Consarn it, ya dirty low-down Sidewinder!

[Mike B in OKlahoma]

You can see a bit of his rattle through the gap near the center of the coils. I wish his distinctive horns stood out better, and did a selective contrast boost to try to improve things. Helped some, but not as much as I wanted.

If I had this to do over again, I'd put the snake at the left side of the image here, and leave the sand as negative space to his right.

180mm macro lens
captive subject

[Ken Ramos]

Well I don't know , it sure looks comfortable all wadded up like that. Just wait'n to bite you though I bet. A rather pretty snake though, if there is such a thing, blends in with itself quite well.

[beetleman]

Yep, he blends in very well I would say. Beautiful pattern on the scales. I would have to say, with all the pattern blending on this creature, it would be very hard to capture his horns from this angle.