My first Adder

Getting out alot earlier at the moment as I can't seem to sleep through the night for whatever reason. It has given me the chance to just wander and observe the world at a walking pace for a change.

This beautiful lady was just waking up as well

Canon 1D MKII N
Sigma 150mm macro full frame image
MR-14 ringflash -2/3 comp. Supported on a bean bag
1/100 sec @ f16 iso 200 raw
Processed in C1 pro and CS2

Hi Kevin

Why didn't you put your hand down and remove the FG bramble makes a break from many of the clear shots and this is how we often see them - nice one!

David

I personally would have liked to see the FG brambles in focus as well for a great environmental shot. The snake's eye is perfect as is its colouring. Excellent.

never seen one of these in the wild amazing creatures. i bet there is a lot more detail in the original. It took me a moment to figure out what i was looking at I would probably crop a bit off the bottom and a bit off the right hand side to put the head on the top right hand side third.and make it appear to be peeking from behind the brambles. Cracking shot anyway

Stewart.....

Hi Kev

I like the composition, the brambles add to the image as this is a great habitat shot. Good use of the maco flash, it is not obvious flash has been used in this shot from looking at it.

cheers

Sean

David: next time I'll take you along as head set arranger (and target lol). The fg wouldn't of been in focus even at f32 as the subject distance was only 400-500mm away and the brambles were about 200mm away. I did take some images without the flash to try to reduce the effect of the brambles but didnt get an image I really liked :( . Steward, good idea for the next trip rather than crop down the existing image.

Good habitat shot, only problem for me is that the head seems to get a little bit lost in the body, more than likely that is not so on your original.