I was fooling around with some camera settings

[Charlie Smith]

I have been playing with my digital camera trying to figure out just what everything is and what it all does. Turns out the more light the better with certain settings. It's really just a good excuse to enjoy my snakes. Here's a few I selected but I will admit I needed to use aditional software (Photoshop Elements) to assist in presenting better pictures. Enjoy!!!

Camera = Fuji Finepix F30 6mp
...My 2 models
......Abby (female) an '06 Jungle Bred by Bob Clark
......Oakley (male) an '06 Jungle Bred by AAR(Australian Addicted Reptiles)


..............................................Abby.............................. .................
F2.8, shutter speed 1/70, ISO-1600, 0-step, focal length 8mm, no flash, set to AUTO I believe, (2) 100w bulbs at (1) at 4 o'clock and (1) at 8 o'clock positions ((hand-held))


.........................Abby Head Shot.........................
F2.8, s/speed 1/38, ISO-1600, 0-step, focal length 8mm, no flash, set to AUTO I believe, (2) 100w bulbs at (1) at 4 o'clock and (1) at 8 o'clock positions ((hand-held))


.....................................Abby w/ $2 bill for ref..................................
F2.8, s/s 1/85, ISO-800, 0-step, focal length 8mm, no flash, set to AUTO I believe, indoors/night (2) 100w bulbs at (1) at 4 o'clock and (1) at 8 o'clock positions ((hand-held))


.............................................Abby............................... .................
F2.8, s/s 1/105, ISO-1600, 0-step, focal length 8mm, no flash, set to AUTO I believe, indoors/night (2) 100w bulbs at (1) at 4 o'clock and (1) at 8 o'clock positions ((hand-held))


Now for Oakely. He is the only one in my small '06 collection that has colored up with lots of yellow already.

===Oakley, I like this pretzel shot showing the banding and the blotchy===
F8, s/s 1/80, ISO-400, -2step, focal length 8mm, no flash, set to Shutter Priority-Manual -Tungsten white balance, indoors/night (2) 100w bulbs at (1) at 4 o'clock and (1) at 8 o'clock positions ((hand-held))


=========================Oakely==========================
cropped, F2.8, s/s 1/100, ISO-400, -.7step, focal length 8mm, no flash, set to Shutter Priority-Manual -Tungsten white balance, indoors/night (2) 100w bulbs at (1) at 4 o'clock and (1) at 8 o'clock positions ((hand-held))


==========================Oakley=========================
cropped for head pattern, F6.5, s/s 1/50, ISO-400, -2step, focal length 20mm, no flash, set to Shutter Priority-Manual -Tungsten white balance, indoors/night (2) 100w bulbs at (1) at 4 o'clock and (1) at 8 o'clock positions ((hand-held))


I really need to get my tri-pod working for me, next time, and it's obvious that more light is needed to take advantage of the higher F-stop numbers with adequate shutter speeds due to the snakes always moving.

It was fun and a great learning experience. If you have any suggestions feel free to advise.

Charlie

[bhmorrill]

Looking good! One of these days I need to get some good practice in on a good camera. I have a lot to learn. Thanks for the info one these pics.

[jcp]

Hi

That are some very nice looking Morelia hehe and a nice camera

[bigballs]

noiiiiiiiceeee!

[Colin Vestrand]

awesome shots... i need to get some practice with mine too. is that just a black cloth you're using for the back drop and floor?

[MeMe]

Awesome pics the last one is my fav!

[Charlie Smith]

Thanks for the nice comments. As you can see I need to work on it somemore so any and all suggestions is greatly appreciated.

My backdrop was improvised...I couldn't find the black cloth I intended to use so I dug out a solid black sweatshirt spread out on a livingroom chair. I looked for something with low reflection and that was the best qualifier. I'd like to try a white background. Maybe use a white posterboard.

I owe some belly shots to Blake so that will be my next adventure and I'll try to use the white background. I may set them on glass and cover with a white sheet, shoot from underneath and see what happens. Fun stuff!!!

Here's a couple more only cut down in size but otherwise stock no mods.

========================Oakley===========================
F4, ss 1/60, ISO 400, focal length 16mm, 0 step, shutter priority, Tungsten white balance



========================Oakley===========================
F6.4, ss 1/60, ISO 400, focal length 16mm, -2 step, shutter priority, Tungsten white balance

Looks like the -2 step combined with the F-stop increase produced a slightly darker image. I'm sure the -2 was the mistake from an earlier try and I just forgot to reset it.

Charlie

[Charlie Smith]

Not 1 tongue shot either in all my pics hmmm ?

[MeMe]

Not 1 tongue shot either in all my pics hmmm ?

Those (tongue shots) are my fav pics but I hardly ever catch mine!

nice pics and pretty snake

[Laooda]

The last two are money!!!