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Postby blacknstormy on Sat Jan 10, 2009 11:34 pm

And of course, we came across some snakes in our travels as well - this lovely red-bellied black snake got a little shirty at us, and gave a wonderful display of his flattened head :)

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And this little golden-crowned snake was gorgeous, but a little feisty !!

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Re: Snakes

Postby foonji on Sun Jan 11, 2009 12:11 am

Gutsy! Nice Shots though :)

I'd be wearing jeans and boots!

I once did the mexican hat dance on a red belly black in shorts n thongs...now thats another whole story!
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Re: Snakes

Postby foonji on Sun Jan 11, 2009 12:21 am

Oh one thing I noticed is that your images are in Adobe RGB, which displayed on cruddy browsers that don't support the colour gamut they will appear dull like.. luckily for me safari shows them to me in all their beauty! for posting to web, you should convert your photos to sRGB for full compatibility :)
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Re: Snakes

Postby Bindii on Sun Jan 11, 2009 12:58 am

They are both excellent shots Rel!.. I can't decide which of them is my favourite; although the red bellied is probably slightly ahead because of the superb dof! :)
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Re: Snakes

Postby cyanide on Sun Jan 11, 2009 3:22 am

foonji wrote:I once did the mexican hat dance on a red belly black in shorts n thongs...now thats another whole story!


I've done similar... stepped out of a side sliding door "suddenly" onto a narrow,shady courtyard garden just off a nature preserve, and... yikes! I was either barefoot or in very skimpy footwear... but I think the snake was almost more startled than I was.

Wish I'd been able to simultaneously "dance" and take a pic... now *that* would have been an interesting shot. ;)

Great shots, Rel. I have to pick the first one for "sentimental" reasons. :)
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Re: Snakes

Postby ATJ on Sun Jan 11, 2009 7:57 am

Rel, I like both shots. The red-bellied has much better sharpness and DOF as Sue points out, but the pose and colouration of the golden-crowned almost makes up for it. Maybe it's my tired old eyes, but these don't look as sharp as your usual photos and there seems to be a bit of noise.
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Re: Snakes

Postby BBJ on Mon Jan 12, 2009 12:24 am

I'd be looking at these down the barrel of a shotgun and from a distance, but bloody good shots and your gamer than me and afraid not an animal i like.
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Re: Snakes

Postby Jonesy on Mon Jan 12, 2009 12:30 am

Great Shots...

I'm all for the 1st one. Flatten head, beady eye, tongue out and nice DOF.

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Re: Snakes

Postby Big Red on Mon Jan 12, 2009 9:53 am

both great shots Rel,

I wouldn't like to hurt them by letting them bite me, i would be using at least a 300 mm to keep them safe :wink:
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Re: Snakes

Postby Manta on Mon Jan 12, 2009 4:26 pm

These are great Rel. Whereabouts were they taken?
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Re: Snakes

Postby marcotrov on Mon Jan 12, 2009 5:28 pm

Great shots Rel. Both terrific images displaying snake behaviour, albeit the 'pisssst' type :) . Sorry couldn't resist :wink:
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