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Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: David Eckels on October 08, 2015, 08:42:15 pm

Title: Stay on the Road
Post by: David Eckels on October 08, 2015, 08:42:15 pm
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.
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on October 09, 2015, 12:17:04 am
Gorgeous, David!
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Post by: Paulo Bizarro on October 09, 2015, 04:05:20 am
Very nice, all that green and the luminous path.
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Post by: francois on October 09, 2015, 04:19:10 am
Rich and luxuriant vegetation! It could be very a haunting place under a different lighting.
Well seen.
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Post by: Arlen on October 09, 2015, 01:01:20 pm
A very beautiful scene, well captured.

But yikes! You almost paid a big price for it. Could you tell what kind of viper it was? It sounds like the kind of habitat favored by copperheads.
Title: Re: Stay on the Road
Post by: David Eckels on October 09, 2015, 01:31:45 pm
Quote from: Arlen on October 09, 2015, 01:01:20 pm
Could you tell what kind of viper it was?
Didn't stick around to look closely! It was little, no more than a pencil in girth, triangular-ish head, pale yellowish/tan color with some sort of pattern on the back.
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Post by: Jeremy Roussak on October 10, 2015, 05:05:02 am
Gorgeous. Beautiful light.

Jeremy
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Post by: stamper on October 10, 2015, 06:05:09 am
Very Pleasing. Worth a print and a hanging.
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Post by: Bob_B on October 10, 2015, 08:03:16 am
Quote from: David Eckels on October 09, 2015, 01:31:45 pm
Didn't stick around to look closely! It was little, no more than a pencil in girth, triangular-ish head, pale yellowish/tan color with some sort of pattern on the back.

Possibly a copperhead? BTW, lovely photo.
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Post by: mvsoske on October 10, 2015, 11:47:55 am
Wonderful image!

Mark
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Post by: DwayneOakes on October 11, 2015, 09:27:24 pm
That is awesome, wishing for more shadow detail not so black. but that is just me.

Dwayne Oakes
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Post by: ddolde on October 11, 2015, 10:50:56 pm
A real beauty !
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Post by: Walt Roycraft on October 12, 2015, 08:21:13 am
Beautiful
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Post by: Chris Calohan on October 12, 2015, 01:23:20 pm
Sounds like a Copperhead...naughty snakes they are..Savannah is a lovely place to visit.