New Light Tent

Hey all! For Christmas I got a new light tent with lights to go with it. I've also decided to remove the training wheels and start using my DSLR in manual mode... yikes! :O With a snowstorm in the area, it's given me a day to chill out and play with the settings.

Anyways, I wanted to try out my black background, and after seeing how these photos turned out (no post-processing at all!), I think I'm going to stick with it for at least my hypo photos. I would've taken more photos, but some animals are in shed and others are breeding. :banana:

As always, thanks for looking! :)

2010 hypo female Bonnie (butterscotch line).
http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...99043526_n.jpg
2012 hypo female Ursula. Sire is a Nerd-line orange ghost and mother is an unknown, but compatible, line of hypo. :gj:
http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...73872240_n.jpg
I wanted to take a photo of them together to compare. It's not exactly fair since they aren't similar in size, but it's still cool looking.
http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...96588858_n.jpg
2011 Lesser Pastel female Envy
http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...58844992_n.jpg
2012 YB male Loki
http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...57202765_n.jpg
This is a cool one of him I think.
http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...75562103_n.jpg
2012 CH female Goldy
http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...58984781_n.jpg

Beautiful pics. Looks like you found your ideal setup.

I really like the ghost comparison pic. That pastel lesser is one of my favorites. If her head were a little bit more blushed, then she would look like a super pastel lesser.

Those pictures are awesome! Do you recall what your settings were? Nice snakes too, they look great against the black.

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Originally Posted by collrak

Beautiful pics. Looks like you found your ideal setup.

I really like the ghost comparison pic. That pastel lesser is one of my favorites. If her head were a little bit more blushed, then she would look like a super pastel lesser.

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Thanks a bunch! I definitely like the variability that's found in hypos (even between the 2012 girl and her sister), so when they're all shed out I'll have to take a complete group shot along with my enchi hypo.

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Originally Posted by DrDooLittle

Those pictures are awesome! Do you recall what your settings were? Nice snakes too, they look great against the black.

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Thanks! I believe you got a Canon Rebel T3i, which is pretty similar to my T2i, so I think you can use these settings to start with and adjust them to suit your needs.

The settings I used for the black background are as follows:

Shooting mode: Manual
ISO: 100
Shutter speed: 1/80
Aperture: F5.0
White Balance: Daylight
Picture Style: User defined. I used picture style Faithful and increased the sharpness to 7 to see what that would do.
Flash: none
Quality: RAW + 18MP JPEG

Lighting: I used 5 daylight bulbs (approx. 5000K) that have a brightness of 1600 lumens apiece. Three of the bulbs are in Home Depot 10.5" reflectors and two others are in the tabletop lamps I got with the tent. Here's a photo of my setup.
http://i1248.photobucket.com/albums/...psefb1ee21.jpg

Awesome pics!! :gj:

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Originally Posted by KatStoverReptiles

Awesome pics!! :gj:

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Thank you! :D

Well guys, I couldn't do a thread without Enzo... I tried. Here's a photo I just took of him fooling around with his date this evening. Excuse the quality, but I didn't want to bug him too much. :)

http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...69736119_n.jpg

Sweet! Black background is my favorite :bow:

I want a tent like that, that's freakin awesome, pix look amazing!


0.3 Normals (Coilette, Athena and Mary Jane)
1.0 Pastel (De Sol)
1.0 Spider (Zeus)
1.0 Mojave (Prometheus)

0.1 Brazilian Rainbow Boa (Stella)
0.1 BCI (Kiyoko)
0.1 Dumerils Boa

Very nice!

I need to get a light tent soon.

Beautiful snakes and pictures!

Nice Pics

I need to try out the manual mode on my camera.

Amazing pastel lesser and super hot hypos!

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Originally Posted by h00blah

Sweet! Black background is my favorite :bow:

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Thanks Travis! It's mine at the moment too!

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Originally Posted by hypnotixdmp

I want a tent like that, that's freakin awesome, pix look amazing!


0.3 Normals (Coilette, Athena and Mary Jane)
1.0 Pastel (De Sol)
1.0 Spider (Zeus)
1.0 Mojave (Prometheus)

0.1 Brazilian Rainbow Boa (Stella)
0.1 BCI (Kiyoko)
0.1 Dumerils Boa

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Thank you! For $25, you can get the same one off of Amazon.

