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Coy Lady

By klewis  
Taken on Cemlyn Bay last night. A pair of adults and one young adder were basking on a rock wall. I couldn't get a better angle but hopefully I will.

Full frame, 100-400mm lens with 31mm extn tube. 1/60sec @ f16

Distance: close enough Smile

Tags: Adder Viper Cemlyn Wildlife and nature

Voters: JohnoP, User_Removed, KarenFB and 18 more


Uploaded:
14 Jun 2006 10:08AM
Camera:
EOS 20D
Lens:
100-400mm + 31mm tube
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KarenFB Plus
16 5.8k 184 England
14 Jun 2006 10:11AM
I like the angle, and crop of this photo. Good shot.
pcjackso Junior Member 16 7
14 Jun 2006 12:17PM
A good shot.I look for them every time I go out.I'm quite envious.
Pauline
adderman 16 8 1
14 Jun 2006 3:18PM
Great another herp. shot.. Big smile... :o) Great shot, interesting crop.

Brett.
tenerifejohn 16 126 England
14 Jun 2006 9:29PM
I hate snakes - illogical I know. However thee is no getting away from the fact that this is a great image.
John
AlanBW 16 20 England
14 Jun 2006 9:34PM
Great shot - well seen and taken
LAF 19 1.7k
15 Jun 2006 1:47AM
Not bad at all Kev, in situ shots are rarely perfect as they prefer to bask close to, and often partially obscured by, cover of some sort. They tend not to pose openly and photogenically!

Looks like this was quite a big female. Your best time for seeing them is early morning (between 7 and 9am at the moment) when they'll be basking to warm up rather than out and about doing their thing.

Nice shot of a lovely snake.

Lee.
klewis 17 1.9k 1 United Kingdom
15 Jun 2006 2:40AM
Lee: I agree with you however the sun doesn't hit this location until the afternoon so she probably uses this place to just have a rest after the days hunt. I would say this one was close to 2' long
angelamary 16 6 England
16 Jun 2006 1:59AM
Beautiful details. Well caught!

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