Just browsing and found VPI

Hiya there is a site called VPI that I was just googling various ball python related stuff and they popped up, I do this every day but their site is pretty interesting just wondered if any of you had any thoughts -
http://www.vpi.com/Default.htm

oh yeah check this out - wild caught desert ghost and they bred a patternless BP (I haven't seen patternless before, I may just be less worldly)
https://ball-pythons.net/modules/cop...ug01%29j02.jpg

and here is the patternless
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top photo looks shopped. 2nd one is nice though.

Yeah I kinda thought that too (about the first one) but I opted for the benifit of the doubt and if it isn't shopped that certainly is a sweet contrast. But the white on the tail is just a bit too white to me.

If it isn't it's sweet as all getout - but the lightened shadows would be consistent with someone whapping it with gamma correction. In any event that second one looks cast out of gold - liquid molten beauty.

bottom one is shopped as well. Its the same snake.

you're crazy.

maybe. But one thing i know being in my proffesion is imaging and they both are shopped. Maybe not the same snake, but both have been brushed.

Well...if these were from any Jo Bloe's website, I might wonder if they were or not...but this is VPI...one of the premier breeders. They're peers with NERD and SnakeKeeper and Clark. (Well...I'm not sure ANYone is truly a peer of NERD! :D ) But anyhow...they have a huge business with a stellar reputation...so far as I know. I've never once heard anyone complaining about being ripped off from them or not getting exactly what they paid for. And when you're dealing with tens of thousands of dollars PER animal....your reputation is everything.

I don't think those are "shopped," except maybe to try and compensate for how a photo sometimes bleeds out an animal's true colors. I've seen that patternless before, in several different photos...it's definitely not faked.

I've seen other photos of the patternless before, too, and it's a fabulous snake. I agree with Smulkin that the photos both appear to have had someone go a little overboard with gamma correction. It's easy to do if you have a dark monitor.

VPI is above reproach, as far as I'm concerned.

VPI wouldn't photoshop pictures.

the 2nd photo is not shopped.

Well folks,
I have personally seen both snakes in person and I can tell you they ARE THAT GOOD LOOKING. The photos have been cropped and saved through photoshop, but I seriously doubt they are over-corrected. The desert ghost is by far the most mind-blowing snake I have seen in a long time. It is hard to wrap your head around it when you are holding the animal in your hands. The patternless just gets better looking with each shed. They are not the same snake. Just wanted to clear this up in case there are others out there thinking VPI would mis-represent themselves. :roll:
Hillary Webb

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Originally Posted by Hillary

Well folks,
I have personally seen both snakes in person and I can tell you they ARE THAT GOOD LOOKING. The photos have been cropped and saved through photoshop, but I seriously doubt they are over-corrected. The desert ghost is by far the most mind-blowing snake I have seen in a long time. It is hard to wrap your head around it when you are holding the animal in your hands. The patternless just gets better looking with each shed. They are not the same snake. Just wanted to clear this up in case there are others out there thinking VPI would mis-represent themselves. :roll:
Hillary Webb

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Ditto that!!!!

Good to see you here Hil!!!!!!

K

I couldn't imagine that they would do that, Hillary....thank you for stepping in and confirming our faith in them! :D Wow, would I love to see those animals in person!

Yeah, I am in high support of VPI. They do allot of incredible work (not just breeding) with different herps, and I would say they have beautiful stock. Althou I have only seen pictures.
But they are top notch in my book
Rusty

Yeah I was just googling and came across VPI. I'm new so I've never heard of them but those snakes were just too beautiful not to show someone.