Photographing bally pythons on black glass

[piedlover79]

I thought I would share this trick with you guys. I've gotten some great shots of ball pythons (particularly light colored snakes) using this. Get a piece of glass (art stores sell sheets of glass for frame that work perfect). Use black acrylic paint and a sponge brush and paint one side of the glass black, you'll need to do several thick coats to get the paint to cover fully. Flip the glass over and place the snake on top of the clean side, when you photograph place a paper towel in front of the flash to disperse the light so you don't see the flash in the glass. This gives a great effect.

Here are some shots I've done this way.