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Watching adder + repost

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Posted by David Sewell on May 12, 2009 at 1:26 PM
Compared to my last upload, this male adder was a far calmer and more cooperative individual and was photographed in late afternoon sun. He was found by Brett Lewis at a site in Surrey. I am pleased with this shot, and consider it my best whole body of an adder to date. Feel free to disagree!

Nikon D200, 150mm Sigma, 1/640th @ f9, 320asa. Minor crop and contrast reduced
Posted by Craig Jones on May 12, 2009 at 2:07 PM
Beautiful face/detail, love the BG, lovely image of this beautiful snake :wink: :wink: :wavey:
Posted by Paul King on May 12, 2009 at 2:28 PM
That is cetainly as close as I would like to get with a 150 !!! like the image lots. :toast:
Posted by Tim Gregory on May 12, 2009 at 2:55 PM
Really love that eye and pose,
Posted by PhilH on May 12, 2009 at 3:54 PM
Bet he has got his eye on Brett..... nice one, only thing I would change is to crop a little from the top... certainly a handsome specimen...

:toast: :wavey: :toast:
Posted by Lee Newman on May 12, 2009 at 4:00 PM
I do like this. Good details & colous in very nice surroundings :toast:

Lee
Posted by Guy Rogers on May 12, 2009 at 4:28 PM
Hello David.

Lovely shot and one I would be pleased with as well.

Agree with Phil a bit of the top would help make the image even stronger.

:wavey: :wavey: :wavey:
Posted by David Sewell on May 12, 2009 at 5:35 PM
Thanks for your comments, guys. As you can see from this second shot, Paul, I did actually get a lot closer than the original posting. I do, however, work with adders (and other reptiles), so I don't recommend going too close unless you are confident in what you are doing. Phil, you are right about Brett - snakes seem to keep their eyes on him the whole time
Posted by Tim Taylor on May 13, 2009 at 2:31 AM
Two cracking shots. I'd love to find an adder in as open an environment as this.

Tim :toast:
Posted by Fran French on May 13, 2009 at 2:33 AM
Love both of these David, lovely details indeed. Phil is right about their eyes following Brett, he is a real snake charmer :biggrin:

Fran :toast: :toast:
Posted by Brett Lewis on May 13, 2009 at 6:55 AM
Superb David, I really like the first image with the slight crop as mentioned. Agree, about it being one of your best images of snakes to date as well. I'm glad you took full advantage of the situation and got the most out of it. It has been a good season for herps this year and I look forward to seeing more from you.

Brett :toast: :toast:
Posted by Tim Munsey on May 13, 2009 at 7:30 AM
Dead jealous! Crackiing shots,

Tim
Posted by Jeroen Stel on May 13, 2009 at 9:39 AM
Stunning shots!
Love the detail and clarity!

Greetings,

Jeroen Stel
Posted by Guy Rogers on May 13, 2009 at 12:31 PM
Hello David.

The repost is superb, one of the nicest closeups I have seen.

Would have made an excellent post on its own.

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Posted by Colin Preston on May 13, 2009 at 3:57 PM
A lovely sharp shot of beautiful reptile.
Posted by Paul Hobson on May 13, 2009 at 5:40 PM
cracking animal and the eye is superb, very brown for a male, all the males in my area are usually black and grey, only the females have this amount of brown, but they are very variable. He is also a very bright individual, supoer shots

Paul Hobson