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mike_c

(36,745 posts) Fri Sep 19, 2025, 01:54 PM 21 hrs ago

Watch where you put your hands!

A juvenile rattlesnake at White Pocket. This fellow did not move at all while a half dozen photographers bunched up close and stuck cameras in it's face.

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Watch where you put your hands! (Original Post) mike_c 21 hrs ago OP

This is why I got a Coolpix with a 3000mm. effective focal length. usonian 21 hrs ago #1

Mount Palomar! mike_c 21 hrs ago #2

This is a fabulous photo, my dear mike_c! CaliforniaPeggy 20 hrs ago #3

thanks! mike_c 16 hrs ago #6

Nice snek mate. twodogsbarking 19 hrs ago #4

thanks! mike_c 16 hrs ago #7

I guess it was long, about 25 years ago. N.J., Delaware Water Gap. Our hero was hiking up Mt. Tammany 3Hotdogs 19 hrs ago #5

I hate it when that happens mike_c 16 hrs ago #8

Ay-yi-yi-yi-yi! 😱 ShazzieB 14 hrs ago #9

Timbers are quite populous in N/W N.J. I've encountered several while hiking in that area, over the years. 3Hotdogs 11 hrs ago #10

I'm the same way..a snake is a snake and they put extreme fear in me..or respect but I know to stay away Deuxcents 11 hrs ago #11

usonian

(20,556 posts)

1. This is why I got a Coolpix with a 3000mm. effective focal length.

Reply to mike_c (Original post)

Fri Sep 19, 2025, 02:09 PM

21 hrs ago

I call it Mount Palomar.

Stay safe, everyone. No selfies on Glacier Point, either!

mike_c

(36,745 posts)

2. Mount Palomar!

Reply to usonian (Reply #1)

Fri Sep 19, 2025, 02:43 PM

21 hrs ago

CaliforniaPeggy

(155,133 posts)

3. This is a fabulous photo, my dear mike_c!

Reply to mike_c (Original post)

Fri Sep 19, 2025, 03:06 PM

20 hrs ago

The rock as background is superb.

Now, if I were taking that photo I would be standing where you're standing, and using my 100--400mm lens!

Ya done good!

mike_c

(36,745 posts)

6. thanks!

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #3)

Fri Sep 19, 2025, 07:38 PM

16 hrs ago

I was too pooped to back up, lol. That was an early night!

twodogsbarking

(15,819 posts)

4. Nice snek mate.

Reply to mike_c (Original post)

Fri Sep 19, 2025, 04:11 PM

19 hrs ago

mike_c

(36,745 posts)

7. thanks!

Reply to twodogsbarking (Reply #4)

Fri Sep 19, 2025, 07:39 PM

16 hrs ago

3Hotdogs

(14,560 posts)

5. I guess it was long, about 25 years ago. N.J., Delaware Water Gap. Our hero was hiking up Mt. Tammany

Reply to mike_c (Original post)

Fri Sep 19, 2025, 04:23 PM

19 hrs ago

and he encounters a Timber Rattlesnake, sunning itself, minding it's own business.

Mr. Kodak wants a photo but the snakes head wasn't in the Sunlight. So, as the article in the paper read,
"I reached down to adjust the snake."

For his efforts, he spent two weeks in hospital.

mike_c

(36,745 posts)

8. I hate it when that happens

Reply to 3Hotdogs (Reply #5)

Fri Sep 19, 2025, 07:41 PM

16 hrs ago

ShazzieB

(21,611 posts)

9. Ay-yi-yi-yi-yi! 😱

Reply to 3Hotdogs (Reply #5)

Fri Sep 19, 2025, 09:13 PM

14 hrs ago

I'm probably one of the least ophidiophobic* people in the world, but that sent chills down even MY spine!

*Ophidiophobia = fear of snakes

3Hotdogs

(14,560 posts)

10. Timbers are quite populous in N/W N.J. I've encountered several while hiking in that area, over the years.

Reply to ShazzieB (Reply #9)

Sat Sep 20, 2025, 12:04 AM

11 hrs ago

On two separate occasions, I was within a couple of feet from two visible Rattlers.

They are not aggressive.

Here's where it gets better. A section of the Appalachian Trail runs through Sussex County, N.J. At the Sunrise Mountain ridge, there is a shelter. The trail is about two or three feet to the east of the shelter. About 10 feet to the east is a Timber Rattlesnake nest. Each year, a couple'a thousand people walk by that nest without incident.

Deuxcents

(24,045 posts)

11. I'm the same way..a snake is a snake and they put extreme fear in me..or respect but I know to stay away

Reply to ShazzieB (Reply #9)

Sat Sep 20, 2025, 12:33 AM

11 hrs ago

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