Panasonic FZ5. No editing apart from cropping and resizing. No preparation beyond using a tripod for stability, and it was not a calm snake.



Taken with a Panasonic FX3. No editing apart from cropping and resizing. No preparation apart from feeding.




And this is a thumbnail created automatically by the FX3 for a video clip. Not edited, cropped or resized. That's what the camera saved when I pushed the record button. Obviously no preparation involved, pure luck.





The Thamnophis poster features one photo of mine taken with a 2.0 Mp Fuji Finepix 2600 and another taken with the 5 Mp Panasonic FZ5.