Toads, Terrapin,Grass snake,Kestrel

K20D/Sigma 500mm f4.5 EX DG


Toad by ducatigaz, on Flickr


Toad by ducatigaz, on Flickr


This was dumped in a local park about 7 years ago and manages to Hibernate and re appear every summer .
Yellow Bellied Terrapin by ducatigaz, on Flickr


Yellow Bellied Terrapin by ducatigaz, on Flickr
K-5/Sigma 500mm f4.5 EX DG
This was on the move as soon as it spotted me.


Grass Snake by ducatigaz, on Flickr
Last one is a Kestrel taken into the sun [so a bit blown out]from the passenger window of a car,sometimes things don't go how you would like them.


Kestrel, I've had enough of this I'm off by ducatigaz, on Flickr

very nice and nowt wrong with the kestrel shot , esp given the conditions under which you were shooting.

I like snakes so like the grass snake shot, I shot some adders few years back - was awesome

I love the Grass Snake shot. We have these resident in our garden from time-to-time and one of my photographic objectives for the coming year is to get some good shots of these reptiles. They are surprisingly difficult though as they are very shy and slither off into the undergrowth rapidly when disturbed.

Regards
David

yep I got that with the adders - very shy creatures