Popular Post angiud Posted August 16, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted August 16, 2013 Today, thanks to the nice weather, I visit a nice large patch of primary rainforest left in Koh Phangan, looking for some nice shot. I just got a few shots of a not-so-common butterfly:The Banded Royal - หางคู่แถบหนาWhen, with my periferic vision I saw something like a snake tail. Just getting close and the animal jump out like this:King Cobra .Brrr. Just a bit of panic, and then shooting with my camera, trying to get as close as possible, without really understand how much could be dangerous. It was a young King Cobra, possibly aroun1.8/2 mt.After one long minute I turned 180 and went away AFAP... 44 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WitawatWatawit Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 Doncha just love it when they sit up and beg? Nice pix, mate. Keep them coming. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bprinceuk Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 As always Angiud nice photographs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcb2001 Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 Professional camera, no doubt. Those pics are magnificent. Tried a similar shot of a butterfly on my orchid, but with a cheapo Fuji point and shoot camera, turned out very bland, no sharp colors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoorSucker Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 Coolest photo ever... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xen Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 The shot of the Cobra is one of the best i have ever seen . As much as i tolerate snakes i think i would have stained myself being that close . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John 1 Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 Coolest photo ever... Good advertising for his company as for the photo just another shot of a snake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Rooo Posted August 17, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted August 17, 2013 Good advertising for his company as for the photo just another shot of a snake.If words fail you, better not say anything.If it doesn't interest you better say nothing either. Several members here are very active in the photography forum and the images section in this forum. All I can say to them is thank you for sharing their photos. As for advertising, have you ever heard of copyright? Obviously you haven't, so better go & do some homework on that too. 24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angiud Posted August 17, 2013 Author Share Posted August 17, 2013 Coolest photo ever... Good advertising for his company as for the photo just another shot of a snake. Which company are you writing about? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angiud Posted August 17, 2013 Author Share Posted August 17, 2013 Thank you for the many compliments. It was years I was trying to find a Cobra in the wild. An amazing area of wilderness still left in KPG, I don't know for how long. Today I'll be beck there 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sscsamui Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 Great photos.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatorade Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 Great picture Anguid! I must say I wouldn't be brave enough to get that close! Keep 'em coming. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackayae Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 Nice photos. More AD photos are shown on Flickr. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post John 1 Posted August 17, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted August 17, 2013 Good advertising for his company as for the photo just another shot of a snake.If words fail you, better not say anything.If it doesn't interest you better say nothing either. Several members here are very active in the photography forum and the images section in this forum. All I can say to them is thank you for sharing their photos. As for advertising, have you ever heard of copyright? Obviously you haven't, so better go & do some homework on that too. Yes word's did fail me so will add this photo. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropicalevo Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 Hmmm average photo of a harmless Golden Tree Snake (I have a family of them living in the roof of my house) v high quality photo of a young King Cobra. (Which is reported to be more dangerous than an adult one.) Angiud 1 - John 0 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John 1 Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 Good advertising for his company as for the photo just another shot of a snake.If words fail you, better not say anything.If it doesn't interest you better say nothing either. Several members here are very active in the photography forum and the images section in this forum. All I can say to them is thank you for sharing their photos. As for advertising, have you ever heard of copyright? Obviously you haven't, so better go & do some homework on that too. Yes word's did fail me so will add this photo. This shot not very professional he wouldn't turn around for a head up shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooo Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 This is why words fail me John, because I know you like pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longtom Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 Great picture Angiud, need some balls to take that! (we need a smiley for big balls!) And around 2ms is in my opinion more than a 'small' king cobra, got scared enough myself by 1m or less specimens found in my garden. These buggers are bloody agressive when you come near them, so I really take my hat off to you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angiud Posted August 17, 2013 Author Share Posted August 17, 2013 Ah ah. Maybe balls, but mostly was the will to get a good pic. If you could see most of the 20 pics i shot are blurred, shaken, not straight. After the first pics thru the viewfinder, I just push the camera closer with my arms, without actually get closer with my head and body. Hihi. Then when satisified, just go away, understanding I was shaking a bit for the emotion (fear?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaVisionBurma Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Love that shot of the King Cobra Angiud! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCC1701A Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 can you give us some technical info on your camera for the Cobra photo? Camera body, lens type and focal length, mono pod? I see it looks like a shallow depth of field so I am thinking you are at the end of your zoom and maybe shooting wide open or close to it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dararasmi Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Fantastic photographs! Just beautiful. (Once, in Patong Phuket of all places, a rather long cobra slithered behind my legs as I was sitting down in my room's open doorway. He was a rather mellow dude.) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angiud Posted August 18, 2013 Author Share Posted August 18, 2013 can you give us some technical info on your camera for the Cobra photo? Camera body, lens type and focal length, mono pod? I see it looks like a shallow depth of field so I am thinking you are at the end of your zoom and maybe shooting wide open or close to it? Canon 6D - Sigma Macro 150/2.8 OS iso 2000 1/320 f5.6 exposure -1.0ev fill flash (Canon 580ex ii Speedlite), distance 1/1.50 mt, Autofocus center point AI servo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phuket electrician Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Beautiful pictures, had a similar experience earlier this month in Ao Makham . My cat came across a similar looking snake about 1m. More markings on it's throat than your pic. The cat sat in front and at a right angle to it about a foot away. Just sat there almost ignoring the snake. Fascinating. Cat chased it away after 5 mins. My pic was stot with cheap fuji camera. Don't know how to post pic here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falang07 Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 I hope you have a work permit, too, since we are not supposed to do anything else in here than spend the money earned abroad and taking professional pictures is a work you take from the Thais who have it reserved just for themselves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falang07 Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Also, I can not help it but why in the hell is a blurred background considered a high quality professional photography? Is this some new standard to save the memory for those pixels by blurring them out? Strange, if you ask me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post NCC1701A Posted August 18, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted August 18, 2013 (edited) A out of focus background is consider a good thing as it shifts your attention to the subject and not the background. The photographer can control the degree the background goes out of focus by changing the aperture size of the lens and by the focal length. (amount of zoom). And in Photoshop, with a little work, change the focus of any part of the image, but IMO in camera "depth of field" yields the best result. I was not thinking about a flash, I now see a little light reflection on the snake's skin. Very cool! Edited August 18, 2013 by NCC1701A 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuriramRes Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Enjoyed the cobra photo but the butterfly was equally good. Guess you had more time with that one! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maggusoil Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Fantastic shot. My guess would be you were hoping if it did strike it would be at the camera. Or do the feint strike they often do first, when not hunting. It's good to know your snake and its habits. Snakes I have met in the wild, like Australian Death Adder, a large Tiger snake, a giant King Brown snake, mostly have left alone except for the King Brown we stupidly tried to catch. Fortunately we failed. Nice work. Beautiful focus. Very clean. . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokinfun Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Nice shot - there is a photography forum?? Looking forward to meeting my fellow photogs when in Bangkok - any suggestions? f1.8 - unless cropped, means you were pretty close with a fixed focus. Just that alone deserved congrats!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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