Fisheye shot.
Not completely crisp, but maybe this adds to the dynamic.

This was NOT a photo series with 10 pictures / second.
It was flashed so I could only take a picture every 2 seconds or so. This made it rather difficult.

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One of the most dangerous snakes, because of her aggressiveness and very toxic venom. Most of the lethal incidents with snakes have to be written on her account, at least in africa (in India it is the cobra, but not the king cobra!). Worldwide, about 40.000 people die each year from snake bites. About 10.000 could be victims of this snake, if the numbers are correct.
Taken in a terrarium Scharnstein/Upper Austria, Austria in Winter 2007.
Canon 5D with 100/2,8 Makro, f=3,2 1/80s ISO 1600

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As I am a hobby dancer and in Mambo there is a figure called "Mambo circle" I could not resist to name this picture "Mamba circle".

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The eastern green mamba or common mamba (Dendroaspis angusticeps) is a venomous arboreal snake indigenous to the east coast of southern Africa. Eastern green mambas are the smallest members of the mamba family, averaging 1.8 meters, with known specimens to 3.7 m. The species is found from the coastal forest of the Eastern Cape in South Africa through Mozambique into Zimbabwe and the Malawian coast.
The green mamba is highly arboreal and seldom ventures to the ground unless following prey or basking. Green mambas are diurnal. Unlike the black mamba, it is a shy and nonaggressive snake, and does not often gape and strike if threatened but usually makes a swift and elegant escape. Continued provocation will cause the snake to strike, and bites, although serious, are uncommon.
The venom thoug is extremly strong and could kill a man in a few hours if not treated. It is highly neurotoxic but this mamba does inject only a smaller amount compared to the black mamba.

Taken in the reptile zoo www.reptilienzoonockalm.at

1/125s f/5 ISO 1600

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22nd April 2008: Won an ISF Certificate at: afocer.binitec.com (photojournalism)

Austrian Indoor Swimming Championships 2008, Linz, Feb. 2008
Men's Butterfly 100m

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Canon 5D with Sigma 120-300/2.8 @300mm
1/400s f/3.2 ISO 1000 handheld

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Western Crowned Pigeon (Goura cristata, Krontaube) in the Schmiding zoo, taken through a fine fence.

The Western Crowned Pigeon, Goura cristata is a large, turkey-sized, approximately 75cm long, blue-grey pigeon with elegant blue lacy crests over the head and dark blue mask feathers around its eyes. Both sexes are almost similar but males are often larger than females.

Canon 5D with Sigma 120-300/2,8 @300mm (handheld)
1/50s f/2,8 ISO 200 +2/3 EV

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