Totally Unexpected

We returned to the Visitor Centre after the climb. After a few minutes of drinks and some snacks, we decided to walk the Taban Loop. However, before we left, I just looked behind the giant historical book. At the very moment, I saw a small, green tail at the end of twig behind the book. My eyes carefully moved up the green line till I noticed a pair of eyes. A Big-Eye Green Whip Snake was hiding from me.

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I had seen one of these before about a year ago while on the way to the summit. I never expected to see one again so soon. However, that other individual was there for only a few seconds before slithering away into the bushes. This time I was much luckier.

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Holding a much better camera in hand, I snapped as many good shots as possible. Soon, it started to get away but surprisingly, not into the deeper bushes but towards the visitor centre! As I feared that it would get stepped onto or run over by a car, I told my friend Thomas to faster get a stick to hold it. And then, the photography session starts.

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Here's a full-body shot of the snake.

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Some head shots that I successfully shot with the 450D. I did use flash for all photos and all of them looked brilliant. The first photo in here is my favourite out of all these photos.

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In this photo you can see the underside of the snake. The three green lines in between white can be clearly seen.

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After taking all these shots I was already pretty tired. I also had to be careful as I'd never know when the snake would decide to give me a kiss! Squatting down just a few inches from the snake's tongue and the floor for about half an hour can be tiring! We released the snake back where it was and left for the Taban Loop.