Rattle snake looking quite angry
Sep 21, 2017 12:21:38 #
Great photo. I hope a long lens was between you ard that big boy. How far away were you?
Sep 24, 2017 23:30:26 #
SWFeral
Loc: SWNM
Pretty nice. The snake doesn't look all that angry to me, more like just saying Hey. One struck at my dog last year and could've made contact but chose not to, then eyed the dog while I took 36 photos of it.
Sep 25, 2017 20:41:49 #
Oct 2, 2017 18:34:51 #
karno wrote:
I am just getting into wildlife photography and enjoy all types of animals including the poisoness ones.
In this day I came across this rattler crossing a dirt road and thought to myself why pull out the camera it is dusty and the snake is just crossing the road no real composition.
I decided to stop the car and reluctantly removed the gear
By this time the snake had curled up under a bush in a retaliation pose with its head nicely positioned in the light.
Thank you for looking
In this day I came across this rattler crossing a dirt road and thought to myself why pull out the camera it is dusty and the snake is just crossing the road no real composition.
I decided to stop the car and reluctantly removed the gear
By this time the snake had curled up under a bush in a retaliation pose with its head nicely positioned in the light.
Thank you for looking
From my experience with rattlers, cotton mouths, and copperheads, this is not a "retaliation pose'. When a viper has about 12-18" in an "s" shape above the ground, it is in a "strike position".
Nice portrait.
Oct 10, 2017 11:09:14 #
Good shot. Thankfully we have no poisonous snakes here in Maine...plenty of moose...deer...bears and other animals. I love landscape myself and plenty of beautiful shots in our state to be had.
Oct 11, 2017 15:20:29 #
karno wrote:
I am just getting into wildlife photography and enjoy all types of animals including the poisoness ones.
In this day I came across this rattler crossing a dirt road and thought to myself why pull out the camera it is dusty and the snake is just crossing the road no real composition.
I decided to stop the car and reluctantly removed the gear
By this time the snake had curled up under a bush in a retaliation pose with its head nicely positioned in the light.
Thank you for looking
In this day I came across this rattler crossing a dirt road and thought to myself why pull out the camera it is dusty and the snake is just crossing the road no real composition.
I decided to stop the car and reluctantly removed the gear
By this time the snake had curled up under a bush in a retaliation pose with its head nicely positioned in the light.
Thank you for looking
Hey, Karno,
Great image...but that’s a mojave rattlesnake, the most highly toxic and most deadly of all American rattlesnakes, I’m hoping you used a long lens!
Dave (a long-time amateur herpetologist)
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