Western Cottonmouth

[mjdmike]

I finally managed to get out for a few minutes this afternoon, but there wasn't much bird action at the Baytown Nature Center. Between lot's of people fishing and the dried up ponds, I saw only a few birds.

However, I caught this handsome devil trying to sneak across the road.

All shot with a Canon 50D, 100-400mm @ 400mm, ISO800, F7.1 - 5.6, no flash
Range: 6.5' (min focus distance)

Western Cottonmouth

[Tim T]

Awsome shots Mike. Love the low angle on these. Good work.

[Russell]

These are great!

[corralup]

That's some great shots!

[Dave In La]

very nice Mike.....good angles and focus is right on

[BEphoto]

man, those are awesome

[Earnieg]

Great job on these Mike. I have shot plain ol' water snakes like this but I don't know if I could get down this low with a poisonous one.

[slickshooter]

Great job Mike
Really cool images.

[sandboa]

Very nice. I'm partial to cottonmouth shots myself. That last one is awesome - focus, DOF, composition, tongue flick - the whole package!

[lhdvies]

Like that last on best MIke-great captures!!!

[AndrewCCM]

Wow 6ft on the ground straight in front of it.. I'd be shaking too much to pull that off...

[ifly223]

Just picked up my 100-400 from a fellow TPF member today. Cant wait to get something like this. I would certainly welcome the 6 ft minimum focus distance in this case. : )

[Roy]

Some people would think you are nuts to try that. I think it's fun as long as he's sniffing. Were you close enough to smell him?

[danchez]

fangs man, we want to see some fangs!!! LOL.

[Shadow]

Sweet shots. I thought it was cool to see a Western Ribbon Snake today! ;)