Snakes and Stones

Photo #15
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Some local granite-esque rocks from area. There is a quarter in the photo for scale.

At the time this photo was taken: This male is at ~1.5 years old. He has grown significantly larger since the photo and outmatches some of my older females in size.

Photo #16

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ROYGBIV
Red - Red Jasper
Orange - Tiger Jasper
Yellow - Yellow Chert
Green - African Green Opal
Blue - Sodalite
Indigo - Iolite
Violet - Amethyst

Love it! The world's first "rainbow python"! :D

Photo #17

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Photo #18

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Some more local granite. Not the fanciest rocks in the world, but, definitely the right price for me: FREE! ;)

Photo #19
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Very pretty combination! :gj: Is that his allowance for not messing up your rock circle? :D

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Originally Posted by Bogertophis

Very pretty combination! :gj: Is that his allowance for not messing up your rock circle? :D

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Thanks! I would give him the quarter, but, he prefers the rodent equivalent. ;)

I did experiment with really complex designs/patterns: One of them involved over 100 well-tumbled garnets (about the size of a dime), a few pieces of sea jasper and imperial topaz. It took me about 2 hours to setup the design, and when I put the snake in the center she flailed wildly and knocked all the stones onto the floor erasing all my effort in less than three seconds. Disheartened I just formed all the stones together in a circle again (my default) to make a photo (which is #22).

I do have a relative who glues small stones of different colors to a background to create landscape scenes. She would love to acquire my rock collection. I would love to photograph my snakes in her artwork. Maybe someday we will have an artistic team-up....

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Originally Posted by Lord Sorril

... It took me about 2 hours to setup the design, and when I put the snake in the center she flailed wildly and knocked all the stones onto the floor erasing all my effort in less than three seconds. Disheartened I just formed all the stones together in a circle again (my default) to make a photo (which is #22).

I do have a relative who glues small stones of different colors to a background to create landscape scenes. She would love to acquire my rock collection. I would love to photograph my snakes in her artwork. Maybe someday we will have an artistic team-up....

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In that case, you can keep the quarter. ;)

As for your artistic team-up, it sounds like a win...:sweeet:

#13 is my favorite so far.