macro rattlesnake
Oct 9, 2017 06:36:17 #
I found this guy in Alabama recently and was fortunate enough to get very close with my macro lens. Very small snake that packs a wallop! This is a dusky pygmy rattlesnake and it was curled up waiting to strike at whatever came by. Interesting how it burrowed down into the sand to lower it's already low profile.
Oct 9, 2017 06:37:58 #
Oct 9, 2017 06:45:59 #
Oct 9, 2017 07:16:08 #
I will say this...you have a lot of guts.But you did get a very nice capture.
Oct 9, 2017 07:30:25 #
Interesting shot and way too close for me. A 300 macro might have been ok and its an Alabama snake too.
Oct 9, 2017 07:51:18 #
Oct 10, 2017 08:17:36 #
Oct 10, 2017 10:58:35 #
entobob53 wrote:
I found this guy in Alabama recently and was fortunate enough to get very close with my macro lens. Very small snake that packs a wallop! This is a dusky pygmy rattlesnake and it was curled up waiting to strike at whatever came by. Interesting how it burrowed down into the sand to lower it's already low profile.
Nice captures. I couldn't get the image download to open though.
Oct 10, 2017 11:01:14 #
Oct 10, 2017 20:04:44 #
Oct 11, 2017 02:59:23 #
Good shots! For some reason all my closeup rattlesnake shots show camera shake.
Oct 11, 2017 03:39:54 #
Beautiful!
I am glad you let him live!
Timber Rattlesnakes are rare and protected near where I live, Jersey Pinelands.
I never heard of anyone getting bit.
I am glad you let him live!
Timber Rattlesnakes are rare and protected near where I live, Jersey Pinelands.
I never heard of anyone getting bit.
Oct 11, 2017 06:26:02 #
entobob53 wrote:
I found this guy in Alabama recently and was fortunate enough to get very close with my macro lens. Very small snake that packs a wallop! This is a dusky pygmy rattlesnake and it was curled up waiting to strike at whatever came by. Interesting how it burrowed down into the sand to lower it's already low profile.
Bob, excellent photos.
Greg
Oct 11, 2017 06:38:14 #
Thanks to all of you for your nice comments! This snake did live and I was able to go back a few hours later and let my wife see him in the same spot. They are incredibly patient. He let me sneak in close with my macro rig to capture the close ups but my fingers were always out of range. Adrenaline rush for sure!
Oct 11, 2017 15:27:06 #
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