Tropical Snakes

[orionmystery]

Red-tailed Racer (Gonyosoma oxycephalum). Selangor, Malaysia.
Gonyosoma oxycephalum IMG_3315 copy by Kurt (orionmystery.blogspot.com), on Flickr


Gonyosoma oxycephalum IMG_3310 copy by Kurt (orionmystery.blogspot.com), on Flickr


Gonyosoma oxycephalum IMG_3328 copy by Kurt (orionmystery.blogspot.com), on Flickr
More pics of this beauty in my Flickr.


Haas' Bronzeback (Dendrelaphis haasi)
Dendrelaphis haasi IMG_3679 copy by Kurt (orionmystery.blogspot.com), on Flickr


Up close with a beautiful Blue Bronzeback (Dendrelaphis cyanochloris). Selangor, Malaysia. ID credit: Law Ingsind, M.A. Muin, Evan Quah.
Dendrelaphis cyanochloris IMG_3176 copy by Kurt (orionmystery.blogspot.com), on Flickr


Dendrelaphis cyanochloris IMG_3182 copy by Kurt (orionmystery.blogspot.com), on Flickr


Good looking Striped Bronzeback (Dendrelaphis caudolineatus). Selangor, Malaysia.
Dendrelaphis caudolineatus IMG_3223 copy by Kurt (orionmystery.blogspot.com), on Flickr


Up close with a Triangle Keelback (Xenochrophis trianguligerus).
Xenochrophis trianguligerus IMG_3556 copy by Kurt (orionmystery.blogspot.com), on Flickr


More tropical snakes: Tropical Snakes | Up Close with Nature

 

[jwenham]

This is cool

 

[orionmystery]

This is cool

Thanks, jwenham.

 

[greybeard]

very enjoyable

 

[pthrift]

They all make me shiver; however; the head shots are pretty neat. Are they cropped or could you just get that close?

 

[get_armbarred]

Absolutely amazing. Number four is right up my ally.

 

[orionmystery]

very enjoyable

They all make me shiver; however; the head shots are pretty neat. Are they cropped or could you just get that close?

Absolutely amazing. Number four is right up my ally.

Thank you, greybeard, pthrift, get_armbarred.

pthrift - all images were uncropped. These were all non venomous snakes and it's safe to get as close as you want to.

 

[pthrift]

Safe- so says you. Clearly you do not have the same deathly fear of snakes as I do

 

[orionmystery]

Safe- so says you. Clearly you do not have the same deathly fear of snakes as I do

Wrong, LOL. I used to be really terrified of snakes. I would go weak in the knees when i saw snakes. I remember when I first started macro wit my D80, Tamron SP90 back in 2007. I was looking for bugs in the forest. I looked up and there was a pit viper just a couple of feet above me. I screamed (like a school girl), jumped, and ran away, only to come back after a couple of minutes - to photograph the viper, of course. Never under-estimate the power of photography LOL.

This was the one:

DSC_6127 copy by Kurt (orionmystery.blogspot.com), on Flickr

I still fear them, and only dare to handle really small (and cute) ones . Just last night, a couple of snakes got away because I were too chicken to handle them.

 

[bc_steve]

I really like the close-ups!!

 

[avraam]

great snakes, so close!