Adder in environment

One from todays outing


Found him curled up having forty winks. Sadly he was not disposed to flicking his tongue


D700
Sigma 180mm Macro
1/100 sec at f6.1 ISO 400
slight crop.


Thanks for looking

You found one, well done!!! Think I may tone down the highlights in the background and f/g Ian but much better than anything I have, but then I've never seen one!!!

Well found Ian.

I like the POV and strong eye contact with excellent sharpness on the head and eye.

The strand of grass in the BKGR running through the mouth / nose area is a little distracting and I would tone down the surrounding highlights to enhance the focal point even more.

No Adders in my collection sadly..

Cheers

Austin

Nice image. Never seen one myself.

Your adder pictures are getting better and better.I'm not sure you could have improved on this given the environment it was in.

Phil.

Very well captured indeed, considering the constraints of the vegetation.

Great stuff but slightly too bright for me ,dare i say the whites look blown also ?

Simon

I find the strands of grasses a little distracting in some parts but appreciate how difficult it can be to photograph this,especially to try and photograph them with no distractions,so well done getting this

That is certainly a low viewpoint - you look almost underneath. The blue marks on the underside suggest that the animal is about to slough, which is perhaps why it allowed a close approach. I agree about that strand of grass behind the head being distracting.

David

Ya best so far , nits covered .