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Unlimitethhh Bokeh (ode to 'JungleDragon' Ferdy;-))

Unlimitethhh Bokeh (ode to 'JungleDragon' Ferdy;-)) Wow, it took the snake great length to crawl towards me, subtle moments in grace. Such a fascinating creature! This is the first photo I uploaded of my Oliemeulen visit (Tilburg). (Just sharing this raw quality animal with you, without postprocessing) Elaphe schrenckii,Geotagged,Manchurian Black Water Snake,The Netherlands,oliemeulen,snake,tilburg

Wow, it took the snake great length to crawl towards me, subtle moments in grace. Such a fascinating creature! This is the first photo I uploaded of my Oliemeulen visit (Tilburg). (Just sharing this raw quality animal with you, without postprocessing)

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    Ludo Sak Posted one year ago
    Ferdy, after so many beautiful and amazing pictures of critters and crawlers at the Oliemeulen I went there myself. I had a great time! This first location picture is dedicated to you, for all your great work and inspiration to all of us:)!
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      fchristant Posted one year ago
      Thanks so much, Ludo, I feel honoured.

      You've set a high standard with this 1st photo. The lighting is beautiful as is the bokeh, and a lot less noise than in my Oliemeulen pics. Homepage material.
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      fchristant Posted one year ago
      PS: Interesting that somehow I missed this snake specie during my visit!
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    Ludo Sak Posted one year ago
    Hey thanks Ferdy, I am honoured yet again to be on the homepage among amazing ones. And all credits go to you of course! I snapped this one with my prime 50mm 1.8 lens (one of the cheapest Canon lenses but with greatest proven technology, the design is more than 20 years old if I remember correctly) without flash. I did have a very small sturdy tripod which I cold carefully place vertically on the glass with the lens pointing towards the glass. Worked like a charm. This snake is just in front of the crocodiles.
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      fchristant Posted one year ago, modified one year ago
      Cool, the F1.8 and tripod explains the awesome quality, not to forget of course the human being operating it :) If you don't mind, please do share these gems at their original resolution (I think you already do), they will make great entries for this list:
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        Ludo Sak Posted one year ago, modified one year ago
        Grin, yeah it must be the tripod then:) Though I had some mayor fun pushing the buttons. I had a stiff right arm from holding the camera, really:)
        As always I share them in full format (or cropped a little), so 18Mpx or just a tiny bit less. You guessed correctly.
        The story continues!
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    Ludo Sak Posted one year ago
    Thanks Ferdy, for putting it on the Wildlife in HD list! This is a good moment to hit the bed and dream of my tiny bit of success:) Night!
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