How my day started...

How my day started... · 06:52 AM

So I was sitting in my room when I started to hear a pretty rhytmic jackhammer type noise outside my window and above me. I can't quite place it so I go outside to inspect and see what is going on.

Well I get out there and I can hear it better now and turn to walk at the side of my house towards the back yard and it is as I started to suspect, it was a woodpecker, but he was not pecking any wood, he was pecking my chimney, go figure. So he sees me looking at him and flies off. As I turn to walk back from where I just came, something catches my eye. I didn't see it before because I was looking up, but now that I am walking back I am looking down, and there he is. About a 4-5 foot blacksnake, I am hoping.

So I knock on the back door to get my roommate to let me in and I run in to get my camera, snap on the DA*300mm and rush back outside to see if I can get some good snaps of him w/o getting snapped at myself.

little laker · 06-17-2008, 07:01 AM

I'm both shivering, and very impressed at the same time Buddha.
I hope that the rest of your day goes like that, you'll have a nice photo collection

jshurak · 06-17-2008, 08:24 AM

helluva a way to start your morning! did you put him on that fence?! that's a cool shot!

dws1117 · 06-17-2008, 08:29 AM

Heck of a start. The one on the fence is very cool.

ivoire · 06-17-2008, 08:37 AM

great start of the day, love that 'snake in the grass' head shot. sorta, here's me lookin' at you lookin' at me.

vievetrick · 06-17-2008, 09:29 AM

good thing you had the 300 and did not have to get to close

Buddha Jones · 06-17-2008, 09:47 AM

Originally posted by vievetrick

good thing you had the 300 and did not have to get to close

Yeah, and to think I almost grabbed the 200!

Originally posted by jshurak

helluva a way to start your morning! did you put him on that fence?! that's a cool shot!

Are you out of your mind!?!?!? No, he climbed up there on his own.

**WJW** · 06-17-2008, 09:59 AM

Originally posted by Buddha Jones

Are you out of your mind!?!?!? No, he climbed up there on his own.

I dunno, looks like a set-up to me. And it's not like it is poisonous snake.....

Great shots, BTW. I like the snake on the fence the best.

What happened to the blind woodpecker?

jshurak · 06-17-2008, 10:28 AM

Oh come on! you're not worried about a 5 foot snake are you?!

I was hiking with a friend a few years back. I don't know how I saw it, but my friend was about to step on a huge snake. Luckily, she got out of the way because the thing was wrapped up and ready to strike. Fortunately, I had my ZX-7 loaded with velvia 50 and my sigma 70 - 300. Unfortunately, the shots fell victim to camera shake!

Buddha Jones · 06-17-2008, 10:56 AM

Thank goodness for SR cuz that 300 is not easy handheld for me.

Stratman · 06-17-2008, 05:39 PM

Great shots Buddha, and thanks for not killing the critter. It'll keep rats and mice out of your house for sure !!

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06-17-2008, 07:01 AM	#2
little laker Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Photos: Gallery Posts: 5,697	I'm both shivering, and very impressed at the same time Buddha. I hope that the rest of your day goes like that, you'll have a nice photo collection

06-17-2008, 08:24 AM	#3
jshurak Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: philadelphia Posts: 626	helluva a way to start your morning! did you put him on that fence?! that's a cool shot!

06-17-2008, 08:29 AM	#4
dws1117 Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Spring, TX. Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,157	Heck of a start. The one on the fence is very cool.

06-17-2008, 08:37 AM	#5
ivoire Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Photos: Gallery Posts: 3,381	great start of the day, love that 'snake in the grass' head shot. sorta, here's me lookin' at you lookin' at me.

06-17-2008, 09:29 AM	#6
vievetrick Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Easthampton - Massachusetts - USA Photos: Gallery Posts: 5,183	good thing you had the 300 and did not have to get to close

06-17-2008, 09:47 AM	#7
Buddha Jones Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Charlotte, NC Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,587 Original Poster	Originally posted by vievetrick good thing you had the 300 and did not have to get to close Yeah, and to think I almost grabbed the 200! Originally posted by jshurak helluva a way to start your morning! did you put him on that fence?! that's a cool shot! Are you out of your mind!?!?!? No, he climbed up there on his own.

06-17-2008, 09:59 AM	#8
WJW Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Central Texas Posts: 383	Originally posted by Buddha Jones Are you out of your mind!?!?!? No, he climbed up there on his own. I dunno, looks like a set-up to me. And it's not like it is poisonous snake..... Great shots, BTW. I like the snake on the fence the best. What happened to the blind woodpecker?

06-17-2008, 10:28 AM	#9
jshurak Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: philadelphia Posts: 626	Oh come on! you're not worried about a 5 foot snake are you?! I was hiking with a friend a few years back. I don't know how I saw it, but my friend was about to step on a huge snake. Luckily, she got out of the way because the thing was wrapped up and ready to strike. Fortunately, I had my ZX-7 loaded with velvia 50 and my sigma 70 - 300. Unfortunately, the shots fell victim to camera shake!

06-17-2008, 10:56 AM	#10
Buddha Jones Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Charlotte, NC Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,587 Original Poster	Thank goodness for SR cuz that 300 is not easy handheld for me.

06-17-2008, 05:39 PM	#11
Stratman Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: St Louis, Missouri U S A Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 2,464	Great shots Buddha, and thanks for not killing the critter. It'll keep rats and mice out of your house for sure !!