Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/24

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Shooting snakes in the Wild...a photo
From: "A.H.SCHMIDT" <horsts@primus.com.au>
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 13:11:42 +1100

Harrison Mcclary wrote:

> Last year while working on one of the magazines Journal Communications does
> I was on the Green River in Kentucky photographing a ferry.  I was standing
> on a floating dock and after finishing the shot I was about to walk back
> across the ramp to the shore.  I saw something floating in the water and
> thought it was a snake that had been chopped in half by the ferry.  Upon
> looking at it closely with my 200mm lens I realized it was a big copperhead.
> It was looking right at me and began swimming back to where I was standing.
> A rather evil looking fellow, red eyes and all.
>
> I have uploaded a scan at:
>
> http://www.mcclary.net/snake.jpg
>
> The photo was made with EOS 1n and 70-200 2.8L on velvia
>
> --
> Harrison McClary
> http://www.mcclary.net



What a shot, it looks like its going to attack right now and then.  Super!!

Regards, Horst Schmidt