Dusted off the Light box

[Freakie_frog]

Just snapped a couple of quick shots enjoy

Ivory


Super Pastel


Pastel Enchi


Pewter

[MarkieJ]

Beautiful snakes and pics! I'm loving the contrast on that Pastel Enchi.

[Louis Kirkland]

Beautiful animals Ed!

[A&S Reptiles]

Beautiful! Could we maybe see a picture of that setup? If ya don't mind

[SlitherinSisters]

Beautiful beautiful beautiful!

[LotsaBalls]

I'll take them all.

[Kymberli]

Cleanest Ivory I've seen Great pics

[lk_holla]

love them all but the pewter the best! thanks for sharing!

[Hypnotic Exotic]

Nice pics! I'm still trying to get the whole snake photography thing down. Seems my camera doesn't want to focus except on macro settings and then it tends to focus one part and blur the background. Still playing around with manual settings but can't seem to get it the way I want it

[Freakie_frog]

Nice pics! I'm still trying to get the whole snake photography thing down. Seems my camera doesn't want to focus except on macro settings and then it tends to focus one part and blur the background. Still playing around with manual settings but can't seem to get it the way I want it

Thats because your "f-stop" aka aperture size is to big. When it comes to f-stop the smaller the number the bigger the lens is open, so a 5.2" is open bigger than a 15". The bigger the lens is open the closer the focal length. So a 3.0" is going to focus very close and lose focus aka blur the background, the bigger the f-stop number the further away from the focal point this happens..

here are some examples.


See how the nose of the snake is in sharp focus and not 3 inches behind it is blurry this is from a large aperture aka small f-stop number.

Here again small f-stop


How ever with images like this a larger f-stop was used so that the foreground and background can be focused.




F-stop is also important for stop motion. Fast shutter speed needs more light this means smaller f-stop which means closer focal length





Hope that helps..

P.S more light like with a flash or Light box will allow you to use larger f-stops and help you get the whole animal in focus..