Rattlesnake

Ratings and comments are welcome thanks Peter

I wonder what it is like, having a poisonous byte my gonads.

A brave and inspiring photograph of a fascinating creature. The angle isn't perfect: the blurred foreground rock obscures some of its body, and the eyes aren't visible, but, no doubt, that is because of the somewhat difficult circumstances in which you were working. Most impressive!

You win Pete. You're my hero. I just hope that was a really long lens. Nice grab. And just when I was getting over the statue of liberty shot too.

Wonderful shot, a bit too red on my monitor. What is he so uppity about? Great that you have fangs and the rattle in this shot!

Wow Peter! What a great capture.....even down to the drops of venom on the fangs. Guess all the shortfalls can be overlooked when you think of how hard it must have been to get this shot. Can you provide any details???

the snake is not alive, its a posed dead specimine. One, the posture is wrong for striking. Snakes usually strike upwards from a coil, not holding their bodies off the ground. And the two big giveaways: The rattle is not blurred, which would require a really fast shutter speed and the "venom" on the fangs is fake. Venomous Snakes dont release their venom untill their fangs are in the prey or offending item. Just thought I should make that clear to people.

You just ruined the whole picture for me......

Yeah really Alex, but thanks .

i actually thought about the venom at the teath..i wondered..but didnt think enough : ) as usual : )

thought i did see 'crocodile hunter' quite often : )

i didnt look at such things nor was i aware to look at such things..i rated first read later..

i wont change my rating (7/7) because it is just

such a good fake!..i think the photographer had

his fun..hehe

 

anyway..i dont think that this perls at the end of the teeth should represent the venom..i think its just to protect you for beeing hurt by this

peaked fangs : )

 

keep up fakeing

but tell me that it was a fake..afterward i have already rated : )

 

 

 

Nice dummy...It would be interesting if the snake were alive, but I dont think you would find one in this position if he were!

I am not a fan of telephoto lenses, a 80mm prime for me anyday.

ehh, ok shot...would have been better if he was actually bitting someone.

 

Just kidding great shot...hope your were not what was making him so uppity?

This is from a museum diorama, right?

Alex must have stayed at a Holiday Inn last night.

Why all the yap about whether the snake is dead or alive, posed or natural? PhotoNet is chock full of manipulated subjects. Give the guy a break and congradulate him on his creativity, even if the serpent does have pre-bite venom excretions. Being a fellow who actually takes pictures and knows a few rules of composition, let me say Good Work.

I can hardly believe you asked that question. Can you not understand the difference between capturing this from a dead or live snake? Have we really come to that? Dead this is a pedestrian snapshot. Alive in a controlled setting it's a great photo. Alive in the wild this is a stellar natural history shot that is to be highly commended. This "why all the fuss comment" is perfectly emblematic of the lack of regard for the circumstances and realness of photos that is so prevalent here on Photo.net