Portrait of a serpent

[Colin Driscoll]

This is a Green Tree Snake, about 1.2m long.

http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh296/MyPikkies/Reptiles/GreenTreeSnake250110.jpg

50D 100-400 @ 400 1/800 f5.6 0ev iso250 natural lighting

Cropped from horizontal full frame. BG is oof trees and sky.

[Marc Mol]

Strong diagonal, with the snake's head and tongue mostly sharp, however the rest of the body is too overexposed and overuse of the S/H tool is also evident with resultant halos.
TFS

[Steve Kaluski]

Sorry Colin, with Marc on this one. Would like to have seen all in focus f/11 > f/16?

TFS
Steve

[Colin Driscoll]

Thanks guys, didn't have the time as it was on the move. It was that shot with the settings as they were or none. I will be more self critical in future :)

[Todd Frost]

Good job capturing a fleeting moment. We don't always have time to make as many adjustments re. dof as we would like at these times. Perhaps a tighter crop to eliminate some of the oof/bright body. TFS
Todd