Dusted off the Light box

Just snapped a couple of quick shots enjoy

Ivory
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...s/DSC_1652.jpg

Super Pastel
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...s/DSC_1649.jpg

Pastel Enchi
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...s/DSC_1645.jpg

Pewter
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...s/DSC_1640.jpg

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

Beautiful animals Ed! :salute:

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

Beautiful beautiful beautiful! :gj:

I'll take them all. ;)

Cleanest Ivory I've seen :gj: Great pics

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

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 :mad:

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Originally Posted by 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 :mad:

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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.

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...i/DSC_0063.jpg
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
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...i/DSC_0320.jpg

How ever with images like this a larger f-stop was used so that the foreground and background can be focused.
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...rphs/racks.jpg

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...s/DSC_0261.jpg

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

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...s/DSC_0332.jpg

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...DSC_0330-1.jpg

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..