Common Vine Snake

[Rohan Kamath]

Canon EOS 40D
Sigma 70-300 APO(at 263mm) (non IS)
f/5.6
1/60sec.
ISO-640
-0.3EC
Spot metering
AWB
Aperture Priority

Made this image of the semi-venomous vine snake in the fragile eco-system known as the western ghats of India. Was made in dense fog and heavy rain by holding an umbrella in one hand and the camera in the other with almost no light. I personally don't ever use flash on any wild subject so maybe a little lacking here.

All C&C welcome and appreciated. Would love to know how to improve.

-Cheers,
Rohan

[Fabs Forns]

A way to improve this is have the snake looking towards you, open mouth, showing teeth and tongue :)

Just kidding, I like as presented, not a friend of flash for wildlife either. The colors are fantastic and the diagonal line created by the snake makes a great composition. Black background emphasizes the color.
Your determination sure paid off.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

THat's some wicked-looking snake there Bhai Ji. YOu did the best possible with the lighting and it looks fine to me as is. Thanks for sharing. :)

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Rohan,
Good one. Balancing camera with one hand and umbrella on the other is not an easy task. You did well. You can insert your camera and lens combo inside a polythene and cut open a hole for the lens opening. That works during rain. :D

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[David Fletcher]

Excellent shot Rohan. Done very well with that balancing act. Very well! Nice one.

[Steve Canuel]

Pretty snake. Like the contrast of colors and light and dark.

[Harshad Barve]

I would love to see them in pictures only :D
lovely image Roha
TFS

[Mitchell Krog]

That looks like one mean creature, would not like to cross paths with him :) Very nice comp and like the dark background. Nice work.