Just got back from my spring trip down to southern Illinois to find my modem fried. Nice. The cable company came today, and I am up and running again. Gave me plenty of time to edit my weekend's photos, although it did take me the better part of an hour to read all the posts that were made between the time I left and the time I got home :cryin: Nice shooting everyone.

I'll start with the snakes. This year's strange weather has made snake hunting tough - no one who we ran into was having much luck, we had to work VERY hard for the amount of specimens we turned up. From last thursday until this tuesday, I've put 1,000 frames on my camera - although at this point I've become much more of a snob about which shots get attention and which get scrapped, here are the ones from the trip that I like.


Black Rat snake.



neonate box turtle.


cottonmouth.


neonate cotton in situ



Diamondback watersnake







common kingsnake



midland watersnake



plainbelly (yellowbelly) watersnake, neonate.



black racer.



red milksnake.





ringneck snake.



worm snake.



Stay tuned for part 2!