23 Fantastic and Colourful Photographs of Snakes

While snakes can often present a great opportunity for getting a great and colourful photograph, the downside is that we usually don't want to get too close! These photographers overcame that fear and really showed us what can be done with a little bravery and photographic skill!

person holding red and black snake — Image by Pixabay

yellow animal dangerous head — Image by Pixabay

nature australia reptile snake — Image by mark broadhurst

animal snake reptile closeup — Image by Donald Tong

brown and white snake — Image by Pixabay

beige python on brown branch of tree — Image by WorldSpectrum

photo of snake on ground — Image by Alësha Lamkinson

snake toxic terrarium — Image by Pixabay

nature animal reptile snake — Image by Pixabay

animal zoo green snake — Image by Pixabay

brown reticulated python — Image by Tomáš Malík

shallow focus photography of brown snake in green jar — Image by Egor Kamelev

green and white snake on branch — Image by Stephen Joel

animal biology blur close up — Image by Will

amphibian animal biology blur — Image by Jonathan Meyer

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Rob is the founder of Light Stalking. His love for photography started as a child with a Kodak Instamatic and pushed him into building this fantastic place all these years later, and you can get to know him better here.
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Camera: Nikon D810
Lenses: Nikkor 14-24 f/2.8, Nikkor 50mm f/1.8

2 Comments

Hi,

A “deadly” collection of hissing beauties. I could listen it. Colours?, yes I was pale with fear.

Are these REALLY taken coming close enough to the snakes? I do not think that is a great approach here unless one is an expert snake handler. My humble request is please stop glamorising this “coming close to take photograph” approach. Novices can get challenged at this suggestion and may not live to see that great photo they took! Sad but true and I do not want that to happen to ANYBODY.

Though I said what moved me I congratulate these photographers for their bravery and skills demonstrated here.

The best one I liked is the Green Tree Python by Nasmac. What a mean look! If Look can kill then this is it. The pose is perfect.

Thanks and best regards.