Apologies for the silence here over the last few days. I've been traveling and have had internet connection problems. As a result, I'm a few days behind in my posts.

Here's an image from 3 days ago when I was in Fort Davis, Texas. There's a fabulous little "Reptile and Rattler Museum" there -a typical roadside tourist attraction except for the fact that it's actually well worth a visit. Their collection includes a dozen or more different types of rattlesnake (and a few other local favourites). I had absolutely no idea that rattlesnakes came in as many shapes and sizes from the diminuitive Sidewinder to the enormous East Diamondback.

I think this fellow is a Western Diamondback but, frankly, I can't remember. The shot was taken with a 24-70mm lens shooting through the glass of the enclosure with a single SB-600 flash off camera to the left. Despite the rather less than optically perfect glass, the side flash seems to have helped and the image is remarkably free of crud.

Posted on Friday, July 16th, 2010 in: All Images, Nature, Fort Davis, museum, Rattler and Reptile, rattlesnake, reptile, snake, texas, tx

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