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22-APR-2009

IMG_4494 sel.jpg

SAN ELIJO LAGOON

23-APRIL-09

YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN MY FACE !!!
I WAS STEPPING BACK TO GET A BETTER PHOTO OF A GOLDFINCH,
WHEN I HEARD THE RATTLE BEHIND ME.TURNING AROUND ALL I COULD
HEAR ANS SEE WAS THE BACK END OF A SIZABLE RATTLESNAKE

Canon EOS 40D ,EF 70 - 200 F4 L IS
1/3200s f/6.3 at 200.0mm iso400 full exif

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Dennis Ancinec30-Apr-2009 23:09
Whoa, where on the did you see this beast?
tinkerb30-Apr-2009 21:05
I am glad we don't suffer this problem in Scotland! Impressed you didn't miss a photo oppourtunity.
Guest 24-Apr-2009 11:49
Lucky you! For getting the shot and not getting bit!
cits_4_pets24-Apr-2009 05:55
LOL. And looks to be shaking that rattle! So glad you did not get bit...you came awful close. Nice shot...pretty markings
wendy beard24-Apr-2009 03:33
Scary! I'd have been running, not taking its picture!
Art White24-Apr-2009 01:38
Hats off! It takes nerve to take the shot.
Inga Morozoff24-Apr-2009 01:05
Holy crap!
Jola Dziubinska24-Apr-2009 00:31
Very nice rattle :)
Coleen Perilloux Landry23-Apr-2009 22:53
Yes, that is a sizable one. That is one time I would not "have" to get the shot.
Dominic Kite23-Apr-2009 21:54
Bet the IS came in handy Herb?! Very sharp shot my friend, you did well to hold your nerve..!
Walter Otto Koenig23-Apr-2009 21:45
Photography is a dangerous hobby. Cool shot of the rattler.
Cindi Smith23-Apr-2009 21:43
Glad you didn't get bit!!! Excellent shot...I'm sure you were a bit spooked!
Guest 23-Apr-2009 21:40
Is this the shot your camera took when it bounced off the ground as you ran away.
Wolfgang Bluhm23-Apr-2009 19:52
Wow, very impressive. Are you hereby creating a new genre, nature photojournalism? :-)
Phillip Normanton23-Apr-2009 19:48
Fantastic! Not something you see every day!!
Máire Uí Mhaicín23-Apr-2009 19:37
A very sharp shot in the circumstances. I admire your sangfroid!
Mairéad23-Apr-2009 19:35
No camera shake? I'm impressed.
beverley harrison23-Apr-2009 18:48
ohhhh myyyy....so glad you lived to tell the tale...scuse the pun!!
Pat Shawyer23-Apr-2009 18:05
OOH snakes alive !! (sorry)
Great shot !
s_barbour23-Apr-2009 16:53
Yikes! I don't know that I would have stuck around to get the picture...lol!
Guest 23-Apr-2009 15:45
WOW!
Timothy Guenther23-Apr-2009 15:41
I wouldn't wait for a face shot either...
Ann...23-Apr-2009 15:03
How on earth did you get a shot as sharp as this!?!? I'd have been too busy running!!
Norbert Fortelny23-Apr-2009 14:31
Right, you got a fair warning.
Amazing that you had the presence of mind to take this picture, I would have just backed away carefully.
Laryl23-Apr-2009 13:36
great shot! I hope to see a rattler when I'm out but never do.. NOT fun to "find" one when you aren't looking like that!! eek
An De Wilde23-Apr-2009 13:34
wow... yes...I want to see your face now :-)
brrrr looks dangerous out there
Maaike Huizer23-Apr-2009 13:24
Wow, scary. You were lucky.
virginiacoastline23-Apr-2009 13:24
on the positive side, I guess you COULD thank him for the warning!!!
virginiacoastline23-Apr-2009 13:22
HOLY CR@P!!!!
your blood pressure must have skyrocketed!
For me,I could So not go hiking in that terrain again . . .I'd be petrified!!!