Rattlesnake strike easier to handle in slo-mo

WILDLIFE WATCHING — “They are pretty misunderstood creatures – honestly they will do almost anything to not bite someone.”

That’s the up-close observation of Montana outdoor photographer Jaime Johnson, who’s been spending some quality time with rattlesnakes lately.

He and his wife, Lisa, have been concentrating on close head shots, such as the one above.  Check out more of their rattler head shots here .

“We also captured some pretty neat video of a rattler striking our video camera twice! The camera ended up covered in venom.. yuk.

“We don’t make a practice of bothering them, but wanted to capture in slow motion some actual strikes.

‘Video was shot at 240 frames per second – then slowed down to 24 frames per second.”