[Muddy Valley]

He was trying to get by me to enter the bushes & not wanting to put my head down near the ground in front of him I just lowered the camera and let the autofocus do it's magic. Most of the series found the nose if not the. eyes. . He was maybe a meter away and moving.

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[SonoranDesert]

Beautiful shot! So, you were fairly close…it appears…
When I don’t know what it is I’m shooting I upload it to https://www.inaturalist.org/ and get expert opinions.

 

[Muddy Valley]

Thanks! I was mostly impressed that the camera found the focal point without my telling it where to look.
I submit photos to inaturalist also. For insects, I use bugguide.net
These are either called Bull, or Gopher snakes. Pituophis catenifer
An old friend of mine Alan St.John, wrote the book - Reptiles of the Northwest. It's a very good one & all text, photographs, and drawings are his work. They are available on Amazon.

 

[SonoranDesert]

Thanks! I was mostly impressed that the camera found the focal point without my telling it where to look.
I submit photos to inaturalist also. For insects, I use bugguide.net
These are either called Bull, or Gopher snakes. Pituophis catenifer
An old friend of mine Alan St.John, wrote the book - Reptiles of the Northwest. It's a very good one & all text, photographs, and drawings are his work. They are available on Amazon.

Thanks @Muddy Valley I’ll check out bugguide.net and the book.