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Canon PowerShot D10

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Aperture f/2.8 ISO 80 Shutter 1/1000

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Dec, 2013

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Awards

Chatter Award

Top Shot Award 22

Winner in Best Selfies Photo Challenge

Winner in What's on Your Head Photo Challenge

People's Choice in First,..Take a Selfie Photo Challenge

Winner in We See you (Most Creative Self-portrait Photo Challenge

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Outstanding Creativity

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Absolute Masterpiece

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Superb Composition

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Magnificent Capture

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Superior Skill

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Virtuoso

Genius

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my jaw dropped when I saw this....

Oh My Gosh, I would have drowned!! :)

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Great shot!!!!!

That is cool!

Wonderful,inspiring,full of joy,unique... Extremely good photography...

Congrats on the reward...you earned it.

I like this one ! Good Job

awesome photo, easily one of my fav that I have seen on this whole site. Nice to c someone else taking photos underwater while snorkeling

Wow!!! I love this!!

Don't sell yourself short on comments; visual humor is hard to do (i my opinion) well, and you pulled it off ( i am assuming its humor, and not an Indiana Jones situation!)

Nice shot

This is an awesome image on so many levels.

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Thanks, y'all! Your votes brought me all the awards, so yours is the part of glory! :)

Congrats … reward well deserved again :)

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Congratulations!

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Thanks, y'all! Obviously people like snakes after all! :)

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Love it!!! Congratulations on your Challenge Win.

My congratulations!

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Thanks

you havea dangerous life

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I'd say it's fun. Not one bite in nine years - they're not aggressive. Humans are aggresive! :)

Outstanding! I really like this one.

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Thank you!

Snake Whisperer! Much deserved multi award winner snake - look after it! :))

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The Snake will be delighted! Thanks! :)))

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Thanks!

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That is quite the selfie! Wonderful!!!

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Thank you!

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Thank you for joining my challenge #Bestselfies Looksee. Good luck!

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Thank you for creating it! :)

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Voting is open in Best Selfies. Please vote.

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Will do ;)

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Congrats on winning my challenge Best Selfies. You nailed it for fun and creative!

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Much obliged! :)

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Congratulations on your wonderful Challenge Win!

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Thanks, my friend :)

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Wow! Great capture!

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Thank you!

Scary but superb photo in action

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Thanks! :)

NOW I'm going to have a snake nightmare! Incredible photograph, but ewwwww lol

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If you've had a personal bad experience with snakes... there's no reason

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I don’t know if you put that snake there, or if he came up like that, either way it doesn’t matter this shot is fabulous. Kudos to you for your incredible imagination and imagery. I love your work and thank you for sharing it with all of us. Magnificent!

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Thanks much - the scene is entirely authentic. It happens more than once, but this time I was lucky to photograph it correctly. Enjoy! :)

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Fantastic foto

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thanks!

Ultimate

This is so right in so many ways. The big one is the shock and unbelief that this could happen!~

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Thanks - such encounters are not so rare at all, as the snakes are very inquisitive and seem to be attracted to the red snorkel. There are not many red-colored things in the Lake (as opposed to the sea)... or maybe they are just being friendly! :)

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OMG I would have died, trying to get away!

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No you wouldn't. On the third encounter or so it would already be something normal :)

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Behind The Lens

Location

Elenkamen, Lake Ohrid (Macedonia)...

Time

13:44:38... and some very long seconds there...

Lighting

Daylight only, and Daylight WB. There was no thinking about that at all, just enough time to snap off one shot before the "free rider" slid down my shoulder and vanished.

Equipment

CANON D10, an able little camera almost ideal for one-handed quick snapshot. I was extremely lucky to frame just the right picture content, as the situation required more reflex than anything else.

Inspiration

I'm sure it was the snake climbing over my head! Actually, the inspiration was late this time, as the photo happened before inspiration managed to arrive...

Editing

Lighted the area within the mask a bit. Also, I did a little re-sharpening after resizing the image. The frame is slightly cropped too.

In my camera bag

In water, I carry very little. After many years of SCUBA and other kinds of diving that require lots of equipment, I nowadays genuinely enjoy the simplicity. So it is just one camera, basic snorkeling tackle, and a forearm-strapped knife (intended as a tool, not as a weapon). Otherwise, I do not carry any photo bag for years already, since I discovered that all I need can be comfortably divided unto several of the many pockets of my photo vest.

Feedback

Hard to say what to do in a situation like that. I'm pretty much used to snake encounters by now, and similar things have happened several times since. But to get a correct photo in similar situations, it is absolutely imperative to keep your cool. Make no sudden moves. Any jerky movement might scare the snake, and then he'll swim away so quick you won't be able to see where he went. So move fluidly, straighten the arm, raise the camera so as to look directly into the lens, and snap off as many shots as the situation allows. Do not worry! If the snake is not alarmed, he will not bite you. He's neither attacked nor cornered, so he's got no reason to do so. Unless it is an anaconda. Then my advice is, you better shouldn't have been there! ;) Think about it this way: there is no chance that any of your defensive, offensive, or evasive movements could possibly be quicker that that of a snake! Thus, if the bite hasn't already happened, it also won't. The main thing is to forget right away that an animal (any animal) is dangerous only because it has that capacity. It is your behavior that makes the animal decide what to do. Keep hoping that at least one pic will come out correct. There is not much more to do. Otherwise, wait (while shooting all the time)... until the snake swims away. Enjoy!

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