{"id":14759,"date":"2021-11-02T06:20:13","date_gmt":"2021-11-02T10:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=14759"},"modified":"2021-11-02T06:20:13","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T10:20:13","slug":"pretty-garter-snake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=14759","title":{"rendered":"Pretty Garter Snake"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Garter Snake, Kennebunk, Maine, USA \u2014 I am always happy to see a snake on one of my hikes. I have a friend who literally always sees a snake wherever he is\u2026but that is him, and I am me. I rarely see one. And, at least in Maine, if I do see one it is almost certainly a Garter Snake\u2026the most common snake in Maine, and probably in the USA. Still, always delighted! This was a particularly large and pretty Garter. It must have been three feet long, and corresponding robust, and so brightly patterned that I suspect it has recently shed its skin. Or maybe it was just well polished from sliding through the undergrowth still wet from rains overnight. When it came to a ditch full of water about 5 feet across, flooded from said rains, it just skimmed over the surface. It did sink a bit as it cruised up the bank looking for a place it could slither out, but it kept its head high and dry. I was happy just to get a few photos. Sony Rx10iv. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications. 1) at 184mm equivalent @ ISO 1000 @ f4 @ 1\/400th, and 2) at 554mm equivalent @ ISO 2500 @ f4 @ 1\/500th. Processed in Polarr and Apple Photos. Assembled in FrameMagic. <\/p>\n

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