Snake and saltie

**budak** · 12th Oct 2008, 11:48

A juvenile Oriental whip snake at Sg Buloh, about 1.5 ft long. Taken with 40D + 400mm 5.6 + Kenko extension tube (to reduce minimum focusing distance to about 2m) + 580EX for fill flash. Encountered two of these at knee level along the trail.

Crocodile at Kranji Nature Trail, about 1.9 m. Two anglers found it in the water. Likely drowned when it's jaws got stuck in an abandoned fishing net. Taken with Canon A650.

**trident** · 12th Oct 2008, 11:54

budak,
nice catch on the whip snake,
pity the croc drowned, such a waste

**benny** · 12th Oct 2008, 12:04

That's an exceptional picture of the snake! Excellent bokeh too! Canon EF 400mm f/5.6 L?

Cheers,

**budak** · 12th Oct 2008, 12:15

ya, the 500mm 5.6 L. Thanks!

**CK Yeo** · 12th Oct 2008, 14:02

Very nice pic of the snake. The greens will show better saturation on browser if you had converted it to sRGB.

ck

**900801** · 12th Oct 2008, 14:49

Wow, nice whip snake,Thanks for sharing.

**dizkuz** · 12th Oct 2008, 17:38

really nice photo of the snake, me like alot

**benetay** · 13th Oct 2008, 08:38

The snake is really

Bokeh very smooth.

Thanks for sharing, what if the croc isn't drown.

Cheers!

**luenny** · 13th Oct 2008, 10:12

Hi Budak,
Nice snake. Very good use of your tele lens. I agree with the rest about the background. Pity that the saltie drown. Darn, they even have fishing nets at nature trail. What a shame.

**juggler** · 13th Oct 2008, 12:03

Interesting picture of the crocodile. Sure look like it's mouth was tied up. So what did the anglers do with it eventually?

**budak** · 13th Oct 2008, 12:31

they found it in the water and tied some twine around its mouth in case it revived. But already dead liao. Left it by the roadside as nobody (including the museum) wanted it.

**ranmasatome** · 14th Oct 2008, 00:46

Left there???
err... thats sad.

**benetay** · 14th Oct 2008, 19:42

Can't believe it, left by the road side?

**BFG** · 14th Oct 2008, 21:51

Maybe it is served as a warning to visitor who frequent that area. Although the water may lool calm, there are predator present.

**cannon_14595** · 7th May 2009, 19:01

Awesome shot of the Whip Snake,

... and poor little (not very) crocodile...

**Mez** · 8th May 2009, 01:13

Wow.
Is that 'oriental whipsnake' Ahtuella prasina? Ive never seen one that isnt green. Ever. This includes juveniles. A very intreresting snake which one day i may try to keep, however they rarely take mice, even live, and will often starve to death waiting for their gecko or anole meal.
Excellent photographs.

**mervin** · 8th May 2009, 13:40

pity on the croc......

**cannon_14595** · 9th May 2009, 10:05

Mez, please don't attempt to catch these wild snakes and keep them in captivity. We
must let them roam freely in nature, so that they can enjoy their lives in their natural
habitat, and in such a way, we also give others a chance to spot and admire them.