Reptile & Amphibian Forums

Finally found a few hours to get out and take some pictures. Here are a few from today. Camera was a Nikon D70 for all of these. All hand held.

Alligator cruising a channel. I wish I could have avoided the long stems in front of his nose. Lens is the Sigma 180mm EX macro, f/8, 1/250 second. I was about 20 yards away.

Dragonfly closeup. This is more typical of photos I take with the Sigma 180mm. SB800 flash on a macro bracket, f/16, 1/200 second. I was about a foot away.

This is a very loud katydid species. The photo was taken a few days ago. The noise in the back yard is deafening due to hundreds of these calling from the trees at night. Sigma 105mm EX macro, SB00 on macro bracket, f/16, 1/200 second.

These last two are a little grainy because I forgot I had the ISO set at 800.

Juvenile copperhead. Sigma 105mm, f/10, 1/160 second, SB800 on bracket.

Anole on palmetto. Sigma 105mm, f/7.1, SB800 fill flash to lighten shadows. The background was in bright sunlight so the lizard would have been almost in silhouette if I hadn’t added fill flash.

Cheers,
WK

.
-----
"I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully."
Governor George W. Bush, Jr.

"Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us."
Calvin and Hobbes (Scientific Progress Goes 'Boink', 1991)

.

Rock on Nikonians!

>>>Rock on Nikonians!

>>Finally found a few hours to get out and take some pictures. Here are a few from today. Camera was a Nikon D70 for all of these. All hand held.
>>
>>Alligator cruising a channel. I wish I could have avoided the long stems in front of his nose. Lens is the Sigma 180mm EX macro, f/8, 1/250 second. I was about 20 yards away.
>>
>>
>>Dragonfly closeup. This is more typical of photos I take with the Sigma 180mm. SB800 flash on a macro bracket, f/16, 1/200 second. I was about a foot away.
>>
>>
>>This is a very loud katydid species. The photo was taken a few days ago. The noise in the back yard is deafening due to hundreds of these calling from the trees at night. Sigma 105mm EX macro, SB00 on macro bracket, f/16, 1/200 second.
>>
>>
>>These last two are a little grainy because I forgot I had the ISO set at 800.
>>
>>Juvenile copperhead. Sigma 105mm, f/10, 1/160 second, SB800 on bracket.
>>
>>
>>Anole on palmetto. Sigma 105mm, f/7.1, SB800 fill flash to lighten shadows. The background was in bright sunlight so the lizard would have been almost in silhouette if I hadn’t added fill flash.
>>
>>
>>Cheers,
>>WK
>>
-----

Hey, I found a big female eastern cruising through the salt-marsh grass when I went fishing last weekend on the May River in Bluffton, SC (Beaufort County). It reminds me a little of outer banks kings in appearance. I was planning on getting a some photos of her tomorrow then return her to the marsh. I'll post a couple here when I get a chance.
Wasil

Not the best photos, but you can get an idea of her looks from these. She’s about 4.5 ft. Her stool contained turtle egg shells. I wonder if she is eating diamondback terrapin eggs along the salt marsh?

Lampropeltis getula Beaufort County, SC.

An artist at work

Very nice.
-----
Dan

.