Snakes (2)

Challenge #19 in the Animals series. Hosted by mirceadumitriu, happy_hope.

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Pictures of snakes, of any kind. Please see additional rules.

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Announced:

Wednesday, 4th July, 2012 (GMT)

Submissions:

Wednesday, 11th July, 2012 – Tuesday, 17th July, 2012 (GMT)

Voting:

Wednesday, 18th July, 2012 – Tuesday, 24th July, 2012 (GMT)

Processing rules:

Basic post processing only.
No frames, borders or watermarks.
Pictures aspect ratio shall be preferably 3:2, 4:3, 16:9 or 1:1.

Capture date rules:

No restrictions.

Additional rules:

Main subject(s) must be the snake(s).
Can be one or more living snakes.
The subject(s) must cover the majority of the picture.
Full colour only. Some snakes have great colours.
Any details regarding the species, characteristics, whether it's venomous or not, etc. is welcomed.
"Snakes (2)" means this is the second snakes challenge in my series Animals, coming one year after the first one. It does NOT mean that you have to mandatory shoot 2 snakes in one picture.

Maximum number of entries per user:

Maximum number of entries in challenge:

400

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Green vine snake (Ahaetulla nasuta)

by brendon1000

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This is a very common snake found in large parts of western India. Its mildly venomous and not generally harmful to humans. This particular one was a juvenile and didn't seem to mind the posse of 20 photographers all vying for its attention.

Camera:	Sony Alpha DSLR-A700
Lens:	Tamron SP AF 70-200mm F/2.8 Di LD (IF) MACRO
Submitted:	Wednesday, 11th July, 2012 08:34 (GMT)
Taken:	Sunday, 18th December, 2011
Focal length:	200 mm
Shutter speed:	1/125 sec
Aperture:	F9
ISO:	400
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Galleries:	View this photo in brendon1000's gallery

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