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Posted by Maggie Campbell on May 3, 2010 at 5:36 PM
I love you too
Male Adder (got it right this time).
D300 150mm macro 1/1250s f6.3 ISO 400 handheld

Very uncomfortable having fallen in a brook - soaking wet and covered in peat but at least this chap made up for all the discomfort.

And don't anyone dare say I should feel at home in a peat bog :mad:
Posted by Ian Macdermott on May 3, 2010 at 5:43 PM
Nice close up Maggie :toast:

Who`s this bloke Peat :rolleyes:
Posted by Karen Summers on May 3, 2010 at 5:52 PM
you are braver than me Maggie very nice shot
Posted by Mark Davies on May 3, 2010 at 6:27 PM
petes bog? You do pick some funny places to do your wildlife or is that you a courting again? LOL
What is it with you and water ....?
The image ? very nice , but I'd be inclined to slice a tadge off right so the horizontal bright twig doesn't just stop and I'd lose the blade of grass .
other than that very well done again ,,,,more than I've got ,,,,but you know me and Herpes ... :toast:
Posted by Sandra Hendrikse on May 4, 2010 at 2:11 AM
Lovely close up, Maggie. I agree with Mark about the cropping suggestion though.
Posted by Brett Lewis on May 4, 2010 at 3:03 AM
Nits covered and looks like you and Ian made the most of the same little chap. Note the distinctive 'tear drop' shape on the back of the head which is like a fingerprint to each animal as are the scale patterns in that general area.. :wink:

A nice encounter, captured well.

Brett :toast:
Posted by keith mitchell on May 4, 2010 at 3:34 AM
Lifes never dull for you Maggie,very nice capture.
:toast: Keith.
Posted by Justin on May 4, 2010 at 4:33 AM
Good one Maggie. :cool:
Posted by Matt Cole on May 4, 2010 at 4:53 AM
a nice portrait Maggie. You know what they say, no pain, no gain. :smile:

Matt
Posted by Stephen Kaluski on May 4, 2010 at 6:09 AM
Hi Maggie, I quite like it being off centre, but I just find it rather cluttered, as the main subject doesn't stand out, especially having the dark area to the right of the head as you see it. Difficult with the DOF I guess. Any head on at all? :smile:

Steve :wavey:
Posted by David Sewell on May 4, 2010 at 6:36 AM
Well done on getting the tongue flick, that seems harder to get with adders than with grass snakes, at least in my experience. I might go for a slightly tighter crop, but otherwise a fine capture.

David
Posted by Guy Rogers on May 4, 2010 at 8:10 AM
Hello Maggie.

Very nice closeup and shows the marking on the back of the head very nicely.

:wavey: :wavey: :wavey:
Posted by David Kjaer on May 4, 2010 at 11:03 AM
Sorry to hear about your 'dip' - nits covered, nice one!

David :toast:
Posted by Simon Phillpotts on May 4, 2010 at 12:03 PM
A touch off the right (as Mark said) would improve things but its a nice habitat shot and it looks like its going places. Love the tongue flick too :razz: