I rounded a bend in the road and came upon this scene, perhaps my favorite of the "Spanish Moss" shots. I had just hiked down a short trail through the wood and came to a photography blind, like a deer blind but for a different sort of shooting. I went to open the wooden door, struggling with the latch and when it finally creaked open, a small viper was just inches from my hand! I hot footed back to the car; thus the title of the photograph! I like the illumination of the road and the way in which the light catches the edges of the moss. Nikon D800E, Nikkor 28-300 at 68 mm, 1/60 sec, f/11, ISO 200. — at Savannah National Wildlife Refuge.
