Watersnake captures green sunfish

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Watersnake 12.jpg
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Watersnake 11.jpg
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Watched this snake catch a sunfish at a local lake outlet. The snake did manage to eat the fish after some effort.

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Canon 90D, Sigma 150-600 Contemporary
ISO 2500, f8, 1/640s, hand held

Processed in DXO PureRaw 3 and Photoshop.

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These are just excellent Allen. The light, colors, detail, placement in the frames, control of the glare from the water are all done exceptionally well. I love the catchlights in both snake and fish eyes. What an epic event to watch. Your water snake images have been great.

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Both exciting shots, Allen. The first one, being closer, shows the all-important eyes so clearly. It could even be cropped to square ratio, to cut out the pointed leaf on the right. I agree with all of @Ed_Williams’s positives. Do these snakes eat their prey on dry land?

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Thanks for the comments Mike! Yes, the snake brought the fish to dry land to swallow.

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Great animal behaviour, it may benefit from a boost in contrast.
BTW do you have an image with full body of fish?

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Hi Jagdeep, no I don’t have the full fish in a useful image. The snake brought the fish to a rocky bank and the tail was cut off by the foreground rocks.

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So cool, Allen, and I love the angle here, which offers such a great view of both animals.

I’d really love to see a version with a tighter crop, something that eliminates a lot of the background messiness and just highlights the combined shape of the snake and fish. It would end up squarish, but I think would really help highlight some of the great detail you captured on their bodies.

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