Looks like a great shot to me JJ!
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Snake phobia over here and looking at it made my skin crawl and hair stand up on the back of my neck so that qualifies in my book as excellence!![]()
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I expected, upon seeing the picture, that this was in the tropics and dangerous. Ahhhh! A viper! The flash looks good here against the blackness of the night. Is that a serpentine river?
If a serpentine river means full of snakes, then yes. It is exactly the Maumee River, and specifically located at Sidecut Park. This was a decent sized water snake, about 1 meter and half in length. The are very aggressive. Its almost impossible to touch one without it striking at you. Never been bit by a snake, I like to think I have quick reflexes and a lot of practice at this. They are tough to catch because they are better at moving in the water than I am, and like to submerge themselves when I get around. If I dont get him on the first try, I usually have to try cross the river after he swims across, or wait to spot another one.
This guy was particularly aggressive because he was about to shed his skin. You can tell by his cloudy eyes!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/28054853@N08/
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poor snake just trying to find a good place to shed some skin and being bothered by you!!!
I've been bit a couple times. - not by anything poisonous there are not poisonous snakes here. Both times it was after rescuing a snake from some boys who were harrassing it. First time I was 9 and the second time around 12. My mother dragged me both times to the ER for a tetanus shot. That hurt worse then the bite.
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Thanks guys. It never seemed to me this shot was that good. I surely did not intend for it to be composed the way it was, it just happened. Sometimes things are better that way I guess.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/28054853@N08/
Photography is more than just taking a picture and freezing the action, or leaving the shutter open. It is more than orchestrating the image with the stroke of a brush. Its the realization and explanation that reality is an isolated experience in which only a specific individual can comprehend during any given time period. - Your Truly!
very good shot. I love it.
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