abigailshirley

The staring contest

The staring contest

In this shot I was photographing the other snake when I noticed I was suddenly in a staring contest with an Emerald tree boa that had water droplets on his head...
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In this shot I was photographing the other snake when I noticed I was suddenly in a staring contest with an Emerald tree boa that had water droplets on his head
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camera

Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XS

settings

settings

Aperture f/5.6 ISO 400 Shutter 1/200

upload_date

upload_date

Mar, 2014

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241

Likes

+35

Awards

Superb Composition

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Such a cool capture!

Thank you, funny thing is I was focused on the other snake and when I looked up this one was looking right at me so I almost missed the moment, glad I didn't!!

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