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Female Grass Snake

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Posted by Brett Lewis on April 20, 2010 at 4:26 AM
I found this big female Grass snake at a Nature reserve near Birmingham. Whilst I had my 5DII on hand with the macro poised, I decided to have a go at capturing her with the new compact field camera I'm currently using to photograph Great crested newt belly patterns! The camera is a Panasonic Lumix DMC-FT2. A simple point-and-shoot but since I work around ponds all the time, the fact that it is waterproof, shock proof and dust proof it seemed like a great tool to have..

Anyway, I also liked the DOF it offered in this situation..

Hope all are well..

Brett :cool:

Tech:
Snake is controlled
Panasonic Lumix DMC-FT2, HH :biggrin:
f10.0, ISO 200
Posted by Andrew Stagg on April 20, 2010 at 4:49 AM
Fantastic Brett,
This is just the sort of shot that I love to see - good detailed image with some habitat context as well. Just goes to show what compacts are capable of too.

Andrew
Posted by Adam Seward on April 20, 2010 at 6:04 AM
Superb shot Brett :smile:
Posted by Dale Sutton on April 20, 2010 at 6:20 AM
Hi Brett
I to have a 5d mk2 I think I will swop it Panasonic Lumix DMC-FT2, great shot and also great to see all that DOF.

Dale
Posted by Marcus Conway on April 20, 2010 at 7:23 AM
Very effective Brett. I really like seeing the scene - the DOF is great in this shot and the snake is bang on. Nicely done.
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Posted by Phillip Tomkinson on April 20, 2010 at 7:51 AM
Hi Brett a great image.

Phil.

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Posted by Ben Darvill on April 20, 2010 at 8:13 AM
Agree with all of the above comments - a real belter.

Ben
Posted by PhilH on April 20, 2010 at 8:34 AM
Oh I like this one Brett, excellent use of that camera...

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Posted by Andy Shepherd on April 20, 2010 at 9:10 AM

WOW!!! I don't know how you do it Brett, this is a superb capture and with a compact too :eek: Top shot.

Andy...
Posted by Simon Litten on April 20, 2010 at 9:21 AM
A mighty fine shot!

Simon
Posted by eric weight on April 20, 2010 at 9:43 AM
Brilliant. Wildly under-rated compacts, but you still have to see the shot before you press the shutter. Top notch photography.
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Posted by Tim Munsey on April 20, 2010 at 9:53 AM
Amazing, a great advert for point and shoots and your skill of course.

Tim
Posted by Phil Mclean on April 20, 2010 at 11:34 AM
Very,very good.Would have been very,very,very good but where's the tongue flick? :biggrin:
Excellent capture Brett.

Phil. :toast:
Posted by Andrew Harrington on April 20, 2010 at 11:58 AM
Very, very nice.
Posted by Craig Jones on April 20, 2010 at 12:13 PM
Wonderful image,love the habitat shown here too :wink: :wink: :wavey:
Posted by Calum Dickson on April 20, 2010 at 1:53 PM
First thought on seeing this wow :smile:
It's a top shot Brett.
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Calum
Posted by Fran French on April 20, 2010 at 2:01 PM
I can see us all rushing out to buy this camera lol. It has produced a super image and the dof is spot on to include some environment too. Very very nice.

Fran :toast: :toast: :wavey: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Lewis Thomson on April 20, 2010 at 2:05 PM

Hi Brett,

Amazing quality with a compact, very well taken!

Cheers,

Lewis.
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Posted by Paul Rosser on April 20, 2010 at 2:46 PM
A great shot Brett, well done!
Paul. :wavey:
Posted by Mark Davies on April 20, 2010 at 4:00 PM
Now theres something you dont see that often .....Nature reserve and Birmingham in the same sentence...
Loved it first time I saw it so no need to change tack .
Snakes ...compact ....you know my thoughts .LOL
Posted by Brett Lewis on April 20, 2010 at 5:39 PM
Thank you all very much folks, appreciated.

Phil: I have the tongue flick(s) firmly stored in my library, captured those using the 5DII..!

Brett :wavey:
Posted by John Robinson on April 20, 2010 at 5:40 PM
Great stuff Brett . Good to meet you last weekend.
How was this one controlled ?- tape playback ?:biggrin: :biggrin: :smile:
John
Posted by Brett Lewis on April 20, 2010 at 6:28 PM
I got you now..! Doh!

I've never tried that one but might consider it.. LOL! :biggrin: :biggrin:

Brett :wavey:
Posted by Mark Green on April 21, 2010 at 3:50 AM
great shot Brett, love every element and the POV is excellent.

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Mark.G
Posted by Philip Newman on April 21, 2010 at 2:23 PM
A big success and a lovely image indeed Brett. :toast: :toast:

Phil Newman
Posted by Sandra Hendrikse on April 22, 2010 at 1:49 AM
Wow, what a great shot. :smile: :smile:
Posted by Justin on April 22, 2010 at 6:06 AM
Excellent viewpoint and a very high quality image. :toast: :toast:
Posted by Graham Goddard on April 22, 2010 at 1:38 PM
Not sure how I missed this one - all's ben said though. Very nice indeed :toast: :toast: