As we prepare to celebrate the death of the old year and the birth of a new one, here’s a pic from Costa Rica of a little snake that can easily take care of that death part.
It’s a palm pit viper, patiently hanging from a tree in a Costa Rican cloud forest at night. The viper is coiled up on a branch just above the ground, waiting patiently for an oblivious mouse to take the ultimate wrong turn. Everything is food for something.
Canon 1Dx. 180mm macro. ISO 2500. f/5.6 @ 1/100sec. Lit with fill flash at a sharp angle, and an LED flashlight from the front. Aperture priority. -1 2/3 EV.
