Smooth Green Fract

Steve Bein's fractalius rattler had me thinking "why have I not tried this on my snakes images?" Snakes are by far my most favorite critters, but they are hard to photograph. A few years ago while in Ontario's Bruce Peninsula National Park I encountered this Smooth Green Snake sunning on the trail. I tried to get lower than the snake's belly to ensure a pleasing background. The tongue flick was a bonus.

Look forward to comments.

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Love it! The colors, comp and fract all perfect!!:S3:

Wow! Great capture and the frac on the skin is awesome! :5

I love the green snake, the fract is perfect and the tongue was good timing and really adds a lot of interest.

I have a good friend, a retired biology professor at our local university who is a herpetologist. He photographs snakes whenever he finds one, plus lizards and frogs. He has a point and shoot for one-handed macro shots while holding the snake in the other hand. Once he got bitten on the nose! Non-poisonous of course. He was bitten last summer on the arm doing the same thing.

Sweet, Andrew! Love the fract work and the subject! Cool!

Cool capture, Andrew, super pose, especially the tongue, and skin treatment outstanding.
Gus :2eyes2:

This is outstanding, Andrew. Love the simplicity of the composition. the bg and the color of the snake with added fract really makes it stand out.

Thanks to all for the comments. I appreciate them very much!