Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/24
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Hello Harrison,
Great shot - gave me the shivers just looking at it - it's the
eyes!!! I've had lots of run ins with snakes in Africa, Nepal and here in
Thailand but have never managed to get a decent shot of one. Perhaps it
would help if I stopped running in the opposite direction when I see them.
Ian Stanley,
Bangkok, Thailand
At 07:23 PM 24/02/2000 -0600, you wrote:
>Last year while working on one of the magazines Journal Communications does
>I was on the Green River in Kentucky photographing a ferry. I was standing
>on a floating dock and after finishing the shot I was about to walk back
>across the ramp to the shore. I saw something floating in the water and
>thought it was a snake that had been chopped in half by the ferry. Upon
>looking at it closely with my 200mm lens I realized it was a big copperhead.
>It was looking right at me and began swimming back to where I was standing.
>A rather evil looking fellow, red eyes and all.
>
>I have uploaded a scan at:
>
>http://www.mcclary.net/snake.jpg
>
>The photo was made with EOS 1n and 70-200 2.8L on velvia
>
>--
>Harrison McClary
>http://www.mcclary.net