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Posted by Brett Lewis on April 27, 2009 at 1:34 PM
Hi Folks,

Have been away for a couple of weeks doing some field work all over the country. On Saturday I met up with Tony Flashman, Phil Hurst, Fran French, Ian Andrews etc.. We had a nice catch up at a local reserve where I pictured this male grass snake. He had a large bulge in his stomach which I assume was probably one of the many great crested newts that are present in the pond..! No-one told him they are a protected species..!

Anyway, hope you are all well and I'm looking forward to trawling your recent uploads.

Kind regards,

Brett

Canon 5D MkII, Canon 24-70mm f2.8.
f18 @ 1/80, ISO 400, HH
Posted by Lee Newman on April 27, 2009 at 2:06 PM
Super looking snake image Brett. Nicely captured with its tongue out & love the details especially the eye.

Lee
Posted by Lea Roberts on April 27, 2009 at 2:48 PM
nice shot Brett, hope to meet up with you again in the year and maybe learn from you :biggrin:

lea
Posted by Fran French on April 27, 2009 at 3:02 PM
Ah, so this is what all the excitement was all about! Shame I missed it, I was busy hunting for the elusive flutterbys!!

Nice image Brett, now I know why you looked so chuffed :smile:

Good to catch up with you again.

Fran :wavey: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Edwin kats on April 27, 2009 at 3:40 PM
Great shot and the tongue is a nice bonus. Not easy to capture. Well done.

Edwin Kats
Posted by Des Ong on April 27, 2009 at 4:08 PM
You clearly are the herp master! I can never get close to these never mind photographing them. A very good capture indeed. :toast:
Posted by Barrie Courtenay on April 27, 2009 at 4:25 PM
Brilliant shot Brett,nice sharp detailed shot

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Posted by Craig Jones on April 27, 2009 at 5:03 PM
Great detail and the tongue flick has made the shot, lovely well done :wink: :wink: :wavey:
Posted by John Robinson on April 27, 2009 at 5:21 PM
Excellent Brett
Don't know how you do it .
cheers
john
Posted by Dave Bartlett on April 27, 2009 at 5:24 PM
It's all been said, but that really is excellent :toast:

Dave
Posted by Nigel Blake on April 28, 2009 at 12:49 AM
This is superb!
Posted by David Sewell on April 28, 2009 at 4:37 AM
Nicely positioned, Brett. POV and DOF very nicely handled. You are clearly getting to grips with your new camera.

David

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Posted by Greg Hitchcock on April 28, 2009 at 4:56 AM
Nice shot, good framing, great stalking. Had one of these in the pond at the weekend, but didn't oblige in a photographic sense!

Greg
Posted by Major Gilbert on April 28, 2009 at 8:30 AM
Brilliant Brett a real beauty. :toast:

Major.
Posted by Phillip Tomkinson on April 28, 2009 at 9:55 AM
A great image Brett.

Phil.

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Posted by Ian Andrews on May 3, 2009 at 5:43 AM
I've eventually got around to seeing this image Brett, and the comments are all worthy.
Very well done. :smile: :smile: :smile:

Ian
Posted by Justin on May 3, 2009 at 6:44 AM
A very fine image :toast: