Kris Bell

Placed 2^nd in the challenge.

Placed 143^rd in the challenge.

Placed 10^th in the challenge.

Five entries so far and while they are lovely photos, none of them are of cranes but are instead egrets and herons.

Placed 5^th in the challenge.

Nice photo but this is not a viper, but a harmless vine snake.

Placed 9^th in the challenge. Added the reflection and the mullet tail - plus plenty of tinkering to bring detail out in bird/sky etc. All elements taken from my own pictures.

Placed 31^st in the challenge. A wild 'Common' Chameleon (Chameleo Chameleon), photographed just outside Malaga, Andalucia. Despite the name, this is a threatened species - mostly because they share their love of coastal southern Spain with half a million Brits. The construction of holiday homes has turned the region into an overcrowded, sprawling metropolis and isolated this amazing species in ever-dwindling pockets of suitable habitat. Pretty much the same story for threatened animals the world over then!

Placed 31^st in the challenge. A venomous, sub-adult water moccasin. A type of pit-viper that are also known as cottonmouths, due to the stark white insides of their mouths that they sometimes display when they feel threatened.

Placed 15^th in the challenge. A harmless, beautiful snake.

Placed 1^st in the challenge.