Flooded Croplands by California Reptile & Amphibian Appreciation, on Flickr
Speckled Banded Kingsnake by California Reptile & Amphibian Appreciation, on Flickr
speck king by California Reptile & Amphibian Appreciation, on Flickr
Purplish Sunset by California Reptile & Amphibian Appreciation, on Flickr
Burrowing Owl by California Reptile & Amphibian Appreciation, on Flickr
Western Fence Lizard by California Reptile & Amphibian Appreciation, on Flickr
Basking Giant Gartersnake 1 by California Reptile & Amphibian Appreciation, on Flickr
Basking Giant Gartersnake by California Reptile & Amphibian Appreciation, on Flickr
Eye of the gigas by California Reptile & Amphibian Appreciation, on Flickr
scarlip4 by California Reptile & Amphibian Appreciation, on Flickr
scarlip14a by California Reptile & Amphibian Appreciation, on Flickr
scarlip16 by California Reptile & Amphibian Appreciation, on Flickr
scarlip40 by California Reptile & Amphibian Appreciation, on Flickr
scarlip68 by California Reptile & Amphibian Appreciation, on Flickr
CA Slender Salamander by California Reptile & Amphibian Appreciation, on Flickr
Aligator lizard 2016 by California Reptile & Amphibian Appreciation, on Flickr
Aligator Lizard by California Reptile & Amphibian Appreciation, on Flickr
Sharp-tailed Snake by California Reptile & Amphibian Appreciation, on Flickr
Sharp-tailed Snake tongue flicker by California Reptile & Amphibian Appreciation, on Flickr
Sharp-tailed Snake tongue flicker by California Reptile & Amphibian Appreciation, on Flickr
Sharp-tongue cross by California Reptile & Amphibian Appreciation, on Flickr
Skunk by California Reptile & Amphibian Appreciation, on Flickr
To view a separate post of bird photography, click this link: http://www.fieldherpforum.com/forum/vie ... 19&t=23869
Hawk Highwire by California Reptile & Amphibian Appreciation, on Flickr
Hawk Highwire1 by California Reptile & Amphibian Appreciation, on Flickr
Obscure Gopher Insitu 2 by California Reptile & Amphibian Appreciation, on Flickr
Obscure Gopher Insitu 1 by California Reptile & Amphibian Appreciation, on Flickr
Obscure Gopher Insitu by California Reptile & Amphibian Appreciation, on Flickr
pacific ringneck 2016 by California Reptile & Amphibian Appreciation, on Flickr
Jackrabbit Mexican Standoff by California Reptile & Amphibian Appreciation, on Flickr
galithjunebug by California Reptile & Amphibian Appreciation, on Flickr
Western Side-blotched Lizard by California Reptile & Amphibian Appreciation, on Flickr
Jackrabbit by California Reptile & Amphibian Appreciation, on Flickr
Jackrabbit by California Reptile & Amphibian Appreciation, on Flickr
Jackrabbit by California Reptile & Amphibian Appreciation, on Flickr
To view a separate post of bird photography, click this link: http://www.fieldherpforum.com/forum/vie ... 19&t=23869
Battle of the Kingbirds by California Reptile & Amphibian Appreciation, on Flickr
Battle of the Kingbirds by California Reptile & Amphibian Appreciation, on Flickr
Battle of the Kingbirds by California Reptile & Amphibian Appreciation, on Flickr
Battle of the Kingbirds by California Reptile & Amphibian Appreciation, on Flickr
Battle of the Kingbirds by California Reptile & Amphibian Appreciation, on Flickr
Pacman by California Reptile & Amphibian Appreciation, on Flickr
Golden rattler2 by California Reptile & Amphibian Appreciation, on Flickr
Golden rattler1 (shakereduction exposure exposurefade vib-20 watermark by California Reptile & Amphibian Appreciation, on Flickr
art glow rattler g by California Reptile & Amphibian Appreciation, on Flickr
art glow rattler by California Reptile & Amphibian Appreciation, on Flickr
art rattler by California Reptile & Amphibian Appreciation, on Flickr
Rattler Peace Brotha by California Reptile & Amphibian Appreciation, on Flickr
