I wasn't the only one....

[blacknstormy]

I wasn't the only one out looking for things at night - I don't think I've ever come across soooo many snakes !!! At least this was only a python

[Bindii]

Wooo... will you marry me and have my bubba's...

Or at the very least show me how to take snake shots like that??.. so nice Rel.. hard to believe its in the wild cause your in lovely and close..

[gstark]

At least this was only a python

Only a python?

Indeed.

[Handlebars]

Stunning, pity the snake wasn't tasting the air with its tongue, but beautiful shot.

[Oneputt]

Lovely sharp image Rel What else did you find?

[Big Red]

awesome shot Rel ... so detailed

[Killakoala]

Gorgeous image and a healthy specimen too.

[blacknstormy]

Thanks again guys
He was a beauty - I was lucky to see him ... I was checking out a dragonfly resting on some branches and stepped in closer - the python was pretty much next to my toes when I finally noticed him !!!!

John - heaps of stuff !!!! Nearly tripped over an echidna, heaps of ruffous bettongs, wallabies, so many tree snakes and carpet pythons, and what I thinks may have been a taipan .. but luckily it pissed off pretty quickly... birds by the dozens - I kept getting followed by one particular dollar bird (not sure why), and of all the things that made friends with me at the caravan park - a brush tailed possum who ended up coming to my door every evening for a bit of apple !!!!

Hugs
Rel

[Rick]

Great sharp shot,

A snake with attitude, I'm not sure what it is, maybe the catch lite in its eye or the mouth that appears to be slightly open at the back but it looks to me like it's growling at you.

Cheers Rick.

[Bindii]

Thanks again guys
He was a beauty - I was lucky to see him ... I was checking out a dragonfly resting on some branches and stepped in closer - the python was pretty much next to my toes when I finally noticed him !!!!

John - heaps of stuff !!!! Nearly tripped over an echidna, heaps of ruffous bettongs, wallabies, so many tree snakes and carpet pythons, and what I thinks may have been a taipan .. but luckily it pissed off pretty quickly... birds by the dozens - I kept getting followed by one particular dollar bird (not sure why), and of all the things that made friends with me at the caravan park - a brush tailed possum who ended up coming to my door every evening for a bit of apple !!!!

Hugs
Rel

Oh I am sooooo jealous Rel!!

[the foto fanatic]

Beautiul nature pic.

Excellent sharpness, as others have said, and compositionally very strong - that branch just leads you straight in to the snake.

How long does it take to determine that it is "just a python" and therefore safe to photograph, as opposed to dropping the camera gear and running into the distance screaming?

[Big Red]

Beautiul nature pic.

Excellent sharpness, as others have said, and compositionally very strong - that branch just leads you straight in to the snake.

How long does it take to determine that it is "just a python" and therefore safe to photograph, as opposed to dropping the camera gear and running into the distance screaming?

photography is dangerous ... you tend to take a quick pic to get it before it moves, take a better framed pic then think ... oh crap, i'm out a here >>>>>