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Well, its that time of year again, when i go in search of our beautiful UK venomous snake, the Adder (Vipera berus).
Since the start of March (late for this season!) ive been "dropping in" to a local Kent area, where for the last 5 years, ive been observing a small colony of Adders. Ive sighted 5 different snakes this year, since they started to emerge from hibernation.
Armed with a couple of new(secondhand) cameras for this season, the 1 inch sensor, 10 MP, Nikon V1 and J1 bodies(2.7 crop factor) coupled to either the native cx 30-110mm lens/Raynox 150, or via the FT1 adapter, Sigma macro 150mm lens. Hand held, Jpegs, Auto focus. Shooting in Aperture Mode for now, auto ISO set to max 800, shutter speed typically 1/500...The cameras are working quite well, producing good images to date.
Some close up images of a young adult male. Some images have been cropped, whilst others have not been cropped.
Cheers Paul.
Caution - Unless you know your subject very well, then since this is a venomous snake, take care when working in close distances.
At no time do i ever touch the snakes, i photograph them as i find them, in their natural habitat...I dont prescribe to taking images, that are clearly "set up".
Cropped image.
Male Adder. Nikon V1/Sigma 150mm. 17th-March-2016. by Testudo Man, on Flickr
Uncropped image.
Male Adder(uncropped). Nikon J1/30-110mm/Raynox 150. 17th-March-2016. by Testudo Man, on Flickr
Cropped image.
Male Adder. Nikon V1/Sigma 150mm. 17th-March-2016. by Testudo Man, on Flickr
Uncropped image.
Male Adder(Vipera berus) uncropped. 11th-March-2016. by Testudo Man, on Flickr
Since the start of March (late for this season!) ive been "dropping in" to a local Kent area, where for the last 5 years, ive been observing a small colony of Adders. Ive sighted 5 different snakes this year, since they started to emerge from hibernation.
Armed with a couple of new(secondhand) cameras for this season, the 1 inch sensor, 10 MP, Nikon V1 and J1 bodies(2.7 crop factor) coupled to either the native cx 30-110mm lens/Raynox 150, or via the FT1 adapter, Sigma macro 150mm lens. Hand held, Jpegs, Auto focus. Shooting in Aperture Mode for now, auto ISO set to max 800, shutter speed typically 1/500...The cameras are working quite well, producing good images to date.
Some close up images of a young adult male. Some images have been cropped, whilst others have not been cropped.
Cheers Paul.
Caution - Unless you know your subject very well, then since this is a venomous snake, take care when working in close distances.
At no time do i ever touch the snakes, i photograph them as i find them, in their natural habitat...I dont prescribe to taking images, that are clearly "set up".
Cropped image.
Male Adder. Nikon V1/Sigma 150mm. 17th-March-2016. by Testudo Man, on Flickr
Uncropped image.
Male Adder(uncropped). Nikon J1/30-110mm/Raynox 150. 17th-March-2016. by Testudo Man, on Flickr
Cropped image.
Male Adder. Nikon V1/Sigma 150mm. 17th-March-2016. by Testudo Man, on Flickr
Uncropped image.
Male Adder(Vipera berus) uncropped. 11th-March-2016. by Testudo Man, on Flickr