Pretty good shot. It seems a bit yellow/brown more than I would have expected. Haven't shot a snake very often. I suspect it is quite tricky with focus.
-- Best regards, Bruce Monday, April 10, 2006, 6:00:01 PM, you wrote: PS> Okay, so it's only a harmless garter snake. And a tiny one at that. PS> Note his size in respect to the leaves. But he IS poised to attack:-). PS> I shot him at the Johnson Nature Center in Bloomfield, Michigan PS> yesterday. This was with the A400/5.6 and the A2X-S converter. On a PS> monopod. I don't like using the converter, because it's hard to focus, PS> but I frequently need the reach of an 800 mm lens. This was shot from PS> about ten feet away, wide open, 1/1500th, ISO 800, Sigma 500 Super with PS> the Kirk Xtender. I'm doing a gallery show for the nature center, and PS> this should serve as a nice example of natural camouflage. PS> http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4321700&size=lg PS> Paul
