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Adder fighting

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Posted by Phillip Tomkinson on April 22, 2009 at 1:57 PM
Adder fighting
These two males were fighting over a female, and the fight went on for about ten minutes it was extremely difficult to photograph as these are wild animals taken in the wild, altogether there was approximately 6 males and two females along with a slow worm and a couple of common lizards.

Phil.

Ps there will be more to come from the encounter.

D700 sigma 180 macro 1/250th @ f11 iso400 + .3ev.

PP in NX2 & CS2.

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Posted by Simon Phillpotts on April 22, 2009 at 2:23 PM
Good to see such interesting behaviour, nicely captured Phil :smile:
Posted by Mark Davies on April 22, 2009 at 4:52 PM
An event to behold no doubt .I would find it difficult to convey the emotion of the fight if I'd have been there too. As an image of the conflict , it's not coming across as savage.Should it?
Thanks for sharing this Phil I'd not have known they actually do this.
Posted by John Robinson on April 22, 2009 at 4:54 PM
Good stuff Phil.
Saw this myself today. No camera !
Cheers
johnR
Posted by Lee Newman on April 22, 2009 at 6:19 PM
A very educational image. good behaviour shot.

Lee
Posted by Austin Thomas on April 22, 2009 at 7:38 PM
I have not had the pleasure to see that behaviour before.

Thanks for sharing Phil.

Cheers

Austin
Posted by Mark Sisson on April 23, 2009 at 5:34 AM
Bet you enjoyed that Phil - the fern looks like a third adder too!

spk soon.

mark

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Posted by David Sewell on April 24, 2009 at 8:54 AM
I have been hoping to see this myself all season. Congratulations on capturing it, and I look forward to seeing more.

David