Dahls Whip Snake

Posted by Richard_Irwin (Belper, United Kingdom) on 6 March 2008 in Animal & Insect.

A member of the Colubers (Coluber najadum), this little snake is really handsome. Very quick, and a bit of a biter when handled, I found this one slithering through the undergrowth whilst looking for bigger snakes.

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Comments (9)

e. from New York, NY, United States

Oooh it is very pretty... Great dof on it.

6 Mar 2008 12:27am

Betty from New Jersey, United States

It's a really pretty snake! Nice shot.

6 Mar 2008 5:34am

Craiger from Vacaville, California, United States

Snakes creep me out! But, a cool shot never-the-less!

6 Mar 2008 7:34am

Carson from Portland, United States

Beautiful shot - this little fella seems to be curious about you, too. :)

6 Mar 2008 9:18am

Lorraine from Gatineau, Canada

You're a brave warrior, are you nuts...lol lovely little thing ;)

6 Mar 2008 10:41am

@Lorraine: Thanks...these little things are harmless, so no bravery required, just luck and speed.

HorseRotorVator from Newton, United States

Looking for snakes? You should have your own tv show! Great depth shot! :)

6 Mar 2008 12:01pm

@HorseRotorVator: I really enjoy looking for all wildlife, but snakes are very interesting.

Ras from Plano, United States

looks very young but beautiful.

7 Mar 2008 10:52am

CATCHLIGHT from Reading, United Kingdom

I would be off and running a mile, big respect!!..You've got a very, very nice get the background out of focus technique,....so howd'a you do that?

7 Mar 2008 6:47pm

@CATCHLIGHT: Thanks Mike. It used to be easy in the old days, as almost all lenses had proper DOF markers. The technique is to focus closer to the front of the lens than the subject you want to focus on, then use the aperture to bring the subject into focus. My old Nikon FM that I used to take this shot had a very useful lever to check your DOF through the lens.