Bite Me!
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- MikeBinOKlahoma
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Bite Me!
This is the same speckled rattlesnake that I misidentified as a pygmy rattlesnake the other day. But instead of a glamor (no "U", sorry Ken and Danny!) shot, this one shows the venemous predator inside.
Dumb luck that his jaws barely fit inside my frame horizontally. I can't believe I got this shot. He was "yawning", not striking. Even so......Brrrr.....
Still behind glass. Thank goodness.
Speckled rattlesnake
Crotalus mitchelli
controlled situation
1/250th second @ f/18
ISO 160
flash as main light
hand held
Canon 1Ds, 50mm macro lens, and life-size adapter
Mike Broderick
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"I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul.....My mandate includes weird bugs."--Calvin
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Yep, gotta agree with Sue, that is one impressive shot there Mike. Looks like front cover material to me. However I cannot help but to wonder...where is his little hangy down part in the back of his throat?
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Kenneth Ramos
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- MikeBinOKlahoma
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Well, you've figured me out Sue, I can't get a lie past you. These shots aren't behind glass, it was just me and the snake, mano a mano! With my 50mm macro lens in my hands, of course.S. Alden wrote:This is great MikeB. You sure are getting some nice images behind glass, something I find hard to do. This one is most impressive .
You believe me, right?
Mike Broderick
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- S. Alden
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Yea, I believe you MikeB . Hey, you are good at this, no reflection at all. I always get flash back, or it is too dark for me to handhold the camera without using flash. KenR hit it on the head, this could be a cover image. Maybe win the Nature's Best contest .MikeBinOKlahoma wrote:Well, you've figured me out Sue, I can't get a lie past you. These shots aren't behind glass, it was just me and the snake, mano a mano! With my 50mm macro lens in my hands, of course.S. Alden wrote:This is great MikeB. You sure are getting some nice images behind glass, something I find hard to do. This one is most impressive .
You believe me, right?
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- MikeBinOKlahoma
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I love my 50mm macro lens for these shots, if the subject is close to the glass. The key is to get the lens right up on the glass. The fact that the 50mm macro front glass is set back quite a bit in the lens body helps a lot too. I can do this with my 180mm if the subjects are back aways, but it is much more susceptible to flare than the 50.
I do use a macro flash, these places are always too dark for "natural" light.
I do use a macro flash, these places are always too dark for "natural" light.
Mike Broderick
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"I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul.....My mandate includes weird bugs."--Calvin
(reposts on this site of my images for critique or instruction are welcome)
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"I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul.....My mandate includes weird bugs."--Calvin
(reposts on this site of my images for critique or instruction are welcome)
This is just an awesome shot Mike, it captures or demands ones attention. One cannot help but to study it. I have to agree fully with Danny, it definitly has impact. I was noticing, just slightly up and to the right of the left jaw (image left) there appears to be a small opening or orfice at the back of its throat. If you can see what I mean, I wonder what that is?
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Kenneth Ramos
Rutherfordton, North Carolina
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- MikeBinOKlahoma
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I didn't have a diffuser, but did have two small flashes. I use a Canon MT-24, a macro flash with two small flashes you can swivel and reposition. I experiement with them in various positions (and sometimes they get knocked out of the position I put them in when I'm shooting against glass and bump into it!), but I believe for this shot I had both of them set at far left and right, and angled off-axis, so that the light wasn't direct. I think at least some light is reflected off of the stone in front of the snake which also helps a lot.
Ken, I know that many snakes have their airway (trachea?) modified so that they can continue to breath while swallowing prey, and my guess is that that is what we are seeing. I'd noticed it also.
Ken, I know that many snakes have their airway (trachea?) modified so that they can continue to breath while swallowing prey, and my guess is that that is what we are seeing. I'd noticed it also.
Mike Broderick
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"I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul.....My mandate includes weird bugs."--Calvin
(reposts on this site of my images for critique or instruction are welcome)
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- twebster
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Hi ya' Mike
Yawning or striking, this rattlesnake looks menacing I've run across these several times in the deserts in Arizona. After I see one I kind of walk above the grass. Great image and thanks for sharing this with us.
Best regards as always,
Yawning or striking, this rattlesnake looks menacing I've run across these several times in the deserts in Arizona. After I see one I kind of walk above the grass. Great image and thanks for sharing this with us.
Best regards as always,
Tom Webster
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Phoenix "The Valley of the Sun", Arizona, USA
Think about this...maybe Murphy is an optimist!!!
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Think about this...maybe Murphy is an optimist!!!