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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
Hello Friends at TrekLens:
This is an Indian Python. It was hard to captrure him since he had a tendency to change his skin colors to the ground.The size also caused a problem to get the whole thing in the frame and yet get the details.My Autofocus was useless here so I had to try manual focus on this one.
Common names: Indian python, black-tailed python, Indian rock python, more.
Python molurus is a non-venomous python species found in southern Asia. This is the largest snake species found in India. Two subspecies are currently recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here. Adults grow to an average length of 4 m and weigh an average of 70 to 129+ pounds. Their relative girth exceeds that of all other snakes. The longest recorded specimen measured 5.85 m (19 ft 2 in) (Cooch-Behar, West Bengal). Their scales are smooth and generally glossy for a snake in good condition. They have a flattened head with large nostrils, directed upwards and situated high on the snout. Their eyes are small and the pupil vertical, with the iris apparently flecked with gold. Pythons have what are commonly called spurs; vestigial or rudimentary limbs situated on either side of the anal vent.
The color pattern is whitish or yellowish with the blotched patterns varying from shades of yellow to dark brown. This varies with terrain and habitat. Specimens from the hill forests of Western Ghats and Assam are darker, while those from the Deccan Plateau and East Coast are usually lighter. [Wikipedia]
Did you know? “Baby,” an ironically named Burmese python living at the Serpent Safari Park in Illinois, is 27 feet (8.23 meters) long and holds the record as the world’s heaviest living snake at 403 pounds (183 kilograms).
My best wishes for a wonderful day.
David
TECH TALK: When Manual Focus is Better than Auto Focus
There are a few times when you might find it easier to switch to manual focusing:
When doing MACRO PHOTOGRAPHY I almost exclusively switch to manual focusing. The narrow depth of field in these shots mean that you need to be incredibly precise with focusing and being just a smidgeon out or having your camera choose to focus on the wrong part of your subject can completely ruin a shot. To use it you’ll also probably want to use a tripod to eliminate any movement of the camera which can make focusing either in manual or auto mode frustrating.
LOW-LIGHT CINDITIONS: Shooting in dimly lit environments: You’ll know when your camera is struggling in Auto mode when every time you go to take a shot the lens will whirl from one end of it’s focusing options to the other and back again before deciding on where to focus. This can really lengthen your shooting process and make taking quick candid shots quite frustrating. Switch to manual mode and you can quickly find your focusing point and get the shot you’re after.
When SHOOTING PORTRAITS focus needs to be precise.
The majority of your shots of people will need to have their eyes in perfect focus (although in the example to the left it’s the lips) and so switching to manual focus will give you complete control to enable this to save you from having to line up the focusing points on your camera on the eyes, press halfway down and then frame your shot. Try it!
SHOOTING THROUGH GLASS/FENCES: Camera focus will often get confused on where to focus your shot while shooting through a glass or fences. Manual focusing will avoid this completely and allow you to get things just right - focusing upon the subject behind that glass or fence. If you do this in conjunction with a large aperture (which decreases depth of field) and get in close to the fence or glass you might well eliminate it completely from being noticeable in your shot.
MOVING OBJECTS: Shooting fast moving subjects (like racing cars, planes, bikes, running animals etc) can be a frustrating experience when shooting with auto focus. One way to overcome this is to switch to manual focusing and pre focus on a point that the subject will move through - and shooting at that point. You need to get your timing just right - but you’ll find that it’ll often give better results than relying upon auto focus modes (Parts taken from Digital Photography School.com). |
shelbeesmom, Tomek, Silke, abhi80, moli has marked this note useful
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Hello David
Another superb shot here, nice detail and I like the marble floor BG it gives good contrast
TFS regards Helen
Focus is fine here, you did a good job. Good capture, good light, good crop.
Rew
Maybe an interesting POV would have been if you'd laid down in front and got a head on shot...? ;-)
Like Rew, I think the focus is fine and there's almost a hypnotic effect when your eyes follow the coils of the snake around the scene. It stands out very nicely against that background as well.
Hello David.
Nice and 'cute' little pet it is. haha
Good 'shot'.
Best regards from Jan
HI David, I wouldn't dare to go close to those things ;))
Well done and brave of you.
Cheers, Yan :)
- lopa
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Hi David,
Excellent capture with good light. Love the way you manage the whole Python in the frame with great details.
TFS
Lopa
Hi David,
Fine detail of the texture . .
Very well composed to cover all parts . .
Beautiful snake . . Plenty of this kind in Indonesia, and some of them are living at hobbyist home . .
Tfs,
TJutjut
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- Silke
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superb colours and details, wonderful capture of this creature
And your notes are appreciated as always
TFS
silke
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- Tomek
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Hello David:)
This is lovely one animal!!! i like it so much:):))
Regards - Tom
WOW! gorgeous snake! we had a corn snake named Fred at one time.....he got loose in the house and we never found him! HAHA!.But I wasn't scared! He was my friend! nice shot David!
Linda
B-)
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- moli
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Hi David.
Well composed snake here.
Looks good on the light background.Indian Python nice one.
Thanks for sharing.
Best Regards.
Janek KLoss
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