Daily Archives: May 6, 2025
Eyelash Viper
Eyelash Viper: Frog Heaven, Sarapiqui, Costa Rica, March 2025 — One of the highlights of a visit to Frog Heaven, for those who are so inclined (and I know it is not everyone) is the snakes they bring out towards the end of your time there. There is nothing quite like a bright yellow Eyelash Viper posed on a branch in the dark of the night. Eyelash because of the pointy scales above the eye. Viper because it is. a pit viper…notice the little heat sensor between the eye and the nostril. Photographed by the light of my Ulanzi Photo Flashlight (not a flash but a handheld led torch). Sony a6700. Tamron 50-400 at 409mm equivalent. Aperture program with my macro modifications. F16 @ 1/40th from my little travel tripod. -1 EV to tame the highlights.
Hoover
Red Squirrel: Kennebunk, Maine, USA, May 2025 — I call him (or her) Hoover because he (or she) comes after the Raccoons have been emptying our sunflower seed feeders all over the deck, mostly on rainy days for some reason, to clean up the mess. She (or he) lets me open the deck door for an unobstructed view and photographs. Sony a6700. Tamron 50-400 at 543mm equivalent. Program mode with my bird and wildlife modifications. Processed in Photomator. (ISO 16500 by the way.) (And a second by the way…I am not sure, of course, if our Hoover is a individual squirrel, he or she, or if we have a whole tribe of Hoovers living the woods across the road, just waiting rainy day, “clean-up on the back deck aisle” call??)