I wouldn't call myself a herper, but I do often go on nature walks where observing and photographing snakes is one of my main objectives. When I first got into it, my herper friends were a lot better at snake-spotting than I was, so I mainly relied on them. But with practice, I've gotten better at spotting them myself.
I recently took my friend's daughter on a night walk in Pasir Ris Park, and in three hours we spotted no fewer than seven snakes (four different species: Oriental whip snake, painted bronzeback, dog-faced water snake and crab-eating water snake).
The photos in this post are from solo walks earlier this week.
An elegant bronzeback at Thomson Nature Park:
...and a gorgeous Wagler's pit viper just off Old Upper Thomson Road:
Cropped to show a close-up of her eye:
The photos above were shot with a Laowa 65mm f/2.8 macro lens, which I got last year. This year I also got a Guage macro diffuser, which I use with on-camera flash. Good lighting makes such a difference!
The shot below was with a wide-angle lens – not a common choice for photographing snakes, but when your subject is cooperative as this viper was, it can produce striking results. I used a Sigma 10-18mm f/2.8 with Raynox DCR-250 macro converter.
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