking for some today but didn't get lucky.

Brian
Posted by Des Ong on March 15, 2009 at 7:26 PM
Good one Brett, hope to do them this year. Super :toast:
Posted by Edwin kats on March 16, 2009 at 2:45 AM
This is great. Well done and congrats.

A lot of adders over here but still no time to go after them. Hopefully this year. Great animals.

Edwin Kats
Posted by Tom Smit on March 16, 2009 at 3:42 AM
Hi Brett,
I really like the shot. Great comp and BG. Hope to see more of them myself this year. Last year I saw my first (and only) one.
:toast: :toast:
Posted by Sandra Hendrikse on March 16, 2009 at 4:09 AM
Great shot, Brett. Nice composition and background. :smile:
Posted by Matt Cole on March 16, 2009 at 4:15 AM
a lovely shot Brett and an impressive sight. I've never managed to see one.

Matt
Posted by Andy Astbury on March 16, 2009 at 5:20 AM
Very nice Brett - hopefully bag (perhaps not the best choice of wordage :biggrin: ) one of these this year myself.

Nice comp and detail - great eye and super BG.

For next time perhaps a tad more FG mush and a LS format might be nice too :wink:
Posted by John Chapman on March 16, 2009 at 6:19 AM
Great capture. :toast:
Posted by Paul Inglis on March 16, 2009 at 7:45 AM
Hi Brett,

Awesome image!
:toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by David Sewell on March 16, 2009 at 8:00 AM
Nice one, Brett. Hopefully the first of many this year.

David
Posted by Paul Gibbs on March 16, 2009 at 8:21 AM
Nice, i hope to get some reptiles this year!
Posted by Dave Bartlett on March 16, 2009 at 9:15 AM
Excellent image - they eye and background make it :jump:

Dave
Posted by jack chapman on March 16, 2009 at 1:07 PM
lovely image, like the way you get a sense of the coils from the shallow depth of field
Posted by Austin Thomas on March 16, 2009 at 1:16 PM
Nice one Brett,

Superb background and eye contact.

Well done,

Cheers

Austin
Posted by Lea Roberts on March 16, 2009 at 1:37 PM
nice one Brett

lea
Posted by PhilH on March 17, 2009 at 7:52 AM
Good to hear from a happy man.... nice one and I see you have other crops etc....

Looking forward to more of these this year....

Speak soon

:toast: :toast: :wavey: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Brett Lewis on March 17, 2009 at 1:12 PM
Hi Folks, thanks for your kind comments. Glad you enjoyed the encounter..

Kind regards,

Brett
Posted by Mark Davies on March 18, 2009 at 8:00 AM
Certainly a target for me in the coming weeks , great comp and image, a tongue flick would have put some icing on.