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Jul 26, 2019 18:51:10   #
TylerDurdensReel Loc: Fresno Ca.
 
Dixie Native wrote:
A friend and I were four wheeling just south of the Okefenokee Swamp and stopped on an old bridge that was about 10 feet over a dry creek bed. We got out to look around and there below was this little fellow. I must admit that I enticed him to open his mouth by dropping a stick next to him. Before anyone says anything about the out of focus leaves in the foreground, I know it's a photographic cardinal sin. I've done many stupid things when trying to get a good shot, but there was no way in hell I was going down there to move the leaves out of the way! Although with a better camera and the leaves out of the way, I think it would have made a dandy photo.

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A friend and I were four wheeling just south of th... (show quote)


Oh no,,,, ,,,,,, I'm going to photography hell.

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Jul 26, 2019 19:37:23   #
PAR4DCR Loc: A Sunny Place
 
Well captured Ken! The white mouth is a dead give away.

Don

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Jul 26, 2019 19:50:31   #
SWFeral Loc: SWNM
 
This is great, and I like that you had to annoy the snake to get it to open its mouth. They really would rather be left alone (and isn't it telling that those most often bitten by venomous snakes are inebriated males!). I once took so many photos, also featuring out-of-focus leaves, of a small black-tailed rattlesnake that it stopping rattling and actually looked bored with the whole sequence, looking past me at a hillside where my dog was making a wide arc around it to get past. The snake totally ignored me; its head just followed the dog, tongue flicking.

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Jul 26, 2019 20:42:40   #
Bluefish Loc: Berks County, PA
 
Awesome.

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Jul 26, 2019 21:22:59   #
woodweasel Loc: bellingham Wa
 
W O W 👍👍👍

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Jul 26, 2019 21:27:21   #
ronpier Loc: Poland Ohio
 
Dixie Native wrote:
A friend and I were four wheeling just south of the Okefenokee Swamp and stopped on an old bridge that was about 10 feet over a dry creek bed. We got out to look around and there below was this little fellow. I must admit that I enticed him to open his mouth by dropping a stick next to him. Before anyone says anything about the out of focus leaves in the foreground, I know it's a photographic cardinal sin. I've done many stupid things when trying to get a good shot, but there was no way in hell I was going down there to move the leaves out of the way! Although with a better camera and the leaves out of the way, I think it would have made a dandy photo.

Please click download for a better look and thanks for viewing.
A friend and I were four wheeling just south of th... (show quote)


Great download and scary. Thank you.

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Jul 26, 2019 21:59:57   #
Merlin1300 Loc: New England, But Now & Forever SoTX
 
Awesome !!

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Jul 26, 2019 23:02:00   #
ceallachain Loc: Cape May, NJ
 
OMG. Great shot. Background helps focusing on wide opened mouth and its clarity.

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Jul 27, 2019 00:55:56   #
JoAnneK01 Loc: Lahaina, Hawaii
 
Excellent shot. Damned the leaves -- Safety comes first. The download is terrific. Mahalo for sharing.

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Jul 27, 2019 02:30:27   #
cowboydid2 Loc: The highways and byways of America
 
And I don't care what anyone says, those mean little bastards WILL chase you. Seen it happen way too many times growing up on the San Jacinto river.

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Jul 27, 2019 11:53:06   #
Budgiehawk
 
I like the leaves being there. They make the picture more dramatic because they show the snake is real and not in a zoo. Yikes!

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Jul 27, 2019 13:02:39   #
alamomike47 Loc: San Antonio, Texas
 
nice

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Jul 27, 2019 15:22:36   #
Scott24
 
Nice nice very nice

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Jul 28, 2019 19:32:51   #
jpgto Loc: North East Tennessee
 
WOW, nice capture.

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Jul 28, 2019 22:28:34   #
HS Loc: Wanaque, NJ
 
HS JOINED:Jan 26, 2019
Post # 154. Loc: Wanaque, NJ  
Great shot. Subject is right on; the leaves indicates a smart person & frame it [him, her] well.

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