Different white background

Ive been trying to come up with a nice background for taking pics of my Albino, for most of my other snakes, I use white melamine, but I dont like the white on white with the Albino, and everyone and their little brother is using black these days, Im looking for something a little different than the norm....here the first one I tried last week, its still white melamine, but I created some shadows to give it a shady/grey look to it, let me know what you think...he should shed tomorrow, at which time Im going to try some different textures, Im thinking crushed velvet will look really nice......
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y23...nnycloseup.jpg

Wow! That's a beautiful shot! I think that's one of the best albino head-shots I've ever seen! :sweeet:

Nice lookin pic, I do like how there is some contrast with the shading, i think abinos and pieds that are really light colored need plenty of contrast to show how bright they are really are! The shading in that picture works well! Awsome pic.

wildlifewarrior

Thank you for the kind words

the eye looks cool in that pic. if your camera allows, try adjusting exposure or metering(spot metering) or using different amounts of flash.



vaughn

Yea that eye is awsome with the different shades of red!!


wildlifewarrior

my favourite thing about his eye, is at the top where you can see the yellow head stripe continues straight through the eye ;) and Vaughn, I know my camera has those metering options, but Im not sure if I can adjust the flash like that, Ive only ever read about half the manual LOL I'll have to look into that

Stunning....

I love the detail in the eye, amazing.


It is definitely hard to get good albino pics, and frustrating too.

That one would get my vote for BPOM.

Neil

Wow! Stunning! AND you got just the tip of his tongue coming out too! Very nice!

:omg: WoooooooW What a fantastic close-up. How did U get him to stay so still for it!?????


The gray shading works well with his color. What a neat pic!

RuLyn

thanks again everyone, I am digging this background too...and as for getting him to stay still... when I find that out, I will let you know ;) LOL a fast shutter speed is my friend LOL and the years Ive spent doing aquatic photography also help LOL truth be told, taking pics of snakes seems so easy to me, especially compared to fast moving fish, through water and 1/2" of glass ;)

oh wow, that's gorgeous!

Instead of using a black background to contrast with the white scales, why not try a purple hue to contrast with the yellow scales?

You may also want to try sunny day outdoor shots or flourescent lighting to get rid of the grain on the photo.