Fire?

[greghall]

All my fires have a long tail stripe but picture needs to be better,you can get a fire from hunting in lots of normals but you have to prove it by breeding for BEL! BLACK EYED

[Jsh]

when I use a flash everything looks whited out and looks nothing like it does in real life.

Most p&s are not good at exposing the flash properly. Basically, the flash is too powerful or to close to the subject making an overexposed photo.

I didn't mean to call you out but I see this "don’t use flash" thing all the time. Most professional photographers know the quality of light flashes can produce is amazing or we wouldn't use them.

[snakesRkewl]

How soon after hatching (like number of sheds) do fires take on that ghostly look?

My boy had that ghostly look from the time I got him at 75 grams, but he has gotten more ghost like and lighter as he grows.
November when he hadn't eat yet.

Now at 500 grams

[OhhWatALoser]

Most p&s are not good at exposing the flash properly. Basically, the flash is too powerful or to close to the subject making an overexposed photo.

I didn't mean to call you out but I see this "don’t use flash" thing all the time. Most professional photographers know the quality of light flashes can produce is amazing or we wouldn't use them.

most people own p&s cameras. I know next to nothing about taking photo, but no flash is the only way i can get my pictures to look like my animals. I would assume someone taking pictures like his also owns a p&s camera

[Fallguy]

Mine is not a P&S, but I do get decent results by using the flash, and zooming in a bit from farther away. Good to have a tripod when doing this, as it can get shakey.. That way the light wont be as harsh. it also helps to have them on a solid color surface that takes up the whole picture. That way the camera doesnt have to think as much. This works for me YMMV.