Uncovered this little guy this beautiful afternoon as I was chopping wood.

Shot with the 300mm with tube (36mm I think). I wanted to try out the 85mm with tubes but I lost it during the lens change.

Nice captures Loupey, super way in which you have managed to take these usung the tubes.

Nice Loupey! I like my close-up lens set, but tubes would probably be sharper since there is no glass. But those Vivitars do make a nice photo.

Very nice work Loupey. I love the first one. Great DOF.

Uncovered this little guy this beautiful afternoon as I was chopping wood.

Shot with the 300mm with tube (36mm I think). I wanted to try out the 85mm with tubes but I lost it during the lens change.

Nice. Do you know what it is? I would think Racer, but our Southern variety is black.

More importantly, where do I get that wood-chopping attachment for my camera that you are talking about -- or is that just a Canon accessory? I know you guys get the new technology first... :) :wink5:

i'd have to guess its a garter snake, although its hard to tell which one with out seeing more pattern on the back/belly

Nice shots! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: were these handheld?

Bev - thank you for looking. The tubes are a hard habit to break :p Gave me perfect working distance for these shots.

Cyberlord -tubes, close-up lenses, or macro lenses, which one someone feels more comfortable with is what determines which piece gets used more. And the more one uses a piece of equipment, the more he/she understands how to use it effectively to get better images. Thanks for commenting!

mjs1973 - thanks for your opinion! I haven't shot too many snakes (this makes the 3rd time) so still trying to learn how best to align the shot.

LavaLamp - a garter snake I believe. LOL - yeah Canon equipment comes with both the wood splitting ax and lawn mower :) Everyone can now picture me mowing the lawn and chopping wood with a camera slung over my back :p (no, not really)

Dylan8i - I can't recall the markings, but definitely a garter. I captured one several years back when we first bought and cleared out the lot behind us. It looked the same as this one only larger and it pooped smelly goo all over my arms. So I didn't touch this one :)

big baldo - yeah handheld. The second one is with me on my elbows and knees. No way I could have used a tripod/monopod. Thanks for asking.

Nice shots, I love the sharpness and the DOF - I need to get out and find the wildlife :D to practice these types of shots.

Roger

Thanks, Roger!

No need to look too far. Now that you have a 100-400mm, you will be able to really be selective with what to include in your field of view. If only you had extension tubes too... :p

Seriously, I live in a metro area of just over 1.7 million people. 99% of what I post here come from within 10 miles of home or work. That's why you don't get too many landscapes from me :) Macro and telephoto shots for me come from the oddest places sometimes.

I love that second image!

great shots, loupey...looking forward to seeing more!

It's an eastern gartersnake, Thamnophis Sirtalis.