Rattlesnake Sunset

Posted by hastorga on Tue Aug 16, 2016 7:54 pm

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A rattlesnake was crossing the road on a late afternoon at the ranch. When I approached it, it coiled up and gave me some mean looks!!!

After a while it calmed down and let me get in close so I could get some nice close-ups with a wide angle lens.

Western Diamondback Rattlesnake
Santa Clara Ranch, South Texas

Nikon D810 w/ Nikkor 16-35mm f4 @ 30mm
iso 400, f5.6, 1/1250, fill flash

Hector D. Astorga
Mission, TX
Website: http://www.hectorastorga.com
Santa Clara Ranch: http://www.santaclararanch.com

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by Carol Clarke on Wed Aug 17, 2016 8:34 am

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I love this image Hector!

Beautiful depth to showcase your subject and then lead the eye to the distant sunset. Well done.

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by David J. Bogener on Wed Aug 17, 2016 5:29 pm

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So nice. Great DOF and detail by using the landscape lens. I like the sunset in the background, but an alternate composition omitting it and going with a squarish crop would also be quite good. To close for me!

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by Jeff Munoz on Thu Aug 18, 2016 2:13 am

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Amazing composition, the sunset and the fill flash just took this image to another level Hector!!!

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by D. Robert Franz on Sat Aug 20, 2016 8:52 am

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Love this one Hector.. Great sunset there. Well done!

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by Gene Gwin on Mon Aug 22, 2016 9:47 am

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Hector, This is a great shot on many levels!

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by Greg Schneider on Sun Aug 28, 2016 11:37 am

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Amazing stuff Hector. You're a bit braver than I am

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