Golf Hazard
Jan 18, 2018 21:54:59 #
Encountered this little sidewinder rattlesnake on the green today. Had my A6000 with me with my new 24-105 Sony lens attached; unfortunately I was so startled by the little fellow, I forgot to switch from my action/sports memory settings so this was shot wide open at 1/1250 with auto ISO. Beautiful little animal with a unique slithering motion.
Jan 18, 2018 22:13:37 #
Great shot and glad you had your camera handy. This has happened a couple of times to me in SoCal with buzz worms on the golf course and I take my longest iron, scoop 'em under the belly and send them into the rough. NO, I don't take an extra stroke for that! Cheers, chase
Jan 18, 2018 22:16:21 #
tinplater wrote:
Encountered this little sidewinder rattlesnake on the green today. Had my A6000 with me with my new 24-105 Sony lens attached; unfortunately I was so startled by the little fellow, I forgot to switch from my action/sports memory settings so this was shot wide open at 1/1250 with auto ISO. Beautiful little animal with a unique slithering motion.
Did you get a free drop? Our nay problem is goose poop on the green and deer tracks in the sand traps😎
Bud
Jan 18, 2018 22:17:44 #
Jan 18, 2018 22:19:00 #
tinplater wrote:
Encountered this little sidewinder rattlesnake on the green today. Had my A6000 with me with my new 24-105 Sony lens attached; unfortunately I was so startled by the little fellow, I forgot to switch from my action/sports memory settings so this was shot wide open at 1/1250 with auto ISO. Beautiful little animal with a unique slithering motion.
Did you get a free drop? Our only problem here is goose poop on the greens and deer tracks in the sand traps😎
Bud
Jan 18, 2018 23:55:17 #
Better you than me! Good shot though. It sure looks like a young snake.
Jan 19, 2018 00:05:47 #
After a close encounter with a timber rattlesnake in Kansas, 105mm lens is WAY too short. 
Jan 19, 2018 00:10:27 #
IDguy
Loc: Idaho
Looks like what we would call a Bull Snake in Idaho. Note no rattles and head shape not classic venomous.
Jan 19, 2018 03:33:01 #
Jan 19, 2018 05:14:28 #
OddJobber wrote:
After a close encounter with a timber rattlesnake in Kansas, 105mm lens is WAY too short.
They say a snake can only strike half it's body distance. Unless you get the overachiever you should be fine!
Jan 19, 2018 09:11:00 #
Jan 19, 2018 10:23:56 #
wapiti wrote:
That doesn't look like any rattlesnake that I have ever seen.
If you saw it coiled with tail up it certainly imitated a rattler, but you are correct, I can't see the "pits" seen on pit vipers so it might have been a desert glossy. You should realize I am a better golfer than a herpetologist which isn't saying much for my golfing skills either.
Jan 19, 2018 10:26:15 #
Jan 19, 2018 12:48:01 #
Jan 19, 2018 16:42:16 #
edrobinsonjr wrote:
Nice. And did you let it play through?
We let it play through wherever it wanted to.
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