Uninhabited Images
Mating Season
Posted by Eric Fry (Houston, TX, United States) on 5 May 2008 in Animal & Insect.
Two Copperhead snakes after mating. The female is the lighter colored one on the left. These snakes are venomous, but generally only fatal to children and animals weighing less than 50 pounds.
Taken at East End Park, Kingwood, TX.
Thanks for visiting, and I hope you all have a great day,
Eric
Check out the photography of a friend of mine outside of Aminus3:
Brian Dykes' Blue Echoes Photography - Beautiful nature and city images from the guy that turned me on to Adobe Lightroom
Wizened Eye from United States
Nice to see another human who appreciates snakes... although I must admit our local slitherers are all non-venomous. ; ) I have several macro shots of a garter snake that lived in my garden, but everyone who sees them says, "Eeeeewww!"
Very nice photo both for content (love the "snakeskin" pattern repeated on the branch in upper right) and the technical clarity of the shot. And thanks for the information in your descriptive comment.
6 May 2008 10:52am
@Wizened Eye: Thanks for the great comment. These guys blend very well into the leaves and litter on the forest floor. My friend and I kept imagining more along the path the rest of the afternoon.
Nikon COOLPIX P5100
1/35 second
F/2.7
ISO 400
35 mm (35mm equiv.)