Snake? what snake?

[Jeni Williams]

Butter wouldn't melt in it's mouth! If it wasn't for the s-bend in his throat he could get away with it too!;)
As a matter of interest I have been told that the snake was a black mamba.....a dangerous lunch indeed!!!

[KurtPreston]

I love the background, beautiful color and the tall grasses have lines that lead my eyes nicely to the heron's head. Excellent comp, maybe just a touch more sharpness in the head?

[denise ippolito]

Jeni-The BG colors are great as is the pose and HA ! Nicely done!!

[Jeni Williams]

Thanks Kurt and Denise - have sharpened head a bit!

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Great series Jeni, do like the leaves pointing tward your subject. Do hate snakes a lot!, but have enjoyed your set. Did a great job of capturing everything on the fly!

[Gus Cobos]

Hi Jeni,
I like the composition, image and capture...you have good color rendition, nice sharp details, a good head angle and sharp eye...also like the habitat. Would like to see the exif data presented...:cool:

[Lance Peters]

Hi Jeni - NO HAP this time - Ha is dead on - like this a lot - has that innocent look about him.

[Harold Davis]

is that the snake that you can see in it's neck? pretty cool. yep no HAP here. nicely done!!

[Alfred Forns]

Don't see a concern on his face ..... just satisfaction :) Excellent details and like the setting !!!

[Jeni Williams]

Sorry Gus, forgot! :p
Canon EOS 1D mk11
Focal length: 300mm (took 2x converter off in between!)
f/4
exp time: 1/3200
exp. - 0.33
ISO 400
Thanks guys, Harold I think so - this was the first shot seconds after the tail went down.
To give you some idea of time involved - 1st shot taken and posted in portrait last week was taken at 11.57a.m and this one was taken at 11.59a.m.
Pretty nifty swallowing!!

[Oscar Zangroniz]

Hi Jenni. Great composition and agree with previous comments regarding the background grass, IMHO is what takes it over for me.