Sssssss.....snake!!!

[AdamG]

Thank you <insert deity here> for zooming lenses! :D

[neil_r]

That is one cool shot (big lens or nerves of steel?)

Have you tried a crop with no rock showing?

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[Matt_hil]

wow, great shot... so come on how close was you??

[AFCop]

Nice shot! What kind of snake are we looking at?

[sparker1]

Nice shot. I agree a tighter crop may also be interesting.

[HJMinard]

Very nice, Adam ... well done!

[AdamG]

Cropping down is a great idea. I'll try it. Thanks for the comments, everyone. The shot was taken with my 75-300 IS lens, through glass. I'm surprised it was as sharp as it turned out. As far as the snake type, it was at the zoo and I was near the cobra family of snakes, so it might be one of those; definitely not the KIng Cobra, but a sub-species, perhaps. I'm racking my brain trying to recall more, but that's pretty much all I remember about it.

[Fer]

Nice! I like it!

[cmM]

that could make for some nice boots :-P

j/k, nice shot. I agree, it screams for a tighter crop

[RockOne]

As far as the snake type, it was at the zoo and I was near the cobra family of snakes, so it might be one of those; definitely not the KIng Cobra, but a sub-species, perhaps. I'm racking my brain trying to recall more, but that's pretty much all I remember about it.

Nice photo. I'll hazard a guess and say that it is an Eastern Brown Snake (Pseudonaja textilis), which is in the same family as the cobra - Pseudonaja actaully means false cobra.

[ssim]

Very cool shot.

[AdamG]

Ok, I think I need help cropping. I did a couple and I just don't know if I've improved it. Anyone volunteering to give it a shot? I had the idea to crop it as a portrait (which I found more pleasing than the horizontal) but I'm still now sure. Thanks, everyone!

[cmM]

i gave it a quick whirl.. just a little tighter

[AdamG]

I like that, cmM. I think I was being too aggressive and cropping too tight and ended up not liking mine because I lost too much detail. :o