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Originally Posted by Star-Static

Very nice!

I need to get a light tent soon.

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Thank you and it's definitely worth buying a light tent.

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Originally Posted by SlitherinSisters

Beautiful snakes and pictures!

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Thank you!

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Originally Posted by joebad976

Nice Pics

I need to try out the manual mode on my camera.

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Thanks! It's definitely worth trying.

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Originally Posted by Gpoop

Amazing pastel lesser and super hot hypos!

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Thank you very much!

Very nice pics of very nice snakes:D

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Love the pictures. Thanks for sharing.

Nice shots for sure!

Purchased a pair of tents before the holidays and I am still waiting for them to arrive. Your pics just made me even more eager to get them set up!

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Originally Posted by jben

Very nice pics of very nice snakes:D

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Thank you!

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Originally Posted by DellaF

Love the pictures. Thanks for sharing.

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Thank you for looking and you're welcome!

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Originally Posted by TJ_Burton

Nice shots for sure!

Purchased a pair of tents before the holidays and I am still waiting for them to arrive. Your pics just made me even more eager to get them set up!

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Thanks! A light tent is definitely a nice thing to have!

Enzo is done locking up so I put him back in his tub, but not before I took a photo of him with the black background. This background color is definitely my go-to now for hypo photos. :)

Enchi Hypo male
http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...39224077_n.jpg

I didn't think it was possible for Enzo to look better, but man that black just makes him pop like crazy! I'll put my tent up today and see about the black with my babies :) I don't have high hopes for Mojo, as I think the contrast is what makes it look so nice and he's so dark, but we'll see :D

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Originally Posted by RoseyReps

I didn't think it was possible for Enzo to look better, but man that black just makes him pop like crazy! I'll put my tent up today and see about the black with my babies :) I don't have high hopes for Mojo, as I think the contrast is what makes it look so nice and he's so dark, but we'll see :D

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Thanks Tiffany! It helps to have used the black, but it also helps that I'm finally learning how to use all of the settings on my camera. This is the most accurate photo of him that I've taken and I didn't have to post-process one bit. :D

I think the black will look cool with Mojo... almost like he's trying to camouflage himself, but you'll still see some pattern. :D

Now that mostly everyone has shed, here are a few more photos, including an attempt at taking a photo of a pile of hypos.

Medusa (2012 Hypo female, sister to Ursula)
http://i1248.photobucket.com/albums/...psaa42d265.jpg
Ursula (posted already, but wanted her here for comparison to Medusa)
http://i1248.photobucket.com/albums/...psab60b987.jpg
Xena (Pastel het Hypo... being bred by Enzo)
http://i1248.photobucket.com/albums/...psc5216390.jpg
Enzo head shot
http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto..._6148815_n.jpg
Pile o' hypos
http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...05281552_n.jpg

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Originally Posted by lyfoti05

Now that mostly everyone has shed, here are a few more photos, including an attempt at taking a photo of a pile of hypos.

Medusa (2012 Hypo female, sister to Ursula)
http://i1248.photobucket.com/albums/...psaa42d265.jpg

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Man something is definitely going on with those hypos! They're freakn gnarly :bow:

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Originally Posted by h00blah

Man something is definitely going on with those hypos! They're freakn gnarly :bow:

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LOL, I wouldn't mind that. Both of them have a pattern (especially Medusa) and flames that resemble their mom's look, so we'll see. The only things that are definite about mom are that she's a 2008 girl that came from a collection buyout and she happens to be compatible with NERD-line hypos... she's a mystery girl in a way. :P. For now, I'd like to think I just have some sweet looking hypos to play around with. :D

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Originally Posted by lyfoti05

LOL, I wouldn't mind that. Both of them have a pattern (especially Medusa) and flames that resemble their mom's look, so we'll see. The only things that are definite about mom are that she's a 2008 girl that came from a collection buyout and she happens to be compatible with NERD-line hypos... she's a mystery girl in a way. :P. For now, I'd like to think I just have some sweet looking hypos to play around with. :D

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The thick bright stripes on her back reminds me of the thick stripes fires have on their backs. Your fire het hypo also has these stripes :D.

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Originally Posted by h00blah

The thick bright stripes on her back reminds me of the thick stripes fires have on their backs. Your fire het hypo also has these stripes :D.

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You make it sound as if I've pulled a Tiffany... :P :rofl: