First Cluth of the Year : Pre-Shed Photos

[SnowShredder]

Wow that spider and the normals look they have some other gene in there! Either that or I've never seen such quality

[Diamond Serpents]

Thanks!

I used a NIKON D3200 with 18-105VR, I think this lens also had a HOYA HD UV Filter on. The photos were white balanced in an older version of Lightroom2.

Setup was a Cameron 16" Digital Photo Box with 2x Cameron 6" Reflectors powered with Spiral Fluorescent Lamps 26W. This is my travel light box, small/portable and does the job for most animals under 2000g.

Here's a photo I dug up of the light box.

I always wondered how people got such nice pictures with the white back grounds, didn't even knew a light box existed. Looking into getting one now, great pictures.

[Southern_Breeder]

The high white on that spider is insane.

[MasonC2K]

Never seen a Spider that bright. Even the normal is bright. All of them are really bright. I wonder which parent gave them that.

[collrak]

Wow the Spider and Lemonblast are ridiculous.

[el8ch]

Beautiful yellows on all of them, and yes that spider is HOT! Maybe you didn't hit great gene odds, but those snakes are high quality anyway. Be proud

I am, thanks! I'm happy when they are healthy, hitting combos is just a bonus.

All great looking, my vote goes to the LB though.

Same Here! Thanks, and you can pick up one of those travel lightbox setups for around $150.00 - check them out, they are great!

Never seen a Spider that bright. Even the normal is bright. All of them are really bright. I wonder which parent gave them that.

Thanks! The normals are pretty cool looking, I don't think that Normals always get the credit they deserve. Their variation in pattern and colour are amazing and IMO these two boys have some colour for your good ol' classic ball python.

I looked back through my breeding records and the male I thought I had used for this pairing was a Butter Spinner, but it was actually just my Spinner male - Odds just got a bit better! I picked him up from Mark Mandic @ Markus Jayne reptiles so who knows if this boy will kick spiders like this going forward. Mark has a reputation for producing quality animals. The female Pastel is of unknown origin and came from the states with a shipment of other ball pythons some years back by Ralph Davis. I'm not 100% positive if this girl was one of his hatchlings though. She has high'ish' whites and her black patterning has stayed pretty crisp. Not a stand-out pastel girl, but she makes nice babies. Both the male Spinner and Female Pastel were virgin animals.

Here are shots of the parents. I just took these now and these devils would not stay still for the life of me. Don't mind the awkward photos.

0.1 2009 Pastel "Sierra"


1.0 2010 Spinner "Alpha"