Prairie Rattlesnake

[Jason Holzworth]

I love snakes, so i was happy to find an area were rattlesnakes were common in Montana.

1d IV w/ 100mm L macro

[Rachel Hollander]

Hi Jason - welcome to the Wildlife Forum. Nice first image and we don't see a lot of snake posts. Nice timing with tongue fully extended and I like that it is sharp where it matters with a bit of motion blur by the rattle. All I can say is better you than me with these critters. I would also make your watermark smaller so as not to interfere with critiques. I'm sure one of the mods will come by and ask that you also include things like shutter speed, aperture and any exposure comp in addition to the camera and lens in your posts. Looking forward to seeing more of your images.

TFS,
Rachel

[Morkel Erasmus]

Welcome Jason! Love the coiled pose, the sweet light and the exposed tongue...the cherry on top is the blurry rattle...makes me feel like I need to dive away from the screen
Ditto Rachel - rather you than me...

I might consider adding some midtone contrast or local contrast enhancement to add some depth/pop to the snake.

Looking forward to more of your images.

[Andreas Liedmann]

Welcome Jason,
excellent unusual image ,to start with.
Agree with the statements that Rachel and Morkel made.
Hope to see more in the future.
Cheers Andreas

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi Jason, and another warm welcome. Certainly the series of suggestions to enhance the image will take it to the next level and if the IQ is there, perhaps another alternative is a tighter vertical option? Personally I would rather view this from a screen rather than in real life.

I see Rachel very kindly highlighted addition info required when posting, also would appreciate a slight reduction in the size of © it's a little dominant.

TFS
Steve

[Jason Holzworth]

Hi Steve, The watermark will be staying. If it is a violation of terms of use, then just let me know and I won't post any more images. Thanks Jason

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Jason,
pretty nice and very friendly answer for the comments you achieved here.
Again a nice and warm welcome

Cheers Andreas

[Sid Garige]

Welcome Jason. Very nice image to start with.
BTW: Your wedding work is very impressive.

-Sid