Marilyn, Marie, and I went to the Fountain Park late in the day today. I had hiked up the trail overlooking the fountain to try some more HDR photos. The sun had set and it was getting dark. Marilyn and Marie came up to meet me and, as we were nearing the bottom, we saw this rattlesnake slithering across the trail. I got my camera out and after fumbling the first few photos – I still had the ISO set at 100 and the exposure compensation set to -5.0 EV – I finally got a couple of shots that weren’t all black. This is the better of the two. I used the flash for this photo; I think it turned out okay anyway.
