I brought my trusty Nikon 8700 to work the other day, and was out on a photo-walk during lunch in the Palo Alto
Baylands Nature Trail just off E. Bayshore near San Antonio. The weather was overcast and not much interesting to shoot in the way of wildlife. Usually there are tons of pelicans and herons, but they weren't very social that day.
So I was kinda disappointed on my way back, but then came came across this tiny gopher snake that was hanging out in the middle of the bike trail. He (she?) couldn't have been more than 7 or 8 inches long, but apparently they get large enough to eat Gophers, and an adult can get up to 8 feet long.
Well, that's no Burmese Python (ala the problem they're having in the Everglades), but not something i'd want to come across on a 'nature walk'... Anyhow, to get this shot, I had to set the camera body right down on the pavement, and move the lens about an inch from the snake's head. If you look closely, you can see a self-portrait in the eye~ :-)
Baylands Nature Trail just off E. Bayshore near San Antonio. The weather was overcast and not much interesting to shoot in the way of wildlife. Usually there are tons of pelicans and herons, but they weren't very social that day.
So I was kinda disappointed on my way back, but then came came across this tiny gopher snake that was hanging out in the middle of the bike trail. He (she?) couldn't have been more than 7 or 8 inches long, but apparently they get large enough to eat Gophers, and an adult can get up to 8 feet long.
Well, that's no Burmese Python (ala the problem they're having in the Everglades), but not something i'd want to come across on a 'nature walk'... Anyhow, to get this shot, I had to set the camera body right down on the pavement, and move the lens about an inch from the snake's head. If you look closely, you can see a self-portrait in the eye~ :-)
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by butazabuta
| 2005-11-11 15:30
| Travel (旅行)