Richard Irwin - Photoblog
Slow Worm
Posted by Richard Irwin (Belper, United Kingdom) on 20 May 2009 in Animal & Insect.
These long legless lizards are quite common in my area. We put down corrugated tin sheets on the ground, and they are attracted to hide underneath, as the sun beating down on their tin roof keeps the ground warm and dry, which they like.
dj.tigersprout from New York City, United States
yow!! a beautiful shot! what a handsome specimen -- so sleek! beautiful and striking macro Richard!!
20 May 2009 5:31am
Nina from Haute Loire, France
I am not friends with these animals, I feel that they belong to another world ... I try to keep a safe distance!
So bravo for whoever is able to take pictures!
20 May 2009 5:50am
P J W Miller from Chase Terrace, United Kingdom
You are showing me things that I rarely see and I am grateful, as yesterday a cracking image
20 May 2009 7:54am
jeff (aka dogilicious) from Millerstown, PA, United States
Very sharp detail. Nice ly done.
20 May 2009 10:24am
zOOm from Paris, France
Thanks God, only a worm... for with the lack of scale, it could have been one of this very monster... :-) Well done.
20 May 2009 10:31am
-C17H21NØ4- from Persia, Iran
extraordinary!!!
excellent focusing and great details
i like this VENOM ;)
20 May 2009 10:58am
Jen from Alpharetta, United States
Very cool...I never knew there were legless lizards!
20 May 2009 11:55am
Jen from Alpharetta, United States
Very cool...I never knew there were legless lizards!
20 May 2009 11:55am
Richard Hollins from London, United Kingdom
Another beautiful shot. Great details thrown into sharp relief by the shallow depth of field.
20 May 2009 2:45pm
Daryl Johnson from Farnham, United Kingdom
Love the colour again. That DoF is great...
20 May 2009 2:57pm
MaryB from Staffordshire, United Kingdom
Well I've never ever seen a slow worm before, this is a cracking close up Richard.
20 May 2009 3:00pm
Stunner from Kingston, Jamaica
Wow! This is an awesome shot Richard! The DoF, composition and the focus on the eye is fantastic!
20 May 2009 3:31pm
peter from new york, United States
such a mysterious and intriguing shot richard! this is quite the worm!
20 May 2009 3:32pm
Anthony Morgan Lambert from Bielefeld (Old Pembroke Dock boy,Wales), Germany
These little guys are normaly gone in a blink of an eye,well captured.
I spent a lot of my childhood hunting for slow worms down my Grandmothers allotment and I really got this close to one :-)
20 May 2009 4:50pm
Mozhde from mashhad, Iran
bravo Richard !good shot, I think it's bravely shot ;)
thanks for the information
20 May 2009 7:47pm
Steve Rice from Olympia, United States
This is a great image of this critter. It could be in the pages of National Geographic.
20 May 2009 8:39pm
Chris Parr from Jefferson City, United States
Another superb shot. Both light and dof are just perfect.
21 May 2009 1:50am
Betsy Barron from Chester Springs, PA, United States
awesome shot!!! so slick, silvery and shiny!
21 May 2009 2:23am
grant from kansas city, United States
what a strange little creature. you've captured him (?) perfectly
21 May 2009 9:55pm
