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by icu1965

Comment by JuliBoc:
Wow, good catch. I like the extended tongue. I know there are snakes where I shoot, but I never see them.

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by icu1965

Comment by Prism:
Cool shot of the snake's tongue. I know what you mean about the battle of the sunlight, especially with water reflections thrown in. I agree with MaryO that a closer crop in on the snake and less wood might be good to try.

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by icu1965

Comment by Prism:
Looks like crows or grackles hangin' out. In this case, the wave direction does not indicate a straight horizon but the waterline at the front of the "log" or whatever that the bird is on could be used as the horizontal line. Using that as a guide, you can see that it is only slightly off horizontal (about .55 of a degree), if you really wanted to get nit picky. :)

You managed to capture some of the sun sparkle on the water, not an easy task. You might want to try a levels adjustment layer to enhance that a bit.

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by icu1965

Comment by trevytrev:
Looks like a water snake or copper head, nice capture and well times to get that tongue sticking out!

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by icu1965

Comment by trevytrev:
Looks like they are just hanging out. I sometimes find it difficult when working with one of my shot that is straight in relation to how it was and how it looks in the shot, usually I crop it straight for the photo b/c the viewer of the pic lacks the reference of seeing the whole scene and usually get too hung up that it looks crooked. Either way I don't find this to look that crooked.

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by icu1965

Comment by Jedusi:
Well spotted Jess - I am always amazed at how snakes can swim - I've got arms and legs to help and I'm still rubbish at it :- )

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Comment by Jedusi:
"Before anyone makes a comment to straighten this, it is straight. "

True enough I'm sure . . but the question isn't are they really genuinely straight . .

The question is do they look straight ?

I find I often have to slightly rotate pictures that I know were straight, so that they 'look' correct :- )

The birds seem to be having a good time out there though.

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by icu1965

Comment by MaryO:
Yep, getting the tongue makes this a much more interesting shot. Although seeing his pattern through the water is pretty interesting, too. Do you have the resolution for a tighter crop? That would eliminate the wood, which isn't nearly as cool as the snake and his tongue.

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Comment by MaryO:
Wonder what they were doing out there. They don't look like the type of birds to be eating anything from the water, or swimming. Maybe they just like hanging out and watching the water go by.

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Comment by bobonacus:
great shot, fantastic that you captured it's tounge