Photoshoot at a friends - Venomous & Others

[bioteacher]

Ok, so I've been writing an article on hybrid herps (in nature and in the hobby) and have been querying extensively about hybrid photos - or even the chance to go and photograph the herps myself. Jerry, owns a snake presentation business here in NY - known as Snakeman's Snake Shows (http://www.jerrythesnakeman.com/). Anyways, Jerry was kind enough to let me come over (about an hour drive) and photograph the hybrids he has - a jungle corn and a couple Southern x Northern copperheads - as well as photograph anything else I requested to be taken out of it's cage... Jerry was extremely accommodating and just awesome overall!

So enough backstory, here are some of the shots I thought were the best out of the ones worth keeping. I know what most, if not all, of them are - so feel free to ask. Such an impressive and varied collection!










Quite possibly my new favorite snake in the world - love this one and it's sinister smile













































Totally underrated and very cool






























Here's lookin' at you kid












Oh and of course ATBs



My new favorite ATB, produced by Billy

[Wes]

Very cool! thanks for sharing

[DooLittle]

Awesome pictures! Thank you for sharing. Beautiful snakes.

[Dracoluna]

Gorgeous! Out of curiosity, what sort of camera setup did you use for those shots?

[SentinelSerpents]

Great pictures! Fantastic collection!

Lauren

[Evenstar]

Ok, I have to ask what a few of these are. Not too versed in venemous plus you mentioned some were hybrids so I wasn't sure what I was looking at. But they are so cool and amazing, I have to know! Plus, you know I like to know everything, lol....

So what are the following???

Quite possibly my new favorite snake in the world - love this one and it's sinister smile I love that "sinister smile" too! Very deceiving....



These two are puzzling, but I'm guessing the 2nd animal is a false water cobra - am I right??






And the yellow on this animal is just plain amazing!

All in all, these are just fantastic animals and you are an incredible photographer! I love looking at your pictures! Thanks so much for sharing them - it's quite the educational experience!

[bioteacher]

Thank you so much everyone! I appreciate the comments as always!

Dracoluna - I shoot with a Nikon D700, Sb 400 speedlight, and all the shots were taken with a Nikon 105 mm Macro lens handheld.

Kali - the snakes in those photos are the following
1) Sharp Nosed Viper or Hundred Pacer (Deinagkistrodon acutus)
2) Water Moccasin (Agkistrodon piscivorus)
3) False Water Cobra (Hydrodynastes gigas) - Good guess by the way
4) Mangrove Snake (Boiga dendrophila) - a full body shot would have given away the identity immediately

He (Jerry) had quite the awesome collection, and aside from one really pissed off rattler they were all pretty amicable

[WarriorPrincess90]

WOW!! Amazing! I love hots. I wish I had the courage to get the training to keep them...haha! Oh well. I still love looking at them. Great pics!

[Evenstar]

Thank you!! I thought that was a Mangrove snake but I wasn't confident enough to make a guess on him. I suppose I should've!

FWC's are on my wish list! Might have to add Mangroves too....

[DellaF]

Great shots. Thanks for sharing.