…and in an odd coincidence, I had a friend send me a link to that in the last couple days. She was prompted to do so after I crawled up face-to-face with a rattle snake while trying to get some whooping crane shots last week for the nature conservancy.
Friggin’ snake never rattled – even once.
Oh – and – this might be helpful; rattlers can’t see you if you’ve the sun behind your back. When I first spotted him he was 8′ away, and coiling. I stood (screw the whoopers) slowly, and backed away a bit. After shooting that side I moved ’round to the other side, for more direct light. When I had the sun over my shoulder, my friend couldn’t see me at all, and finally decided to leave.
…got some nice shots of him before he did though.