A few photo's

Well it was cleaning day and I washed out every single tub I have, whether it needed it or not. So I took a few pics of a few of the guys and gals. They weren't all lucky enough to get their photo's taken and the ones that were, didn't like it one bit.
Not the best of photo's either but I was in a hurry and none of the snakes (with one exception) were in any mood to sit still.

My smallest female pastel (she weighs around 1,300 grams):
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y10...z/_MG_1124.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y10...z/_MG_1129.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y10...z/_MG_1172.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y10...z/_MG_1170.jpg

Male bumblee bee (would not stop moving from the very moment I opened his tub):
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y10...z/_MG_1103.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y10...z/_MG_1179.jpg

Female spider (~2,000 grams):
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y10...z/_MG_1118.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y10...z/_MG_1120.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y10...z/_MG_1160.jpg

Male butter:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y10...z/_MG_1107.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y10...z/_MG_1154.jpg

Female pin:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y10...z/_MG_1130.jpg

The only one that held still, an August of 08' female piebald (weighs 553 empty):
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y10...z/_MG_1137.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y10...z/_MG_1138.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y10...z/_MG_1183.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y10...z/_MG_1185.jpg

Really, really beautiful photography and snakes!!
Wow, really nice pictures!! Love the super-macro shots!!! :D

Awesome pics and snakes. Nice close-ups.

Wow:gj:superb photography!

beautiful snakes, beautiful photography.


thanks for sharing, now I can go to work with a smile on my face.:D

INCREDIBLE pictures. you are a great photographer.i wish i was one of your snakes so i could be a model. :P

Thanks for the compliments. :)
To me the photo's are okay but nothing great. Some aren't the most in focus...lighting could have been better on some...the snakes pose could have been better. But like I said I was in a hurry and the snakes wanted nothing to do with having their pics taken. :(

Hopefully come spring or summer I'll have some new snakes to photograph if breeding goes the way I would like. I could possibly have butter bees, queen bees, super pastels and killer bees. :O

Very nice!! :gj::D

Always a pleasure to check out your pictures, as well as you beautiful snakes. :gj:

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Originally Posted by pillowtalk6188

INCREDIBLE pictures. you are a great photographer.i wish i was one of your snakes so i could be a model. :P

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You don't have to be a snake! This nice young lady wasn't a snake and her photo's came out okay. ;)
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y10...z/_MG_0978.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y10...z/_MG_0916.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y10...z/_MG_0899.jpg

Very nice pictures of some great looking animals! That bumblebee is looking good!

How about sending that Bumblebee my way! lol

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Originally Posted by anendeloflorien

Very nice pictures of some great looking animals! That bumblebee is looking good!

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Originally Posted by TheMolenater2

How about sending that Bumblebee my way! lol

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Yeah I love my bumble bee, he actually is pretty browned out compared to what he was for the 1st year I had him.
He's a stud breeder too, I think he'd hump your leg if you let him. :D

Great shots, snakes and girls alike!

If I am correct, I see those big diffuser things in the reflections in the snakes eyes....What type of lighting set up are you using?

Great snakes and pictures!! What shutter speed are you using to get nice, clear pictures when the snakes won't stay still?

Awesome photos of the snakes(and the girl too!) I love snake photos. Your snakes are awesome. The piebald is the best. I know they're expensive but I want one! LOL

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Originally Posted by monk90222

If I am correct, I see those big diffuser things in the reflections in the snakes eyes....What type of lighting set up are you using?

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Those are indeed the studio lights you see in the eyes (which if I wasn't in a hurry would have spent more time tweaking to get better light).

I use Alien Bees http://www.alienbees.com/ Fantastic lights for the money, used by beginners and longtime professionals alike.

I used those this time around because I had them on hand, my wife wanted some photo's taken of her and our Pug. Normally when photographing at home I use my Canon Speedlites and don't bother setting up the larger studio lights.

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Originally Posted by LGL

Great snakes and pictures!! What shutter speed are you using to get nice, clear pictures when the snakes won't stay still?

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When taking pictures using external flashes the shutter speed doesn't have much of anything to do with stopping motion. It's the lights themselves that have that effect.
Also your camera is limited to how fast of shutter speed you can use with flashes. With my Canon 5D the fastest shutter speed I can use is 1/200th sec. Even though the camera without using any flash has a shutter speed up to 1/8000th a sec.
But with or without a flash I wouldn't go below 1/60th a sec. unless your camera holding skills are great and the snake is not moving.

Snakes are wonderful...great pics!!

I like the low white on the spider very cool

Amazing pictures, and amazing snakes....

Wow amazing snakes youve got there and amazing photography skills

I always enjoy seeing your pics.
Looking good bro:gj:

Wow. You have a very nice collection, and you take some of the best pictures that I have seen, and not only of snakes!!!!!:gj:

beautiful pictures and snakes!!! what kind of camera are you using?

Great pictures as usual Chris. It looks like you are taking pictures of people now that is awesome!

Brock

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Originally Posted by Brock Wagner

It looks like you are taking pictures of people now that is awesome!

Brock

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That's probably just a one time thing, I don't like doing it. She kept hounding me so I did it as a favor.

Great pictures, I have been trying to get a "bucket o' balls" pic but as I don't have that great of a camera and the snakes wont stay still I haven't been having the best of luck.