https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Share-Your-Photos/Rattle-Dance/m-p/452538#M4032 <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Mark_Christensen_Photography_Rattlesnakes_Fighting.jpg" style="width: 962px;"><img src="https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/48149iFA6CC8507FD2DDF5/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="Mark_Christensen_Photography_Rattlesnakes_Fighting.jpg" alt="Mark_Christensen_Photography_Rattlesnakes_Fighting.jpg" /></span></P><P>Ok, ok, so they're not actually dancing, they're dueling for the right to mate with a local female, or so says Google. I shared this image with some local Rangers and none of them had seen this behavior in person, only read or heard about it so I feel quite blessed.&nbsp;</P><P>I was riding my mountain bike on a local fire road when I came around a corner to find this scene. I set my bike down and grabbed my camera. This image was made standing up. I laid down for some shots but the background just didn't work and they get lost in it. So the even, bright sandy background kept them the clear subject.</P><P>Canon 5D Mark IV, 70-200mm at 200mm, ISO 400, f5.6, 1/800&nbsp;</P><P>As I'm still new here I'm not sure if this is frowned upon or not, but below is my blog entry on this image:</P><P><A title="Snake Fight" href="https://www.markchristensenphotography.com/mcpbts-blog/snake-fight" target="_self">https://www.markchristensenphotography.com/mcpbts-blog/snake-fight</A>&nbsp;</P> Sat, 23 Dec 2023 01:51:52 GMT MCPhotography 2023-12-23T01:51:52Z https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Share-Your-Photos/Rattle-Dance/m-p/452538#M4032 <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Mark_Christensen_Photography_Rattlesnakes_Fighting.jpg" style="width: 962px;"><img src="https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/48149iFA6CC8507FD2DDF5/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="Mark_Christensen_Photography_Rattlesnakes_Fighting.jpg" alt="Mark_Christensen_Photography_Rattlesnakes_Fighting.jpg" /></span></P><P>Ok, ok, so they're not actually dancing, they're dueling for the right to mate with a local female, or so says Google. I shared this image with some local Rangers and none of them had seen this behavior in person, only read or heard about it so I feel quite blessed.&nbsp;</P><P>I was riding my mountain bike on a local fire road when I came around a corner to find this scene. I set my bike down and grabbed my camera. This image was made standing up. I laid down for some shots but the background just didn't work and they get lost in it. So the even, bright sandy background kept them the clear subject.</P><P>Canon 5D Mark IV, 70-200mm at 200mm, ISO 400, f5.6, 1/800&nbsp;</P><P>As I'm still new here I'm not sure if this is frowned upon or not, but below is my blog entry on this image:</P><P><A title="Snake Fight" href="https://www.markchristensenphotography.com/mcpbts-blog/snake-fight" target="_self">https://www.markchristensenphotography.com/mcpbts-blog/snake-fight</A>&nbsp;</P> Sat, 23 Dec 2023 01:51:52 GMT https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Share-Your-Photos/Rattle-Dance/m-p/452538#M4032 MCPhotography 2023-12-23T01:51:52Z