Field Photography... TONS of pics.

[asnakelovinbabe]

Here is a gianormous medley of photos I have taken out in the field... I spend every spare moment I get herping!!!

http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/P1140701.jpg

This female garter was absolutely enormous... they are all like that at my favorite spot.
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/P1140697-1.jpg

http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/P1140696-1.jpg

Curious water snake is curious.
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/P1140684-1.jpg

A huge, gravid female smooth green snake:
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/P1140676.jpg

http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/P1140673.jpg

Beautiful red belly on this lass
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/P1140661.jpg

Thamnophis are social critters and almost always bask in groups!
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/P1140657.jpg

[asnakelovinbabe]

ohai. Im a toad.
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/P1140652.jpg

http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/47942139.jpg

http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/Fieldherp/3925001.jpg

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Cyanide millipede, interesting little critter that has the ability to produce CYANIDE
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/Fieldherp/3925027.jpg

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[asnakelovinbabe]

http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/Fieldherp/3925054.jpg

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http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/Fieldherp/3925072.jpg

http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/Fieldherp/3925077.jpg

http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/Fieldherp/P1090514-1.jpg

http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/Fieldherp/potter023.jpg

One time I flipped a tire and there were 5 huge garters under it... well.... I dove and managed to grab all 5 but they all FLUNG POO into the air and poo rained down upon me. So here is me covered in poop.
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/Fieldherp/potter001.jpg

[asnakelovinbabe]

http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/Fieldherp/potter010.jpg



This is one of my favorite images of all time.
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/Fieldherp/potter122.jpg

I laid in a puddle for this shot!
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/Fieldherp/5747057-1.jpg

http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/Fieldherp/5747075-1.jpg

Not a herp, but it was a cool sighting
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/Fieldherp/5747084-1.jpg

http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/Fieldherp/5773005.jpg

http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/Fieldherp/P10903872.jpg

These are both fully grown ADULTS... this is a size comparison between the red bellied snake and the eastern garter
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/Fieldherp/P1090481-1.jpg

[asnakelovinbabe]

http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/Fieldherp/P10904232.jpg

PA's little snakes!
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/Fieldherp/P10904682.jpg

http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/Fieldherp/081.jpg

Yes, this dragonly is actually alive. Don't ask me how I got this picture of it.
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/Fieldherp/285067.jpg

http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/Fieldherp/285078.jpg

http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/Fieldherp/467044.jpg

http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/Fieldherp/467065.jpg

I absolutely love jumping spiders!
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/Fieldherp/3576040.jpg

[asnakelovinbabe]

http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/Fieldherp/3576050.jpg

http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/Fieldherp/3576054.jpg

This wild garter took a worm right out of my hands. This was the best i could do once she pulled it into the weeds
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/Fieldherp/4579005.jpg

http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/Fieldherp/5747020-1.jpg

http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/Fieldherp/0732.jpg

Contemplating that next leap...
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/Fieldherp/027.jpg

I lifted a rock and the cricket and spider ran for the same hole... the spider took the opportunity.
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/Fieldherp/031.jpg

A pretend cottonmouth.
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/Fieldherp/0332.jpg

[Wolfus_305]

Beautiful pictures!! When I was little we had a smooth green snake as a pet for a while

[asnakelovinbabe]

http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/Fieldherp/0013.jpg

http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/Fieldherp/0052.jpg

http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/Fieldherp/010.jpg

I'm done!

[exwizard]

wow these pics are stunning!

[red ink]

Great shots... you ceratinly know your way around a camera, good work mate.

[Swany]

Wow. Keep em comin. We like pics lol. Some real stunners ;-)

[Wolfus_305]

Again! So stunning!
we have tons of those tiny little toads at the cottage during the summer, they are soooo cute!

One time at the cottage our younger neighbour was over and we were entertaining him in a pile of dirt and he found one of those black salamander things with the yellow spots and tried to eat it...

[shaunyboy]

its 3am over here so i'm too tired to comment fully and do your pictures justice,so i'll post again tommorrow

your bug pictures are absoloutely amazing,especially the centipede type beasty,with her young.totally nature at its very best.....!!!

imo,all your pictures are of the highest proffesional standard and i can't wait to see them tommorrow on my computer,as i'm on my youngest sons lap top.its not got the largest of monitors

all truely amazing pictures

you must have some decent photography equiptment available to you,along with an eye for a great picture ;)

thanks for sharing

cheers shaun

[alessia55]

These photos are AMAZING! :eek: You are SO lucky to see all that in the wild!! I noticed you said some where in PA...where in PA?

I am all for seeing snakes and creepy crawlies... but those giant flying insect things scare the life out of me!! Your photography demonstrates obvious talent :yes: Out of curiosity, what camera do you use?

[asnakelovinbabe]

You guys might be surprised to hear that I am shooting with an unmodified panasonic lumix DMC fz-18 with no extra equipment added!!! It certainly does it's job for having only cost $400 when it was new!!!! I will someday upgrade, but for now it's serving me very well. I strive to prove to people, it is not the camera you use, it's the person behind the lens!

[alessia55]

You guys might be surprised to hear that I am shooting with an unmodified panasonic lumix DMC fz-18 with no extra equipment added!!! It certainly does it's job for having only cost $400 when it was new!!!! I will someday upgrade, but for now it's serving me very well. I strive to prove to people, it is not the camera you use, it's the person behind the lens!

100% true! You certainly proved that here ;)

[Freebody]

Very nice pics, I love the centipede with its young, i have been searching for years to find the species i want, i hope i find a pair one day, and get to see that image 1s hand, for now this is as close as it could get. thx :)

[asnakelovinbabe]

Very nice pics, I love the centipede with its young, i have been searching for years to find the species i want, i hope i find a pair one day, and get to see that image 1s hand, for now this is as close as it could get. thx :)

could it be scolopendra hardwickei? or perhaps scolopendra gigantea? :)

[Trent]

VERY nice pictures!!!

[infernalis]

You guys might be surprised to hear that I am shooting with an unmodified panasonic lumix DMC fz-18 with no extra equipment added!!! It certainly does it's job for having only cost $400 when it was new!!!! I will someday upgrade, but for now it's serving me very well. I strive to prove to people, it is not the camera you use, it's the person behind the lens!


She's right.. I have never used anything fancy for all those picture I take.

[Dayv]

I am buying one! I have commented on another of your threads about how good I thought your pics where! I am surprised that such quality can be obtained from such a relatively cheap camera. All I have is my phone and an old Olympus om10. Not great.

[youngster]

Awesome! Love the smooth greens and the red bellieds. What state are you in? Got some good herpin

[Will0W783]

Absolutely incredible pictures!!! I am a horrible photographer- every picture I take comes out blurry, or out of focus or off on the lighting. I just don't seem to have an eye for it. So I really enjoy looking at other people's professional shots!!! Keep 'em coming!!

P.S. @ asnakelovinbabe, where in PA do you live? I'm down near Philly.

[asnakelovinbabe]

Me too! I live in hilltown! It's about 45 mins outside of philly.

[alessia55]

Me too! I live in hilltown! It's about 45 mins outside of philly.

You, me, and Will0W are all just 45mins away from each other :)

[asnakelovinbabe]

that is pretty awesome! Good to know I am not alone out here :crazy:

[jaleely]

So amazing! I have not done hardly any photography this past couple years. I used to be in a photography club years ago! It was really fun to always keep my camera with me waiting for that perfect shot. haha this was back when i used film!!
You have some amazing shots, and of course the critters are all beautiful.

[Kiljosh]

PA ftw.

Honestly, you must be a good field herper because I have never managed to find a smooth green or really anything besides the common toad and garter snakes.

Have you ever run across a hognose in your travels?

[asnakelovinbabe]

PA ftw.

Honestly, you must be a good field herper because I have never managed to find a smooth green or really anything besides the common toad and garter snakes.

Have you ever run across a hognose in your travels?

An Eastern Hoggy is my holy grail as far as PA is concerned! I know of an area where sometimes they have been seen, but eastern hoggies are very rare in PA and so I will have to hunt high and low! Believe it or not there are many species I have not yet located in PA... black rats and copperheads being two that people find all the time and yet, I NEVER FIND THEM!

But I do know one thing... when I hit an area that has them, I will find them. I sure know how to find snakes!

[Freebody]

could it be scolopendra hardwickei? or perhaps scolopendra gigantea? :)
you guessed it! :) gigantea, i got a line on subspines and another i cant remeber the name, but the gigantea is unfortunatly extremely hard to breed, and their for not worth it for a breader to bother around here at least. i might pick up a subspines in april at the bcrc show this year, if their is any thier.

[asnakelovinbabe]

s. subspinipes dehaani (I may have spelled that wrong) is the line I've worked with!

[alessia55]

Asnakelovinbabe, you have GOT to tell me where you go herping. I don't know any good areas around here!! Please tell us your secret herping location :yes:

[millertime89]

great pics, I need to go out and find some areas to go herping this spring once it warms up. The areas I used to go got plowed for new housing developments.

[TX Slither]

Great job! & you are right about knowing your camera... I won best of show on a photo contest in 1998 with a 1MP camera (digitals were still very new back then...)

TX Slither

[jaleely]

OKay the third picture from the top...what snake is that??

[asnakelovinbabe]

OKay the third picture from the top...what snake is that??
If you mean the third photo down in my first post of the snake coiled in the tree roots, that is a very large and gravid adult female eastern garter snake.

[mikelm]

Awesome pics M'Lady, look forward to seeing more. Loved the Garter vs Worm & Spider vs Cricket stories.

[Shmoges]

My god you take good pictures!

[mystichrome]

these are amazing!!!!!!

[Bel5191]

Totally cool pictures. If you really want to find copperheads in PA, Ohiopyle State Park in southwestern PA is overrun with them. Of course that is a long way from where you live.

[JaySteel]

A great series of shots there Snakelovinbabe. You've photographed some real beauties.

Jason