"Have a little fang my darling...."

Mike B in OKlahoma · Post by **Mike B in OKlahoma** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 6:10 pm

"See how I can unhinge my jaw?"

This speckled rattlesnake shows that he really is flexible, at least in his jaw muscles! This happened so fast I only got the one shot in, and was pleased that I managed to get him all in the frame and up close. I wish I'd done something other than center it, but here it is. A minor feature that I like (and didn't even think about when shooting) is that his ringed tail just above his rattle is visible OOF in the upper right background. An in-focus view of the rings and rattle on the same snake a couple of years ago is here:

http://www.photomacrography1.net/forum/ ... ght=rattle

180mm macro lens
captive subject

salden · Post by **salden** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 6:12 pm

Now this is one nice gem of an image Mike. Beautiful.

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 6:16 pm

Dang!

That hurts just look'n at it. Great shot here Mike, reminds me of that front pager you took some months back, that was awesome too!

Bruce Williams · Post by **Bruce Williams** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 9:31 am

Great action shot Mike!

That wicked (in the old fashioned sense of the word) looking eye just adds a bunch of exclamation marks to the unprintable expletive invoked by this image.

Love it!

Bruce

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 3:25 pm

Makes him look like a strange looking dragon. The right place at the right time with your camera= excellent photo.

jmlphoto · Post by **jmlphoto** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 5:45 pm

awesome action capture, rattlesnakes are interesting creatures.