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Jul 25, 2015 at 11:56 PM
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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Water Moccasin


nice shot


Jul 26, 2015 at 05:15 AM
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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · Water Moccasin


Nice one
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Jul 26, 2015 at 05:19 AM
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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Water Moccasin


Nicely done Mike ~ Ron


Jul 26, 2015 at 07:15 AM
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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · Water Moccasin


Hi -
Yes, I too, have seem them in trees, as well as water - Good job -
Paul



Jul 26, 2015 at 07:37 AM
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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · Water Moccasin


Thank you, everyone.


Jul 26, 2015 at 10:19 AM
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Very nice. I have never seen one so light in color. Where was this taken?


Jul 27, 2015 at 02:24 PM
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Nice image, you are closer than I'd like to be Mike

Morris



Jul 27, 2015 at 05:40 PM
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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · Water Moccasin


Snakes don't get much respect, Mike, but this is nice. I think some PP to pull out the scale contrast would help.


Jul 27, 2015 at 05:53 PM
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This looks like a cottonmouth moccasin. They are nasty tempered! They usually put out a bad odor when really aroused.

Too close for me! I have had several accidental close encounters with them in southeast Texas while fishing and unless I had a 2000mm lens wouldn't be photographing!

bob snow



Jul 28, 2015 at 11:06 AM
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p.1 #11 · p.1 #11 · Water Moccasin


Neat image Mike!!!

I quite like snakes and reptiles, though many people do not. I once did a show in my gallery (years back) of terrific images by an artist who did a beautiful series on snakes with leaves and flowers. Bold graphics ,colourful, and extremely well done. The reaction of some people entering the space for the first time was astounding.... First glances with smiles as they saw the beautiful images turned to shock when they saw the snake(s) in each one. Some people turned white and bolted out the door. ) YMMV

Thanks for this moccasin photo ... I have never seen one in person

LuckyT




Jul 28, 2015 at 11:36 AM
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p.1 #12 · p.1 #12 · Water Moccasin


lovely shot, mike. loved the coil of the body.


Jul 28, 2015 at 12:20 PM
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p.1 #13 · p.1 #13 · Water Moccasin


Nice shot Mike
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Jul 28, 2015 at 12:26 PM
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p.1 #14 · p.1 #14 · Water Moccasin


nicely done Mike


Jul 29, 2015 at 03:38 AM
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p.1 #15 · p.1 #15 · Water Moccasin


Sorry, i hadn't checked this in a couple days! Thanks everyone!

ahamp wrote:
Very nice. I have never seen one so light in color. Where was this taken?


Thank you, this was taken in NE TX. I have seen them anywhere from beige and perfectly camouflaged sitting on top of sand, to black and camouflaged on a tree stump. Some have markings, some don't, this one had a few.
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morris wrote:
Nice image, you are closer than I'd like to be Mike

Morris


Thanks Morris, it was on a stick about 2-3 ft. off the ground, which would have slowed it down a bit, I think. And it didn't seem agitated. I was maybe 7 ft away? Not too close

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psharvic wrote:
Snakes don't get much respect, Mike, but this is nice. I think some PP to pull out the scale contrast would help.


Thank you, yeah its irritating, they really don't get much respect. I accidentally shot this in jpeg, but I use Gimp anyway, how would you recommend increasing contrast? USM or levels, or perhaps something else? Have been trying to improve pp skills lately.

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Robert Snow wrote:
This looks like a cottonmouth moccasin. They are nasty tempered! They usually put out a bad odor when really aroused.

Too close for me! I have had several accidental close encounters with them in southeast Texas while fishing and unless I had a 2000mm lens wouldn't be photographing!

bob snow


Yes, I used to run into them fishing here in NE TX! What you thought was ground would slither off 4 ft in front of you! And youd try to get calmed down....

Occasionally I'll run into an irritated one, but usually they sit there, since I'm a LOT bigger. I scared the daylights out of one a few weeks ago.

They're often along a stream with 5 ft banks, so not necessarily too dangerous.

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LuckyStrike wrote:
Neat image Mike!!!

I quite like snakes and reptiles, though many people do not. I once did a show in my gallery (years back) of terrific images by an artist who did a beautiful series on snakes with leaves and flowers. Bold graphics ,colourful, and extremely well done. The reaction of some people entering the space for the first time was astounding.... First glances with smiles as they saw the beautiful images turned to shock when they saw the snake(s) in each one. Some people turned white and bolted out the door. ) YMMV

Thanks for this moccasin photo ... I have
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Thanks Lucky! They scare me at times but I like them, too. Just part of the woods and swamps, it's where they live.

I had a similar response one time, I did a craft show and had images of mocassins up. One woman saw them, kind of freaked out, and whisked her mother in law around my booth! Apparently snake images would have been too terrifying!

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kdacharya wrote:
lovely shot, mike. loved the coil of the body.


Thanks KD, that's one of the nice things about snakes, sometimes they have really nice curves, which can be hard to find in other subjects

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BeeBalm wrote:
Nice shot Mike
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Thanks!

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kmunroe wrote:
nicely done Mike


Thanks!




Jul 29, 2015 at 10:17 AM
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p.1 #16 · p.1 #16 · Water Moccasin


If you're in NE TX, you might send a PM, might go see some. Usually out mid March to mid October or so, depending on the weather.


Jul 29, 2015 at 10:23 AM





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