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Balls or Stupidity
« on: May 16, 2009, 05:24:39 PM »
You be the judge. 

A photo assay of the life and times of a rattlesnake den.  Lots of pics to come.   Staff in one hand....12 pound lens in the other.

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Re: Balls or Stupidity
« Reply #1 on: May 16, 2009, 05:25:21 PM »
You'll note I don't have much depth of field shooting wide open....
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Re: Balls or Stupidity
« Reply #2 on: May 16, 2009, 05:28:31 PM »
Well you did not get bit so I will vote Balls. I do my best to stay the heck away from those snakes best I can!
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I felt like a one legged cat trying to bury a terd on a frozen pond!

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Re: Balls or Stupidity
« Reply #3 on: May 16, 2009, 05:37:12 PM »
You take some nice photos
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Re: Balls or Stupidity
« Reply #4 on: May 16, 2009, 07:15:40 PM »
Well, at one time I was stalking a big one and trying to get him with his tongue out and one crawled over my foot.

I was playing withthe fstop.  Note the increased depth of field.
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Re: Balls or Stupidity
« Reply #5 on: May 16, 2009, 07:21:10 PM »
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Re: Balls or Stupidity
« Reply #6 on: May 16, 2009, 07:25:36 PM »
tasting the air
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Re: Balls or Stupidity
« Reply #7 on: May 16, 2009, 07:26:10 PM »
Cool shots...I'll be hiding in the truck...I hate those things....
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Re: Balls or Stupidity
« Reply #8 on: May 16, 2009, 07:27:11 PM »
Id have killed it before I took a picture.......
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Re: Balls or Stupidity
« Reply #9 on: May 16, 2009, 07:32:16 PM »
before i pass judgement i want to know how far away you were...because i know how far they can strike, and it's not very far.

 :chuckle:
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Re: Balls or Stupidity
« Reply #10 on: May 16, 2009, 07:35:28 PM »
the hard part with this camera is that I have to be 9 feet away to take the picture, so I had to stand on a bunch of others trying to get the angle to take a picture or two.  Sooooooooo I took two cameras.  One for macro close shots and I actually got within inches of several.  Lots more shots.



a little more tongue
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Re: Balls or Stupidity
« Reply #11 on: May 16, 2009, 07:38:13 PM »
well no offense cuz you're bigger than me, but getting within inches of the business end of a rattlesnake is stupid. you're not faster than they are unless it's 50 degrees outside, i don't care who you are.
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Re: Balls or Stupidity
« Reply #12 on: May 16, 2009, 07:45:17 PM »
one on the move.   Pretty cool standing there and listening to them moving all around you. :)
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Re: Balls or Stupidity
« Reply #13 on: May 16, 2009, 07:46:58 PM »
I've been hit by a diamond back.....Not EVER again.  You can keep it.
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Re: Balls or Stupidity
« Reply #14 on: May 16, 2009, 07:48:07 PM »
They look mean...
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