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bfjr
May-29-2005, 03:01 PM
Took wifey for a walk in marshland this morn.
I say keep an eye out where you step, and no sooner said then howdy Mr. Garter Snake.
See the footprint :wow

http://bfjr.smugmug.com/photos/23365857-M.jpg

Well I'm down on the ground right away, but he wants no part of us and starts to boogey but I get this

http://bfjr.smugmug.com/photos/23366075-M.jpg

and before he goes he gives me one more :D

http://bfjr.smugmug.com/photos/23365282-M.jpg
Khaos
May-29-2005, 03:13 PM
Cool shots, Ben. They're pretty harmless, though I can say from experience if you try to catch one, they will bite you.:D

I'd try using shadow and highlight in PS on that first one. I think it would look even cooler with a darker back and foreground that showed more depth.
4labs
May-29-2005, 03:25 PM
Hey Ben.. So is the wifey going to go on another walk? If mine saw one of those on my walks she sure wouldn't.

I agree you with Kaos on the first one you could play with it and it would be really neat..
jwear
May-29-2005, 03:25 PM
nice looked for snakes today but no:huh nice capture tho :thumb thought you were working this morning :scratch playing hookie :D
JohnR
May-29-2005, 03:44 PM
Not to be a nit-picker, but that's a Pine snake! :):

http://www.mac-yak.com//images/pinesnake.jpg

Nice shots!
bfjr
May-29-2005, 05:49 PM
Cool shots, Ben. They're pretty harmless, though I can say from experience if you try to catch one, they will bite you.:D

I'd try using shadow and highlight in PS on that first one. I think it would look even cooler with a darker back and foreground that showed more depth.

Ok reworked one and added crop close up. Any thoughts ??

http://bfjr.smugmug.com/photos/23379067-M.jpg

http://bfjr.smugmug.com/photos/23379130-M.jpg
bfjr
May-29-2005, 05:51 PM
Hey Ben.. So is the wifey going to go on another walk? If mine saw one of those on my walks she sure wouldn't.

I agree you with Kaos on the first one you could play with it and it would be really neat..


Hey Eric
No Wifey likes em outdoor types :lust :D She offered to move it around for me :D, city girls what do they know :rofl

:agree see above

Thanks for stopping in
bfjr
May-29-2005, 08:06 PM
nice looked for snakes today but no:huh nice capture tho :thumb thought you were working this morning :scratch playing hookie :D

Didn't you get my PM sent yesterday evening??
Yeah my weekend work came to an end :lynnma
Now if I just win the Lotto :lol4
bfjr
May-30-2005, 06:43 AM
Not to be a nit-picker, but that's a Pine snake! :):

http://www.mac-yak.com//images/pinesnake.jpg

Nice shots!

You could be right :dunno and then we could both be wrong. People in the visitor center said it was a Gopher Snake (that's prob. not the right name either). Ahh really don't matter, it was just cool to find one in the wild :D

Thanks for commenting :thumb
Seamus
May-30-2005, 08:54 AM
Nice Ben,

I've only seen a snake in the zoo. We don't have any wild ones here.

Shay.
MuskyDude
May-30-2005, 09:00 AM
The garter snakes look very different here (more green-black). I like how you enhanced the contrast, they do indeed stand out more. Good job Ben! :thumb


AJ
bfjr
May-30-2005, 04:26 PM
Nice Ben,

I've only seen a snake in the zoo. We don't have any wild ones here.

Shay.

Yeah getting a good shot of a snake anywhere is cool, but in the wild I feel great (did not have any background or glass worries :D)

On the look for a rattler before summer out, there's plenty here just gotta keep looking. I'm surprised no reptiles by you, Why?? I thought there were some sort everywhere??
bfjr
May-30-2005, 04:27 PM
The garter snakes look very different here (more green-black). I like how you enhanced the contrast, they do indeed stand out more. Good job Ben! :thumb


AJ

thanks AJ been waiting for someone to give a one up or down on my work. I always think my stuff stinks :D no honest :lol
Seamus
May-30-2005, 04:38 PM
Yeah getting a good shot of a snake anywhere is cool, but in the wild I feel great (did not have any background or glass worries :D)

On the look for a rattler before summer out, there's plenty here just gotta keep looking. I'm surprised no reptiles by you, Why?? I thought there were some sort everywhere??There are two reason as to why there are no snakes in Ireland.

The first one deals with the legend of St. Patrick, ( patron saint of Ireland and the reason everyone gets drunk on the 17th March), he is supposed to have driven the snakes out of Ireland during his conversion of Ireland from paganism to Christianity.

The second reason, the scientific one, is that Ireland being an island, the snakes never made it here. New Zealand also has no snakes afaik.

The first story is nicer though :wink .
Harryb
May-30-2005, 05:34 PM
Hey Ben,

You missed your golden opportunity. You could have posted the first snake butt shot. :rofl

Cool pics. I hoped your wife enjoyed them.
bfjr
May-30-2005, 07:31 PM
Hey Ben,

You missed your golden opportunity. You could have posted the first snake butt shot. :rofl

Cool pics. I hoped your wife enjoyed them.

Now ya tell me Harry, wait do snakes have butts :dunno :D

I'm lucky she a city girl with country heart :clap