new camera and light tent - DUW! Collection pics

[Steve-J]

Hi all, still learning on this new camera - between figuring it out and getting these guys to sit still for a minute it's quite an ordeal! but it's worth it in the end. This is only about half of the collection, right now six of them are at some point in a shed cycle so I'll have to get them next time. Let me know what you think of the pics! I know I am having some exposure and focus issues but this time around I was really trying to get their natural colors and I think it went pretty well!!
Here they are, first up is Lemmy our Lesser
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next is Charlie our Enchi, the first pic is overexposed but the second shows the right colors. . . at least a little bit anyway
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this is Pandora, our Mojave (she's a little piggy!)
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this is our Bee, Bibi - the only one who will sit still for pics, for a little while anyway, she's in my profile pic when she was little, here she is a bit bigger
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I like this one. . .
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next up is Zack, our Firefly - he's being a little booger and not eating, he's kinda little to have stopped (300gm) but he hasn't lost a gram yet so not time to worry yet. . . we love this guy. . .
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I really like this one. .
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Finally our newest guy, Peanut - he's a Disco and he's eating like a champ, I didn't have a chance to post a "new addition" thread so here he is now!
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Oh, I almost forgot. Our Pastel Athena who is getting HUGE wouldn't sit still but I love her color (still looking good at 900gm!) so here is part of her cruising away from the camera. . .
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I hope you like the pics, I'll get to the rest of them when they're freshly shed!!
Let us know what you think, and thanks for looking!!!
First time with a light tent, if anyone has any tips I'd love to hear 'em!

[Kinra]

Beautiful collection.

I love your mojave. I need to find one that looks like her.

[h00blah]

Wow perfect pastel coloration! Shes my fav along with ur firefly, mojo, and enchi

[KatStoverReptiles]

Gorgeous snakes!


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[Emily Hubbard]

GORGEOUS!! And yes, snakes are one of the hardest living things to photograph. I love sitting there and trying to veeeerrrry gently get them into a semi coil by cupping your hands around them without giving them a heart attack. Rarely works, but you got some great ones!!

[SquamishSerpents]

Upside down bowl + snake + assistant...works wonders!

Have your assistant remove the bowl after the snake has "settled in" to the bowl hide. Snap away, but be quick! They won't stay bowl-shaped for long.

Also when photographing snakes I like to use posterboard as a background, because it doesn't wrinkle!

Also, that is one of the craziest mojaves I've ever seen!

[Slim]

Outstanding collection! Your Fire Fly is beautiful!

[Steve-J]

Thanks everybody!!

Upside down bowl + snake + assistant...works wonders!

Have your assistant remove the bowl after the snake has "settled in" to the bowl hide. Snap away, but be quick! They won't stay bowl-shaped for long.

Also when photographing snakes I like to use posterboard as a background, because it doesn't wrinkle!

Also, that is one of the craziest mojaves I've ever seen!

Excellent! this is what I needed to know, I'm definitely going to do that next time, and yes, the wrinkles were driving me nuts so thank you for that solution!
Isn't Pandora nutty looking? I saw her siblings and some of them had crazy white splotches on their backs, so we're curious to see if she has something hidden that she could pass along. . . We're going to pair her with our Enchi for our first season.

[Rob]

Wow check out the stripe on that mojave!

[DooLittle]

Love the mojo and the firefly. Beautiful. I need to make a light tent, it makes for awesome pictures....