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A banded brown snake swims from left to right across calm grey pond water, with blurred reeds along the far bank and a long trail of ripples behind it.

Water Snake in Still Grey Water

A single wild water snake swims across calm overcast water, its head raised slightly and a thin wake trailing behind it.

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Authentic nature photograph, landscape 4:3. A single wild northern water snake swims left to right across calm, slate-grey pond water, head and a short stretch of banded olive-brown body above the surface, a thin V-shaped wake trailing behind. Photographed from a low viewpoint at water level, from a respectful distance with a 300mm telephoto lens, shallow depth of field. In the soft blurred background, a muted bank of reeds and wet sedge. Flat overcast diffuse light, natural muted colours, believable exposure, accurate scale pattern and anatomy, subtle sensor grain. Large empty expanse of water around the snake for a lonely, quiet documentary feel. No people, no text, no logos, no watermarks.

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