Top 10 herp photos
of 2009
Pine Barrens Treefrog (Hyla andersoni) Blackwater State Forest, Santa
Rosa County, Florida - 1 June 2009 - shot with Nikon D60 and Nikkor 105 mm VR
macro lens with fill flash using Gary Fong lightsphere diffuser
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) feeding on Wandering Gartersnake (Thamnophis
elegans) - Apache Creek, Catron County, New Mexico - 9 August 2009 - shot
with Nikon D90 and Nikkor 80-400 VR Telephoto zoom lens at fast shutter speed
Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) Santa Ana National Wildlife
Refuge, Hidalgo County, Texas - 19 September 2009 - shot with Nikon D90 and
Nikkor 80-400 mm VR telephoto zoom lens
Striped Whipsnake (Masticophis taeniatus) Sierra Vieja Mountains,
Presidio County, Texas - 19 July 2009 - shot with Nikon D60 and Nikkor 105 mm VR
macro lens with 2 fill flashes mounted on tripods, each with Gary Fong diffusers
Spring Peeper (Pseudacris crucifer) Bouton Lake, Jasper County, Texas -
16 March 2009 - shot with Nikon D60 and Nikkor 105 mm VR macro lens with off
camera fill flash
Rock Rattlesnake (Crotalus lepidus) near Pandale, Val Verde County, Texas
- 27 June 2009 - shot with Nikon D60 and Nikkor 105 mm VR macro lens with two
tripod mounted fill flashes and Gary Fong lightsphere diffusers
Mountain Short-horned Lizard (Phrynosoma hernandesi) Guadalupe Mountains,
Eddy County, New Mexico - photos taken in situ with Nikon D60 and 105 mm
VR macro lens with two tripod mounted fill flashes each with Gary Fong
lightsphere diffusers
juvenile Broad-headed Skink (Eumeces laticeps) Ecofina Creek, Bay County,
Florida - 10 June 2009 - photo taken with Nikon D90 and Nikkor 80-400 mm VR
telephoto zoom lens
Florida Cottonmouth (Agkistrodon piscivorus) Sweetwater Creek, Liberty
County, Florida - 3 June 2009 - photo taken in situ with Nikon D60 and
Nikkor 105 mm VR macro lens with fill flash using Gary Fong lightsphere diffuser
Buttermilk Racer (Coluber constrictor) Big Creek Scenic Area, San Jacinto
County, Texas - 9 July 2009 - photo taken with Nikon D90 with 80-400 mm VR
telephoto zoom lens and intergral "pop-up" flash