From northeastern North Carolina.

I hope you were using a telephoto lens hen you took these, especially the cottonmouth. Yikes!

The alligator pics were taken at max 300mm focal length, so its a little soft. It was about 35-40 feet away. The cottonmouth was about 4 feet away. I know that since my lens has a minimum focal distance of 4 feet and I had to move back some to get the picture focused.

They are beautiful pics, but I missed the one where a big oak limb gets broken over the cottonmouth's head.

Great pics!

Wow, nice pics

Someone on another forum questioned where the fangs were. They fold back, and are hidden in the fleshy lobes in the mouth just under the eyes. Here's a series of pics I took at another location and stacked to put in motion clearly showing the sheathed fangs.

Cool photos, thank for sharing.

Cool pics.
To hell with the cotton mouth though !

I’d of used a 12 gauge on that Cottonmouth ! 🤠

Snakes seem to be the most difficult thing out there to photograph. Usually takes a wrangler and a photographer. Good job.

Good pics. What camera?

Two switchblades with venom! What'll ole' Ma Nature come up with next?

That is one evil lookin' sarpent. And I mostly LIKE snakes!

Nikon D7200 with a Nikon AF-P NIKKOR 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6E ED VR lens.

wow, you are good with that camera. i enjoyed those pics.

Yikes!