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Zackiedawg

Head-on Snake Encounter (Nerodia fasciata pictiventris)

A juvenile Florida banded water snake working its way through the grass along the side of the levee I was walking on - I got down low and waited for it to pop out of the dead grass - it stopped and pulled up when it noticed me and my lens pointing back at it
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Habitat
Wetlands
Location
Boynton Beach, Florida
Date taken
January 18, 2020
Scientific name
Nerodia fasciata pictiventris
Equipment used
Sony A6600, Sony FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS lens
Shutter speed, aperture & ISO
448mm, F6.3, 1/500 shutter, 640 ISO
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Category
Reptiles
Added by
Zackiedawg
Date added
View count
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Comment count
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Image metadata

Device
SONY ILCE-6600
Aperture
ƒ/6.3
Focal length
448.0 mm
Exposure time
1/500
ISO
640
Flash
Off, did not fire
Filename
4103474.jpg
File size
1.8 MB
Date taken
Sat, 18 January 2020 1:53 PM
Dimensions
1501px x 2000px

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