Eye to eye - Franklin Ramirez - Wildlife Photographer of the Year2008

2008: 11-14 Years - Highly Commended

Franklin Ramirez Enlarge image Eye to eye

Franklin Ramirez (Unknown)

Eye to eye

'Clutching my camera, I wandered behind a building in Las Mangas, Honduras. My teacher had told me vine snakes often hang around there. I spotted this one, so slender and light it seemed to float across the vines growing up through the fences. I knew it wouldn't harm me and went for a close-up.' The blunt-headed vine snake is slender and delicate, active only at night and usually found in trees. It feeds mostly on anole lizards, finding its prey using its large eyes and sensitive tongue, which it flicks in and out to pick up airborne smells.

Canon Powershot A610; 1/200 sec at f2.8.

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