Camoflage
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- MikeBinOKlahoma
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Camoflage
When I was in the Army, the camoflage uniforms we wore didn't work this well! This speckled tree viper looks very much like a clump of moss. He is a pit viper, note the usual infrared-sensing pit on his face.
Speckled Forest Pit Viper
Bothriopsis taeniata
90mm lens
1/250th second @ f/16
ISO 160
flash as main light
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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"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)
Wow, that is a good camo!
BTW, seems that you post alot of snake shots.....er....are they yours
BTW, seems that you post alot of snake shots.....er....are they yours
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Re: Camoflage
"On his face", you say?MikeBinOKlahoma wrote:He is a pit viper, note the usual infrared-sensing pit on his face.
There's a face in there?
Oh man, I gotta go get my eyes checked. No, wait, I just did that. I can see the individual pixels on my monitor...why can't I see a face on that snake?
Reminds me a bit of an advertising blurb I recently read, for a book on camouflaged animals. "What does the deer see just before the tiger pounces? Nothing out of the ordinary."
This picture's not going to disturb my sleep at all -- I'm too clueless to be scared of this one.
--Rik
- MikeBinOKlahoma
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In the left center of the shot, you can see the snake's eye....He's facing left. That may make him more comprehensible!
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)
_____________________________________________________________
"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)