Snakes Gone Wild

anwmn1

Following up on Kdog's post here is a 2nd view of those dirty snakes doing the horizontal mambo :wink


Here is what they were doing when they originaly caught our attention. I have never seen rattle snakes standing up like this.
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Joel had the advantage of the snakes being on his side of the Jeep so he stayed in while I got out to get a few other shots.

Such a cute couple
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This is where I backed up a few steps and was prepared to jump into the back of the Jeep. :huh
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It is always some adventure when Joel and I hook up for a shoot. :deal

kdog

Great shots with your telephoto, Aaron.

I wish I'd gotten mine as well, however it was in the back of the Jeep, and I wasn't in the mood for stepping out on the driver's side if you catch my drift. :wow

I'm still disappointed that you didn't go into the bushes and flush them out again after they slithered off though.

Cheers,
-joel

Giphsub

Some very cool shots there too

RogersDA

Neat shots of their mating ritual.

dbaker1221

man, I would not have stopped to shoot these:yikes I'm glad you did though...cool captures:ivar

dlplumer

Ifyou guys get a chance, please add one or two of these to the "More True Love" thread on this Forum. Cool rare captures

anwmn1

kdog wrote:

Great shots with your telephoto, Aaron.

I wish I'd gotten mine as well, however it was in the back of the Jeep, and I wasn't in the mood for stepping out on the driver's side if you catch my drift. :wow

I'm still disappointed that you didn't go into the bushes and flush them out again after they slithered off though.

Cheers,
-joel

Yeah- and you should have gone into the brush after the one you ran over with the Jeep.

anwmn1

Giphsub wrote:

Some very cool shots there too

Thanks Mike.... we were both pretty stoked about it too.

anwmn1

dbaker1221 wrote:

man, I would not have stopped to shoot these:yikes I'm glad you did though...cool captures:ivar

Are you kidding? Have to stop for something like this. There was only one time it was at all a little scary - that would be picture #5.

I had three escape routes planned in case the one decided to come my way.

NorthernFocus

As much as I enjoyed looking at these images, snakes are one critter that I don't miss in Alaska

Maestro

Great series! Wonderful documentation of their mating behavior! I really like 3,4 and 6.