> On 21 January 2020 at 03:10 John <jsessoms...@nc.rr.com> wrote: > > > On 1/20/2020 11:15:28, Subash Jeyan wrote: > > On Sun, 19 Jan 2020 21:07:09 -0800 > > Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: > > > >>> On Jan 19, 2020, at 5:33 AM, Daniel J. Matyola > >>> <danmaty...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> Two excellent images. I like the first better, because of the > >>> simple. OoF background and the clarity of the forked tongue. > >>> Fine work as usual. > >> > >> I agree with Dan, nice work and that the first one is better, also > >> the second one looks like it is suffering from harsh light (beyond > >> your control I understand) and the highlights seem pushed pretty > >> hard, almost blown out on the underside of the head. It is > >> interesting to me that at first the second one looked rather like a > >> rattlesnake. In this part of the world only the venomous snakes > >> (rattlers) have slitted pupils. Gopher snakes can have very similar > >> markings, and have been known to flatten their heads out to get a > >> similar triangular shaped head with a narrower neck to rattle snakes. > >> Granted, most people don’t seem inclined to get close enough to see > >> the pupils well enough to make sure something is a rattlesnake. > > > > > > thanks Larry, i agree with you. i was initially hesitant to post the > > russell's viper precisely due to the reasons you mentioned. try to > > recover in post but couldn't.... interesting fact about the slitted > > eye. don't know whether it is true here. but the russell's viper causes > > the most number of deaths resulting from snake bites here...i could go > > fairly close to it because i had an expert handler by my side. > > > > > > I am however, reminded of what my old First Sargent used to say ... > > *Leave the snake alone!*
From a platoon sargeant, I would be fairly sure he wasn't talking about reptiles. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
