Smooth Green Fract

[Andrew McLachlan]

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.

[denise ippolito]

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

[Steve Adkins]

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

[Judy Howle]

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.

[Dan Brown]

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

[Gus Hallgren]

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

[Indranil Sircar]

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.

[Andrew McLachlan]

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