Obscure Rattler by California Reptile & Amphibian Appreciation, on Flickr
To view a separate post of bird photography, click this link: http://www.fieldherpforum.com/forum/vie ... 19&t=23869
Red-tailed Hawk with Gopher Snake by California Reptile & Amphibian Appreciation, on Flickr
Red-tailed Hawk with Gopher Snake by California Reptile & Amphibian Appreciation, on Flickr
Red-tailed Hawk with Gopher Snake by California Reptile & Amphibian Appreciation, on Flickr
Red-tailed Hawk with Gopher Snake by California Reptile & Amphibian Appreciation, on Flickr
Morning Bullfrog by California Reptile & Amphibian Appreciation, on Flickr
Delta Kingsnake by California Reptile & Amphibian Appreciation, on Flickr
Delta Kingsnake by California Reptile & Amphibian Appreciation, on Flickr
Delta Kingsnake by California Reptile & Amphibian Appreciation, on Flickr
Yellow Jacket a by California Reptile & Amphibian Appreciation, on Flickr
Young Mud Wasp by California Reptile & Amphibian Appreciation, on Flickr
Blackbelly Kingsnake by California Reptile & Amphibian Appreciation, on Flickr
Blackbelly Kingsnake by California Reptile & Amphibian Appreciation, on Flickr
Blackbelly Kingsnake by California Reptile & Amphibian Appreciation, on Flickr
American Mink by California Reptile & Amphibian Appreciation, on Flickr
Cottontail by California Reptile & Amphibian Appreciation, on Flickr
Western Pond Turtle Mirror Image by California Reptile & Amphibian Appreciation, on Flickr
floscent black king by California Reptile & Amphibian Appreciation, on Flickr
Pond turtles by California Reptile & Amphibian Appreciation, on Flickr
Periscoping Pond Turtle by California Reptile & Amphibian Appreciation, on Flickr
El Dorado Hill by California Reptile & Amphibian Appreciation, on Flickr
In situ El Dorado Kingsnake by California Reptile & Amphibian Appreciation, on Flickr
In situ El Dorado King by California Reptile & Amphibian Appreciation, on Flickr
Young Buck and the Pups by California Reptile & Amphibian Appreciation, on Flickr
Reverse Ladybug2 by California Reptile & Amphibian Appreciation, on Flickr
Reverse Ladybug by California Reptile & Amphibian Appreciation, on Flickr
Reverse Ladybug1 by California Reptile & Amphibian Appreciation, on Flickr
bug by California Reptile & Amphibian Appreciation, on Flickr
Rainy day spike ball by California Reptile & Amphibian Appreciation, on Flickr
Skipper 2016 by California Reptile & Amphibian Appreciation, on Flickr
praying mantis by California Reptile & Amphibian Appreciation, on Flickr
freeway by California Reptile & Amphibian Appreciation, on Flickr
Herp Photography 2016 - 1/3
Moderator: Scott Waters
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Sublime.
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Thanks, Kelly. I definitely tried my best to outdo myself for this last year of field herping photography. I'm super stoked with the resultsKelly Mc wrote:Sublime.
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Yeah I dig the intimacy of your works, and there's an unabashed thing that reminds not to take what is Cali for granted.
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Kelly said it all, just beautiful. I admire how much passion can come through a photographer's lens, and your love for the animals shows. Keep up the great work!
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This was my favorite of the 3. The under-chin shot of the garter snake is so cool! I also like the black & white art image of the rattler. But my favorite piece of creativity from all 3 posts is the way you posted the redtail and its gopher snake prey as 2 separate images...what a great idea! It allowed me to appreciate the hawk on its own merit and then scroll down for a dramatic surprise. Thanks for all the work that went into this trio.
