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thaivillage
04 Jul 2009 15 views
 
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A story in the bulge
I was taking pictures of water lilies in a small pond in the grounds of the Village temple.

My attention was drawn away from the exquisite blooms by the clearly distressed cries of a bird. I went to investigate, arriving on the scene to see a small snake rapidly sliding across the track to thick grass beyond; the reptile was being bombed and harassed by a small black&white bird, which retreated to a nearby tree as the snake reached the grass...

I believe the main story is in the bulge in the snake's neck...my strong hunch is that this is the mate of the distressed bird, probably taken from the nest I later noticed about 3 metres up in the tree.

Incidently, I think this is a juvenile King Cobra snake.

Not a strong image, technically, but I believe there is an interesting drama associated with it.

camera Canon EOS 40D
exposure mode
shutterspeed
aperture f/5.6
sensitivity unknown
focal length 0.0mm
resolution 1000x648 pixels
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