Misrepresenting animals

[JasonG]

If you want to talk about misrepresenting animals... There is an ad right now on KS selling "Breeder Sized pastel females" But yet the females arent over 600 grams...

That's misrepresenting if you ask me...

[Spaniard]

Thats why an inquiry on the BOI is a must for any potential purchase with a seller who's history you are unsure of. Jumping to conclusions gets you no where fast, Ben has amazing animals and I would purchase from him in a heart beat.

[butters!]

Truthfully I can see where the original poster is coming from. The pics of the animals do have a tad bit much of yellow overtones to them. Nothing photoshop can't fix though...

i dont see where the op is comming from.no offense,but they have no clue.
there is no reason to harp on a breeder that is legit and if you think they are being dishonest then click the little backwards arrow on the top left of the screen.its that easy!

[anendeloflorien]

I'm not sure exactly why you felt the need to post that lol. IMO that is a really nice looking fire! Yeah there are people out there who "misrepresent" their animals but from a guy like Ben Renick I would not expect that type of thing.

Not entirely sure why you linked to his pastels either. Take it to the BOI if you have a problem with the way someone is running his/her business.

[Stewart_Reptiles]

Truthfully I can see where the original poster is coming from. The pics of the animals do have a tad bit much of yellow overtones to them. Nothing photoshop can't fix though...

Sorry I have a hard time understanding where he is coming from, if a picture does not look like the best picture in the world, before falsie accusing someone of misrepresenting an animal on a open forum, the person should contact the breeder and do a little research.

[ohyeahnow]

Truthfully I can see where the original poster is coming from. The pics of the animals do have a tad bit much of yellow overtones to them. Nothing photoshop can't fix though...

I saw snakes that looked that yellow at the last reptile expo I went to. Can you explain how to photoshop a live animal that is being held in ones hand at an expo?

[python baller]

I am sick of seeing people misrepresenting their animals and selling them to people. Photos of snakes that you just know are not what they look like in real life. Here's an excellent example. Came across this on KS today.

http://market.kingsnake.com/detail.php?cat=32&de=644345

Then check out his website

http://www.benrenick.com/pastel_bp.html
http://www.benrenick.com/fire_bp.html

It's just ridiculous. There's no way they look like that. I just feel sorry for the poor sap who buys it expecting it to look like that.

way to go, slick!


j/k.

[Tosha_Mc]

There are a lot of people that use filters and other image enhancing software to clean up their pictures. IMO one shouldn't do anything other than crop your pictures but seems like more and more people are touching up as well. As a buyer be informed what you are looking for and looking at and you'll be fine -- don't hesitate to ask the seller for a natural sunlight picture if it makes you feel better.

BTW - I'm not saying there is any enhancement on the photos presented but just offering up a perspective.

[jknudson]

The photos do look like the contrast has been amped up quite a bit... Although being from Ben, I'd expect the animals to be on fire regardless of what the photos portray!

You just have to know who you're working with, do your research, and if you're not satisfied with their pictures, ask for others, or find someone else to deal with.

Just my two cents.

[JasonG]

I saw snakes that looked that yellow at the last reptile expo I went to. Can you explain how to photoshop a live animal that is being held in ones hand at an expo?

ummm I can take the picture that the op is refering too and point out exactly how the yellow is over exposed on the photograph.

Nobody said anything about an animal at an expo. There is a difference between a high yellow animal and a picture that has yellow abundance being displayed.