Herp-in-habitat photography
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I had fun shooting this beautiful uncommon subspecies of the Common Garter snake today. Due to their unique colouring, they are sadly often taken illegally from the wild for the reptile pet trade.
I found my first salamander of the season yesterday with this Spotted found under a log. I placed him in some moss for a more appealing setting. Also he was put back under his log after the photo session. I went back again this afternoon and he was still under the same log. I just let him be this time though.
I hope everyone enjoys this image!
Eastern Hellbender-Cryptobranchus alleganiensis
Pennsylvania
2016
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Sorry for ignoring everyone's photo streams and not posting, Ive been busy and have had zero outdoors time.
BUT:
Got up at 4am yesterday, drove 4 hours each way (I may have an obsession), and spent several hours snorkeling in a creek with these ridiculous giant salamanders. Eastern Hellbender. They don't even make sense as an animal and I love them for it. Theyre the largest salamander in North America and can reach lengths of 2 feet. Theyre also extremely endangered but this population seems to be doing quite well for now. Also happy to finally be back to underwater photography! Not my favorite shot from yesterday but I do like this one a lot.
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Merritt Island, Florida, USA.
Sigma 105mm f/2.8.
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Close shot of a Northern Water snake(Nerodia sipedon). Maybe its after that dragonfly nymph. Wildwood Lake, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. HMM
I found two box turtles along the bike path this evening. Neither were willing participate in my wild photo adventure.
Samsung Galaxy S7, 1/125 sec at f/1.7, ISO 40, 4.2mm, flash, close distance.
28 Jun 2018, Saluda Shoals Park, Irmo, SC, USA.
From the archives
Revisiting a shot of an American bullfrog. Wildwood Park, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Thank you for taking a look!
An adult male Northern Spiny-tailed Gecko (Strophurus ciliaris) from the red sandplains around the Barkly Homestead in the Barkly Tableland region of the Northern Territory in outback Australia. Kaleidoscopic eyes..
Ban Ban Springs, Queensland, Australia
Contact me on jono_dashper@hotmail.com for use of this image.
Finely, a willing subject. It's been a slow wildlife photography month around here.
Nikon D7200, Nikon 200-500mm. 1/250 sec at f/8, ISO 400, 500mm.
3 Dec 2018, Columbia, SC, USA.
Showing the characteristic gold 'glitter' which separates them from all-black toad tadpoles. I never realised that the 'glitter' on the 'eyebrows' was silver though!
Garden pond.
I am going to be posting some really old photos of snakes for a while to get them onto flickr. I wanted to upload the full size versions here to have in my albums. Some of these I uploaded a long time ago in very small sizes and those old images in some cases taken 15 years ago are really showing their age on modern 4k screens. This one was taken back in 2010 with the Fuji HS10 which was an upgrade from the Fuji S7000 I had been shooting. In looking back through old photos I think that S7000 actually took better sharper shots.