AWARDS: ENGLAND / WILTSHIRE / LAKE DISTRICT / WALES / SCOTLAND / COAST OF S.W. ENGLAND / COAST / STORMS / LAKES & MOUNTAINS / WINTER LANDSCAPES / DESERTS / ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY / BRITISH BIRDS 1 / BRITISH BIRDS 2 / BRITISH MAMMALS / BRITISH INSECTS / WORLD BIRDS / WORLD MAMMALS / NATURE
SIDEWINDING ADDER
Sidewinding adders (Bitis peringueyi) are superbly camouflaged in desert sand, enabling them to seize small reptiles with their poison fangs. I found this young adder in the Namib Desert and photographed it using a 180mm macro lens to fill the frame, whilst keeping a safe distance.
F/11, 1/250th second, ISO 320
Accepted: Smethwick 2019 - PAGB Gold Medal (Nature)
