{"id":888,"date":"2009-09-09T04:55:09","date_gmt":"2009-09-09T10:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/potd.lightshedder.com\/?p=888"},"modified":"2009-09-09T04:55:09","modified_gmt":"2009-09-09T10:55:09","slug":"992009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=888","title":{"rendered":"9\/9\/2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/weiw.lightshedder.com\/Landscape-Wildlife\/Rachel-Carson-NWR-Seasons\/6686349_g6LVL\/1\/#640313758_fJRmY-A-LB\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/weiw.lightshedder.com\/photos\/640313758_fJRmY-M.jpg?resize=600%2C354\" alt=\"Garter Snake\" width=\"600\" height=\"354\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Garter Snake<\/p><\/div>\n<p>One of the most common snakes in the northeast, everywhere from forests to front lawns. This one was not very cooperative&#8230;slithering through the underbrush with always something between my lens and its eye. I took maybe 10 exposures in the two minutes it was visible at all, and this is the only keeper. The exif data tell the whole story. Max f-stop for the focal length. ISO 400 already, and only 1\/15th second. What did I expect? Still, for a grab shot &#8220;quick, before he gets away&#8221;, it is not so bad.<\/p>\n<p>Sony DSC H50 at full tele: 465mm equivalent. F4.5 @ 1\/15th @ ISO 400. Programed auto.<\/p>\n<p>Cropped (from bottom and top to place the snake on the rule of thirds line) and sharpened in Lightroom. Added Clarity and Vibrance.<\/p>\n<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/weiw.lightshedder.com\/Landscape-Wildlife\/Rachel-Carson-NWR-Seasons\/6686349_g6LVL\/1\/640313758_fJRmY\" target=\"_blank\">Rachel Carson Seasons<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-888\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=888&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-888\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=888&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=888&amp;share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the most common snakes in the northeast, everywhere from forests to front lawns. This one was not very cooperative&#8230;slithering through the underbrush with always something between my lens and its eye. I took maybe 10 exposures in the two minutes it was visible at all, and this is the only keeper. 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