Blue and yellow tree snake

[cris]

Just shot this nice blue and yellow guy who was chasing frogs in my yard
Its a really crap photo and the others are worse but an awesome looking snake anyway. If only i could afford a decent camera.
Its the first time i have seen a blue and yellow one in my area.

 

[sxc_celly]

WOW he looks nice. Do u know what kind he is? Id be tempted to catch him lol. But i wouldnt. Very pretty!

 

[gillsy]

That looks fake, they're no shadowing, and the snake it to bright agaist the background.

Definately super imposed.

Photoshop.. not a good one either. hmmm.. My opinion.

 

[gillsy]

Nice snake tho.

 

[MrBredli]

Unless the snake is being held with one hand in front of the camera that is..

 

[gillsy]

Possible, but still doesn't look right. If I'm wrong, I'll apologise now.

 

[JasonL]

Need to get the camera to focus on the snake or something of similar distance away, not the ground.

 

[Retic]

Here is a simialr one found in my backyard near Brisbane. Sorry if it looks superimposed

That one above just looks like it is being held in one hand and photograped with the other, there would be a shadow that far from the ground but yes focus on the snake not the ground ;-)

 

[Snow1369]

Maybe it's hanging of a tree? nice snake though!

 

[JasonL]

Top shot.

 

[dee4]

Nah, that's an action shot if I ever seen one
Like Cris said, it was chasing frogs in his back yard. maybe it launched itself across the yard and he snapped it mid flight. :lol:

 

[cris]

Maybe it's hanging of a tree? nice snake though!

That would make sense wouldnt it
They often freeze and if they dont im way to clumsy to get a decent photo.
The focus box was on the snakes head but it still focused on the background I would never pick up a snake to take a photo that would be illegal.

I like your pic boa its actually good and shows the beauty of the snake. Do you find them that colour often? This is the only one i have seen that colour in my yard out of all that i have seen. I have actually seen more of the blue and white ones(still only 2).

It is a common(aka green) tree snake (dendrelaphis punctulata) a harmless frog snacking colubrid.

 

[gillsy]

Sorry Cris.

 

[Jungle_Freak]

nice pics guys
especially the close up pic Boa ,
WOW

 

[cris]

no need for apologies.

I actually saw it first crusin around the pond and went to grab my camera and found it climbing a tree near by when they freeze you can get as close as you want usually.

 

[Retic]

Thanks Jungle_Freak.
To answer an earlier question yes they are mostly like that around here, very pretty snakes.

nice pics guys
especially the close up pic Boa ,
WOW

 

[cris]

Here is a pic of some of the food on offer. Can you spot them all?

 

[krusty]

great pics,i love the gts.

 

[jordo]

Nice gts I would love to get one, one day.
Cris how many are there I can only see one.

 

[cris]

I can see 3 frogs of 2 species(there could be more that i havnt seen). One is on the large bamboo leaf in the left of the picture and partly invisable from the sunlight.