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Best herp pic of 2010!

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Ok here's the deal......Post your favorite pic of the most favorite herp that you caught this year. Can't wait to see the pics guys!
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Not mine but still the best of 2010 ;-) Love that feeling!, maybe the best part of the whole night. Great shot Paul!

From Paul Lynums awesome post: viewtopic.php?f=2&t=3225

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Good idea Brad. Here's another with a good feel about it. 'Kinda makes me homesick for warm snake-y nights...

South FL

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Weird that the title of the thread is "Best herp pic of 2010!" but there hasn't been a herp visible in any of the pics yet!

I'll fan those flames with a West TX highway 385 shot:

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But will attempt to get back on track with this adorable softshell and newly-metamorphosed friend:

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Here are some of my favorites from this year!

Regal Ringneck
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Gila Monster
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Mexican Vine Snake
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Green Ratsnake
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Red Spotted Toad
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CrazyHerper123 wrote:Ok here's the deal......Post your favorite pic of the most favorite herp that you caught this year. Can't wait to see the pics guys!
LOL, so far everyone has disregarded the rules of the post. Regulate, CrazyHerper123!! JK :lol:

I've beaten this picture to death but it is still my "favorite pic of the most favorite herp" found this year.
Pine Barrens treefrog (Hyla andersonii) from NC.
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Since we are roaming on the overall them by including road shots, here's a favorite road shot of mine from last year (cheating twice over I guess)!

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every one i see my favorite...... :beer:
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My favorite this year, mostly due to the amount of work I put into it to get what I wanted.

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Kevin,

I'm intrigued by the work you put into this picture. What exactly did you want and how did you achieve it?
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MHollanders, I'll PM you.
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Thanks Tim, I like your's too. Nice how the road curves round to the setting sun. Is that a distant mosquito in the top center of the frame?
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Here is my donation to the mix using my point and hope camera...

Madrean Alligator Lizard, Santa Cruz County AZ

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Oh yeah ....

the landscape shot ..... looking east from the Huachucas, Cochise County AZ

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My favorite photo I have taken this year, I lay on a pier and dangled off of it, holding my camera right above the the tip of its nose for this one. One of those few shots that I don't just play by ear but had envisioned something similar to this even before I left the states.
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Biker Dave wrote:Oh yeah ....

the landscape shot ..... looking east from the Huachucas, Cochise County AZ

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That's so awesome... Microburst?

I really like this shot I got of a Sonoran Gopher in Pima County, AZ... Who cares if the head is centered. :D

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Favorite 2010 pic (and it happens to be of my favorite subject!)

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(BTW Anton, that's an AMAZING shot of the croc!!!)
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Biker Dave wrote:
Oh yeah ....

the landscape shot ..... looking east from the Huachucas, Cochise County AZ



That's so awesome... Microburst?
NO... I think it was just a standard monsoon thunderstorm rolling up the valley below me......
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A green lizard (Lacerta bilineata). My favorite pic of the year. I am trying to work on taking of the macro and using the wide angle.

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Anton,
Wow man not only amazing but scary to think about how you did it.
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A couple of my favorites from this year.

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(BTW Anton, that's an AMAZING shot of the croc!!!)
Anton,Wow man not only amazing but scary to think about how you did it.
Thanks guys! Yeah I was a little nervous when I was doing it especially cause it was obvious the croc was acclimated to humans and had most likely been given food by them in the past. I was pretty on edge the entire time and trying not to think about how much my arm resembled a slab of chicken dangling over him. It took me a long time to work up to that shot, I only did it when I was completely sure he was uninterested in me and I still didn't keep myself out there for a second longer than I had to. I'm just glad it ended up being worth the effort.
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My three 2010 winners:

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Red Bamboo Ratsnake

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Many-banded Krait

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Dragon-Scaled Tree Pig
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This is not going to win any awards but the first time I observed combat in Crotalus was the highlight of my year:

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Here's my favorite shot. My only Eastern King of the year. Plus it was absolutely flawless. I loved the overcast lighting of the day. I loved that I nailed it technically (in respect to what I was going for) and without a flash. I prefer photos, non flash. So it was kinda like my favorite picture of one of my favorite animals of the year. Plus I was with my three kids and we all loved the snake. VERY hard to let go, but I did.

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Brick, that's an absolutely "classic sports car" of an Eastern. Great paint job; great pic.
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Los Angeles County lifer Scute from June.

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Tim Borski wrote:Brick, that's an absolutely "classic sports car" of an Eastern. Great paint job; great pic.

Yeah, I know right?! Someone earlier in the year asked if I put a finish of clear coat on it first. There wasn't a spec of blemish on the entire thing. It was a lucky day.
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aye yi yi,

hard to say for sure, but here's one...
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Dang Rich, thought I knew my N.A. crotes well enough but gotta say, I'm stumped here :oops: ...Mexico? Awesome find and photo op, congrats! :thumb: :thumb: :thumb:
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Hey Brad,

They're Panamints (Crotalus stephensi) in CA. They were a lifer for us,so it was awesome to see fighting and mating all in teh same trip!

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Great shots in here everyone! Here's my contribution...

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Awesome shot of one of my favorites, Nick!
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Great shot brick911 and everyone else. A Newport phase, just what I was hoping to see that year. I got lucky with him posing like that on his own.

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I got 9 lifers this year, but this isn't one of them. It is the coolest little herp I saw in 2010, however.

Eastern Box Turtle

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Eastern kingsnake
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Gorgeous pic of a STUNNING snake!
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Never seen an eastern baby box turtle, you can never really envision how small they are without something to set next to it for scale.
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I'll join in on the fun! Great pictures for everyone!! I'll go with a favorite reptile and favorite amphib shot.

For the amphibians, I chose this adult/larvae spring salamander shot. The species was a lifer and they are a most interesting species to search for and observe!!

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The reptile pic is this pair of Eastern Massassauga Rattlesnake (Prob. Females) basking. I just love this species and finding two at the same time was quite the highlight!!

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Didn't get out much this year and can't recall seeing any lifers, or anything really exceptional either. Snake road was terrible in October and I didn't make it down last spring. No trips to speak of...surely there must have been something cool...

oh yeah, an in situ brownsnake taking a swim
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and I DID find a lifer...
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and I did see this cool mating ball last spring...
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Who knew? maybe last year wasn't so bad afterall?
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Those are all really cool pictures. Brownsnake swimming? huh
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you may have seen this before.....found these uta breeding last spring. blurry point and shoot. but thought i'd share this voyer experience :shock:

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Gotta to love lizard porn.
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another one that I just really like for some reason...
C. molossus basiliscus......
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Man that's an AWESOME shot...no question as to why you might like it!!! :beer: :thumb:
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just started even TRYING to herp around late november, don't know what I was thinking. :roll: This is probably my favorite shot of 2010, common fence lizard but one that i know well, as he lives about 20 feet from my house. :beer: sorry about the quality, i've just got a crappy point and shoot camera w/bad resolution. :x
Just gotta love in situ shots! :thumb:
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This was my favorite.

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Those leopard lizards are awesome. They remind me of little velociraptors. Very cool.
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Glad you dig it Justin! ...they are bad lizards.
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