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Fun with a New Lnes
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Cool shots. I'm curious, is that a white background the snakes are on? Are you using any ambient lighting in addition to your flash? If not, I think a couple remote lights would really make the colors pop.
Im not saying this to criticize, im just interested in photography.
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Re: Fun with a New Lnes
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Originally Posted by MikeSilver
Cool shots. I'm curious, is that a white background the snakes are on? Are you using any ambient lighting in addition to your flash? If not, I think a couple remote lights would really make the colors pop.
Im not saying this to criticize, im just interested in photography.
Yes, it is a white background . I'm not using my flash. I'm using the setup in link below with the canvas background switched for a white one and the addition of a piece of acrylic under the cloth to give a hard surface for the snakes to be placed on.
http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...-New-Light-Kit
I underexposed the pictures a little by using a smaller aperture (f5.6 or so) in order to increase the depth of field. I could have corrected the exposure a little more in Photoshop Elements 8, but I would rather the pictures be a little underexposed than washed out. I'm just starting to get into photography and am playing around to learn more.
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Wow, that's a cool setup. Do you have everything illuminated when you shoot? For my taste, I would make sure you're getting a vibrant white from the background. You may have to adjust your ISO down or go to a lower f-stop to achieve that, the latter giving you a shorter DOF, which I understand you don't want.
Really cool project, I'm excited to see how the photos progress. :gj:
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Re: Fun with a New Lnes
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Originally Posted by MikeSilver
Wow, that's a cool setup. Do you have everything illuminated when you shoot? For my taste, I would make sure you're getting a vibrant white from the background. You may have to adjust your ISO down or go to a lower f-stop to achieve that, the latter giving you a shorter DOF, which I understand you don't want.
Really cool project, I'm excited to see how the photos progress. :gj:
Thanks. I shoot with all the lights on. I know the white is coming out a little blue, but the colors of the snakes are pretty close to the real life colors. I tried adjusting the exposure in Photoshop Elements 8 and that started to wash the pictures out and back the colors a little too bright. I also tried to add a color correction layer and set the background to white and it made the colors go way too bright. I'll keep playing with it, but I really feel that, while the back ground isn't as white as I would like it, the colors of the snakes are pretty accurate.
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So, I took these with 2 lights off on a side (I was given the advise of having a little less light on one side so as to help create a sense of depth with just a little shadow) and used the WhiBal card to create a custom white balance. I think they came out well.
2013 Male Graphite Ivory 1
http://ball-pythons.net/gallery/file...15-01-24_3.jpg
2013 Male Graphite Ivory 2
http://ball-pythons.net/gallery/file...15-01-24_1.jpg
http://ball-pythons.net/gallery/file...15-01-24_3.jpg
2014 Female Orangebelly Mojave
http://ball-pythons.net/gallery/file...15-01-24_3.jpg
2014 Female Super Stripe
http://ball-pythons.net/gallery/file...15-01-24_2.jpg
Hope you guys enjoy!
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Took some more photographs today. Here are the 3 Ivories from this year:
http://ball-pythons.net/gallery/file...15-01-24_3.jpg
http://ball-pythons.net/gallery/file...15-01-24_3.jpg
http://ball-pythons.net/gallery/file...15-01-24_1.jpg
I am wondering if any of these 3 Ivories will turn into Graphite Ivories like their 2 half brothers from 2013.
Here are the Super Mystics that all came from the same clutch:
http://ball-pythons.net/gallery/file...2015-01-24.jpg
And a 2014 Female Super Pastel Calico
http://ball-pythons.net/gallery/file...15-01-24_1.jpg
How about a 2014 Female Mystic Potion with a disappearing and reappearing dorsal stripe:
http://ball-pythons.net/gallery/file...15-01-24_3.jpg
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the mystic potion is the best looking one, but i would love one of those congo fires :O
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Re: Fun with a New Lnes
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Originally Posted by se7en
the mystic potion is the best looking one, but i would love one of those congo fires :O
Thanks. Check out the Available Snakes photograph album on our Facebook page, you'll find those 2 and more are available.
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Re: Fun with a New Lnes
honestly your orangebelly mojave is a stunner, not saying the fire congo project you got is just the top of the iceberg;). i love your big pastel calico as well. but i can t see the caramel albino...
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Originally Posted by darkranger69
honestly your orangebelly mojave is a stunner, not saying the fire congo project you got is just the top of the iceberg;). i love your big pastel calico as well. but i can t see the caramel albino...
