Just for Fun No C&C will be given: Brown things from the yard

The baby Western Diamondback Rattlesnake was on the back patio last night. We scooped it up in a bucket and took it out away from the house and released it.

The tarantula was in the bucket this morning when I woke up. My sister caught it in the driveway and kept it for me to photograph. It too was released unharmed out away from the house.

I am sorry but the scorpions that I find inside the house are not treated as humanely. They are sadly, flushed down the toilet.

James Newman

Hi, James,

James Newman said:

The baby Western Diamondback Rattlesnake was on the back patio last night. We scooped it up in a bucket and took it out away from the house and released it.

The tarantula was in the bucket this morning when I woke up. My sister caught it in the driveway and kept it for me to photograph. It too was released unharmed out away from the house.

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We see the snake once and the tarantula not at all. (Yeah, I know, you compose the one image tag, then cut and paste it, planning to change the image filename for the second one, and then the phone rings . . .)

I hope it is ok now. I see the baby rattler and the tarantula. Initially I think I posted the same image twice and then edited it out before posting the spider.

Here is another that was in the driveway Saturday evening right at dusk. I was actually trying to take some cactus flower shots so I had my 105mm macro lens on at the time. That is why the depth of field was so shallow I think. I also missed the focus point just a little and because of nerves I had a little camera shake that the IS system just did not counter. He was very agitated at me as I was crouching down in front of him about 10 feet away. The image is a crop. We herded it into a large pail and carried it 100 yards away from the house. I am sure he was probably back in a very short time.

James Newman

Good captures

These are really nice images, James. Yes, your focus point was off a bit, but, I would not want to get closer than 100 feet of him, let alone 10 feet.

As for scorpion stories, well, I have a drunken story about them that's pretty funny (not me - someone else) that's well told over drinks sometime.

However, as subjects, I have not had good luck today with OPF. Spiders, Snakes, trash in the street and cigarette posters are the images of the day here.