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Published: 2010-05-01 04:32:44 +0000 UTC; Views: 13153; Favourites: 147; Downloads: 89
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While this young Western Diamondback was easily startled into striking, The trick was getting the shot without getting bitten!Related content
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*shivers* I hate these guys so much. Even buck hunting in Texas, these guys are just....yikes, lol
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di yu get hurt in the making of this picture? ahah, very cool!
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VERY young. His rattle is barely grown from a the button!
Western Diamondbacks are beautiful, but I love the Eastern's more. They're calmer and one of the largest.
And, it might have been an accident, but my life was saved by one! LMFAO!
ALSO! Good luck getting the shot without getting bit! ^.^
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how did you get saved by one?
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I was sleeping on a couch in a large garage that my sister and I cleaned up enough to make a club house when we were little. A possum came into the place, hissing and carrying on while approaching me. Then a rattler slithered from under the couch and struck at the possum. I'm sure it was just doing it for it's own safety, but it saved my life. I just thought it was cool that it didn't hit my ass when I came in.... I would think "It's because I was born in the year of the snake~" when I was younger. LOL!
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Damn, my bad. LOL! "Good JOB"*** I'm so used to saying good luck that it just automatically came out as luck! LOL!
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the... end of the tail? and this is an awesome shot by the way xD
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What a great shot! Too bad the mouth isn't in focus, but still great capture!
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that looks totally amazing, i just kinda wish the teeth were in focus, but yah that looks awesome
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Wish the head were in focus...but nice color and action!
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I feel you there! I was pretty ticked when I saw it was out of focus... But I knew I was never getting a shot like that again... So oh well...
Thanks!
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Haha, yep! You're welcome!
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You sure about that? 
(Thanks mate! 
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Haha! Thanks! 
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yw :>
although i think, like other user also mentioned, i would prefer it if the head was in focus. but i think the movement is too fast to focus, isnt it.
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Well, I used a strobe with a pretty fast exposure, so blurring was not a problem. It still could have been in focus if I had known exactly where his head would be when I took the picture. Unfortunately, that is pretty much impossible to calculate, and a guess is almost always off... Oh well... I have other similar shots that are in focus! ( [link] and [link] 
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aah okay
waaah, the first one looks awesome 
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Haha! Thanks! 
I would say 'Line Of Fire' is always a pretty creepy angle... Unless they are shooting, like, cotton candy, or something...
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Thanks! 
Thank you so much!!
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Aww... Hims just wants a kiss...
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then you can give him one
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Whoa, you must have nerves of steel lol. Great shot.
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Or brains of jello...
Thanks man! So glad you like it!
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Thank you very much! So glad you like it!
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Yes, an ankle bite! 
Thanks very much! So glad you like it!
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Because it was on my ankle probably. Skin is pretty shallow there and most of the venom leaked out or never even went in... Also, Western Diamond Backs are among the less venomous of the rattlers due to their large size, (quantity over quality.) This was just a baby that bit me, and even though they say babies are more dangerous (cause they don't regulate the amount of venom they inject,) It didn't have nearly as much venom as an adult!
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THANKS!!! 8D
(Great Avatar!! 
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