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Thanks The gartersnake in situ session was fun. He too a swim after I originally found him basking on the bank. Then I walked over to a different part of the canal where there's a den. I've photographed a few individuals there and can usually recognize them and have given them names. I didn't see any out. So, I walked balk over to where I was and noticed him climbing up the embankment to bask. So I slowly crept up and laid down next to him within macro range. Then, I just waited and watched I think the whole sesh took about 45 minutes... I never posed or touched him! The only thing I did was lift one hand in the air and wiggle my figures to get him to flicker his tongue. At one point, he slithered up so close that I had to scoot back because he was blurring the range of DOF I couldn't adjust my DOF settings because the glare of the sun was darking out my view finder. So, I had to adjust my distance to the snake to get that shot. I think he might have seen the reflection of himself in the lens and was coming up to say hi Pretty awesome experienceY.Morgan wrote:This was my favorite of the 3. The under-chin shot of the garter snake is so cool! I also like the black & white art image of the rattler. But my favorite piece of creativity from all 3 posts is the way you posted the redtail and its gopher snake prey as 2 separate images...what a great idea! It allowed me to appreciate the hawk on its own merit and then scroll down for a dramatic surprise. Thanks for all the work that went into this trio.
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That rattlesnake art came out cool. It's actually a fix edit of a shot gone wrong. I was going for a shot with just the scale reflections highlighting the snake. I photoged a gopher snake a year or two before and liked the results. It didn't come out as good as I hoped and the color was completely blown out because of the angle. I still liked the image, so I saved it by adding an art filter of some kind and increased the contrast to completely blacken out the other parts of the snake. It turned out looking a lot better than the phot ever could. Glad you like it
Here's a shot of that gopher. I really liked the scale shine captured here and was going for something more like this:
gopher_0381watermark by California Reptile & Amphibian Appreciation, on Flickr
This was another from that day. Same snake. I really like the orbs setteling into the tongue and the chrismas light-esque ness beading on top of the tail. The rattler should have looked more like these
gopherorbshadow watermark 2 by California Reptile & Amphibian Appreciation, on Flickr
That's exactly what I was going for with that split hawk shot! There's a cool story behind that actually... I was driving out to a spot to go road cruising and saw the Hawk swoop down and take it right off the side of the freeway as I was passing. Snatched from the concrete between the onramp and the slow lane (so the snake most likely would have gotten ran over if not seen by the hawk). This whole year I was thinking, man, wouldn't it be cool to find a hawk and gopher, wrapped up in a battle royale. I've seen some vid of that and someone else from the forum witnessed another sighting, but no vid or pics. So, I had that in the back of my mind all year. When I saw how big the gopher snake was... ...I exited the next off ramp, looped around, headed back as fast as I could, exited the turn off, up over the freeway, red light, U-turn, and slowly entered the on ramp where I saw the capture take place. The Hawk was just sitting right there, catching his breath and resting. Snakes head was already gone... So I parked next to him, rolled down the passenger side window, and took those shots from my truck. I had plenty of time to adjust the DOF f/stop and all that...So stoked
Here's a shot showing the size of the snake. There's probably at least a good 5 inches missing with the head. That thing looked HUGE getting carried of by that Hawk!
Red-tailed Hawk with Gopher Snake by California Reptile & Amphibian Appreciation, on Flickr
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Beautiful stuff.
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MCHerper wrote:Kelly said it all, just beautiful. I admire how much passion can come through a photographer's lens, and your love for the animals shows. Keep up the great work!
This forum and people like you inspired that passion I honestly would have never taken up the hobby if it weren't for the love that you people have for these things. I had no idea people went out looking for different species, lifers, and photographing them until 2010. I'm actually going to have to put field herping aside for awhile after this year. I hope some of the photographers and knowledgeable herpers come back from facebook and whatnot. This is the pinnacle of field herping and the place that serves as a starting point for new people interested in field herping. You google field herping... you get...field herp forum. Hopefully those people will get back to where they once belonged. I wouldn't have gotten to this level without their commitment and enthusiasm to spark my interest artisticallyNACairns wrote:Beautiful stuff.
Cheers to FHF
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Awesome photos Porter!
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Thanks manSurfinHerp wrote:Awesome photos Porter!
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Very nice!