strikedistance
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Well i desided to go to the desert since I was sick for a week and was getting herping fever. You all know what that is. Well we went looking for lizards to pass the time. Whiptails, Spinys, Zebra-tails, and Fringe-toes were found.
After that we were driving back form a certain road at night not paying atention cuz i was on the phone with Ryan. Thanks man. :roll: I looked up and there sitting in the middle of the road at 8 at night at 105 degrees was a flat-tail horned lizard. My dad straddled it and slammed on the breaks. I ran back for it and it was gone. Are they known for being fast? Well no picture yet.
Well the first snake of the night was a scarred up coastal glossy. Right after that i found this beautiful king. Every time i find a striper they are more and more spotted.
Then after that was a very fast and nasty sidewinder.
I took this picture on an embankment so the whole snake was in focus. I was not the angle of view i wanted though.
I took some more pictures to ask a few questions.
The first picture was taken with the regular flash with a macro lens. Notice the the back and rattle are out of focus. The second was taken with the flash and some even "flash light" light on it. It was also set at 20 f-stop. It is too dark and in my opinion the other is too out of focus. How would you get it right in the middle. A brighter picture with everything in focus. Be in mind that every picture is taken in the black of night.
After that a leafnose snake was found and then a big and very beautiful ruber.
It was a little windy and heres a bad shot of the leafnose.
And then the ruber.
Then some glossy's and a pretty longnose snake.
That was it for the snakes but here are some habitat shots and a very bad picture of the grey fox. And yes it was in the desert not on the way home. If anyone would like to try and enhance that picture feel free to do so.
Well it was a great trip all in all for the summer. Johna cant wait for this Saturday.
Bruce
Totals-
Red Diamond 1
Sidewinder 1
Desert Glossy 3 (1 DOR)
Coastal Glossy 1
Longnose 2 (1DOR)
Kingsnake 3 (2 DOR)
Leafnose 1
Zebratail TMTC
Fringe-toe 1
Flat-tail Horned Lizard 1
Grey Fox 1
California Treefrog Tadpolls 3
After that we were driving back form a certain road at night not paying atention cuz i was on the phone with Ryan. Thanks man. :roll: I looked up and there sitting in the middle of the road at 8 at night at 105 degrees was a flat-tail horned lizard. My dad straddled it and slammed on the breaks. I ran back for it and it was gone. Are they known for being fast? Well no picture yet.
Well the first snake of the night was a scarred up coastal glossy. Right after that i found this beautiful king. Every time i find a striper they are more and more spotted.
Then after that was a very fast and nasty sidewinder.
I took this picture on an embankment so the whole snake was in focus. I was not the angle of view i wanted though.
I took some more pictures to ask a few questions.
The first picture was taken with the regular flash with a macro lens. Notice the the back and rattle are out of focus. The second was taken with the flash and some even "flash light" light on it. It was also set at 20 f-stop. It is too dark and in my opinion the other is too out of focus. How would you get it right in the middle. A brighter picture with everything in focus. Be in mind that every picture is taken in the black of night.
After that a leafnose snake was found and then a big and very beautiful ruber.
It was a little windy and heres a bad shot of the leafnose.
And then the ruber.
Then some glossy's and a pretty longnose snake.
That was it for the snakes but here are some habitat shots and a very bad picture of the grey fox. And yes it was in the desert not on the way home. If anyone would like to try and enhance that picture feel free to do so.
Well it was a great trip all in all for the summer. Johna cant wait for this Saturday.
Bruce
Totals-
Red Diamond 1
Sidewinder 1
Desert Glossy 3 (1 DOR)
Coastal Glossy 1
Longnose 2 (1DOR)
Kingsnake 3 (2 DOR)
Leafnose 1
Zebratail TMTC
Fringe-toe 1
Flat-tail Horned Lizard 1
Grey Fox 1
California Treefrog Tadpolls 3