PESO: Poised to Attack

[Paul Stenquist]

Okay, so it's only a harmless garter snake. And a tiny one at that. 
Note his size in respect to the leaves. But he IS poised to attack:-). 
I shot him at the Johnson Nature Center in Bloomfield, Michigan 
yesterday. This was with the A400/5.6 and the A2X-S converter. On a 
monopod. I don't like using the converter, because it's hard to focus, 
but I frequently need the reach of an 800 mm lens. This was shot from 
about ten feet away, wide open, 1/1500th, ISO 800, Sigma 500 Super with 
the Kirk Xtender. I'm doing a gallery show for the nature center, and 
this should serve as a nice example of natural camouflage.
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4321700&size=lg
Paul