Red-Bellied Black Snake(s)
Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 11:43 pmwell.... I've done about all I can for Chameleons at Taronga, so I thought I'd return to probably my favourite animals at the zoo - the Red-Bellied Black Snakes.
Shot once again with the K10D but this time with a cheap (yet rather handy) Sigma 70-300mm (with macro function!).
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I like the one above mainly because if you look at full resolution the snake's eye below, you can *just* make out me in the reflection (I've got my elbows up on the ledge holding the camera steady).
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... and the last (and blurriest, and most highlight-blown!) in the series:
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Shot once again with the K10D but this time with a cheap (yet rather handy) Sigma 70-300mm (with macro function!).
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I like the one above mainly because if you look at full resolution the snake's eye below, you can *just* make out me in the reflection (I've got my elbows up on the ledge holding the camera steady).
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... and the last (and blurriest, and most highlight-blown!) in the series:
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Must be hard trying to expose a black snake too..The reflection in the eye is cool..