Thanks. The Orangebelly project is one that I am excited to work with. It has had some interesting turns in the last year as you can see by this thread http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...y-Color-Change. The Orangebelly Mojave is the first cross I have made outside of Orangebelly/Yellowbelly, Pastel, and Specter. The Orangebelly Mojave is one of my favorites from this year.
The Congo Fire is exciting. It is really bright. I am looking forward to what it will do with some other morphs.
Do you mean you can't see the picture of the Caramel Albino? Or do you think it is something else. Caramel Albino is my best guess. I started a thread about this because I was surprised when the 2 Caramel Albinos hatched out. Take a look here http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...e-Het-For-What for pictures of the Caramel Albinos
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i looked at your available snakes, and at some point down the line, i definitely need to get some snakes with the mystic gene
http://www.worldofballpythons.com/mo...iracle-potion/
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Originally Posted by se7en
Mystic combines real well with a lot of genes. That Miracle Potion is pretty cool. I personally want to mix Orange Dream, Fire, and Congo into my Mystic stuff. I was able to add Enchi in this past season. Hoping to produce some males this year that might help towards that goal.
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i think i'm going to focus on my clown project, and also trying to see if there is a super form of yoda
i'm still a novice, so i can't get too much going before i get the experience necessary
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Re: Fun with a New Lnes
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Originally Posted by se7en
i think i'm going to focus on my clown project, and also trying to see if there is a super form of yoda
i'm still a novice, so i can't get too much going before i get the experience necessary
Smart. It is easy to get too big too fast. Don't be afraid to work the Mystic into the Clown project. Mystic Clowns are cool (http://www.worldofballpythons.com/morphs/mystic-clown/). As you build up your Clown females, you could work in a power house Mystic combination male. Also, look at adding Leopard. Justin Kobylka has made some real nice combinations with the Leopard and Clown genes (look at the Pastel Lesser Leopard Clown on the main page of his website http://www.jkobylkareptiles.com/).
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i mean i don t think its a caramel albino. looks to dark . i just read your topic about those 2. i was thinking specter, but now i guess its a new recessive gene. very exciting anyway
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Originally Posted by darkranger69
i mean i don t think its a caramel albino. looks to dark . i just read your topic about those 2. i was thinking specter, but now i guess its a new recessive gene. very exciting anyway
Got you. Thanks. I hope to get some pictures next to a known Caramel Albino at the February Columbia Repticon. That way I can see how close it really is or isn't to a Caramel Albino. At the November Columbia Repticon, a couple of other breeders thought they looked pretty close to Caramel Albinos, and they were similar, but darker. This time I'll grab some pictures so that I can update the thread.
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sounds good, so your 2 original snakes are triple het. :gj::gj:
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Originally Posted by darkranger69
sounds good, so your 2 original snakes are triple het. :gj::gj:
Don't know. They are at least double het for Albino and Caramel Albino (just calling it that for now until I have conclusive evidence otherwise). I don't know if they are het for Pied or not. There were 11 eggs laid and 1 egg had twins. Out of 12 babies, no Pieds. If the parents are het Pied, that's pretty bad odds. I'm obviously breeding them again this season, so I may know more in the summer.
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Originally Posted by Slowcountry Balls
Smart. It is easy to get too big too fast. Don't be afraid to work the Mystic into the Clown project. Mystic Clowns are cool ( http://www.worldofballpythons.com/morphs/mystic-clown/). As you build up your Clown females, you could work in a power house Mystic combination male. Also, look at adding Leopard. Justin Kobylka has made some real nice combinations with the Leopard and Clown genes (look at the Pastel Lesser Leopard Clown on the main page of his website http://www.jkobylkareptiles.com/).
those leopard clowns are the heatrock:O
i may end up getting one more snake before i start breeding my own, and that will be a leopard YB male from a guy i've already bought 4 snakes from, on the condition it's still available next repticon
that way i may be able to make some silky ways and/or leopard superstripes
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Re: Fun with a New Lnes
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Originally Posted by se7en
those leopard clowns are the heatrock:O
i may end up getting one more snake before i start breeding my own, and that will be a leopard YB male from a guy i've already bought 4 snakes from, on the condition it's still available next repticon
that way i may be able to make some silky ways and/or leopard superstripes
Sounds like you have a great opportunity before you. I hope he is available for you.
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