Name: Paul Lennart Schmid
Picture title: A Tale in the Sand
Category: Animals
Nationality: German
Occupation: Biology student

Paul:
‘After three luckless attempts of searching for Sahara sand vipers (Cerastes vipera) in rainy conditions, we finally had a dry day and night that brought us success. We followed the tracks of this snake for over a hundred metres through the dunes of the Negev desert in Israel. At times, our eyes were almost directly over the sand so as not to lose the trail. We even saw that it had crossed our foot tracks from earlier in the night. After quite a while we finally found this specimen digging itself into the sand to get into an ambush position, right next to the tracks of a dune gecko (Stenodactylus petrii) that had turned around at the right moment before becoming a meal.’

Technical information:
Nikon D610
Nikon AF-S Micro-NIKKOR 60 mm 1:2,8G ED
1/200, f/16, ISO100
Accessories: A single Yongnuo YN-560 OEM III flash with a 30cm diameter softbox and and a Yongnuo remote trigger to set it off.
Post processing: Basic adjustments in Lightroom to even out the exposure.

Website: www.lennartaiscan.com
Instagram: lennartaiscan
Flickr: 147726226@N05