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Excellent photo. A bit of noise. It probably needs some photoshop.

Well seen and executed, AJ. I find this image of greater interest than the other one you also posted, due to the worm's having its next meal in its mouth. Fwiw, the noise doesn't bother me as much as it must have bothered Nick; it easily could be cleared up using whatever selective blur tool that's available in your software.

Nick and Michael, thanks much for your comments. This photo was taken using a lens without any image stabilization and also at ISO 800. I'm sure that both of those factors contribute a lot to the noise. AJ