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Different White Backgrounds
I have not been able to get a really white background with the cloth that we got at Jo-Ann Fabrics. So I asked my wife to pick up white poster board from Staples and I ordered white muslin photograph background. Here is a comparison shot using some paint cards from Home Depot. The white poster board seems to give the cleanest, brightest white, but I also like the softer white of the white muslin, I will try to play with both backgrounds in the next couple of days and post some of the results.

What have you guys used for your backgrounds?
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Re: Different White Backgrounds
I use white matte poster board. I use white muslin as the material the light shines through.
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DH has not built me a lightbox yet (it's on the never-ending list of projects, thank god I married a builder/tinker) but I will be interested in your results for when the time comes! :) Post many pics, for science.
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Re: Different White Backgrounds
 Originally Posted by Tsanford
I use white matte poster board. I use white muslin as the material the light shines through.
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I was thinking about turning the poster board over and using the backside, I'll pick up another sheet and take a comparison picture with the differnt backgrounds.
 Originally Posted by Aercadia
DH has not built me a lightbox yet (it's on the never-ending list of projects, thank god I married a builder/tinker) but I will be interested in your results for when the time comes!  Post many pics, for science.
Will do. Both my wife and I like to build things and tinker, but decided to buy a light kit with soft boxes so that we could adjust for bigger subjects. This is the light kit that we bought:
http://www.amazon.com/Fancierstudio-.../dp/B00507HC9K
This kit also allows us the option of shooting video. If I were interested in only photoraphs, I think I would go with umbrellas and off camera flashes. My sister is getting a kit with a shoot through white umbrella and a silver reflective umbrella for taking pictures of dogs. Her kit is coming with compact flourescent lights, but she might get the off camera flashes in the near future. If she does, I plan on experimenting with her kit too. Just some thoughts about light kits and photographing setups.
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Re: Different White Backgrounds
I've only use white muslin. My main problem is not having strong enough light, so I set my light tent up against a window in addition to the regular lights I have, and the muslin allows daylight to pass through. I also like that it's soft and I don't have to worry about glare, which is the case with glossier types of poster board, or a sharp line at the edge of the board.
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Those are some really nice pictures. It looks like you have a pretty pro type set up too.
I don't have a setup like that, but one cheap thing I found to use is the lids of the tubs at Walmart for a white background. If you use racks you get them free when you buy the tubs anyway.
I also hope that dark snake proves genetic!
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These were all taken when I took the white background comparison picture, I just finally got around to crop them and getting them sized to post. Hopefully I'll find some time this weekend to take some more pictures.
Here is out 2014 Clutch 1 Male Melanistic Pastave. We're hoping to breed him back to his mother and our Super Melanistic female to see if the Melanistic affect is truly genetic, or is it a line bred trait.

Here is a comparison picture. Top left is our Melanistic Mojave, top right is our Mojave het Hypo, and the bottom two are the ones that I think are Mojave Calicos. It's going to take some time to raise up these babies to be sure of the Mojave Calico. I've never seen a Mojave Calico in person, but the Lesser Calicos that I have seen in person take some time to identify by growing into their white spots. Maybe these are just Mojaves and I was excited and misidentified them, or maybe they will prove out to be Mojave Calicos.

Here is the other Color Changing Orangebelly (he is a 2012 male Orangebelly from clutch 6). Hoping he proves genetic!

Here is a 2013 female Pastel Orangebelly. She looks great and is growing well.

Here is a 2013 female Firefly that we picked up at the 2013 November Columbia Repticon. Looking forward to working her into our breeding projects.

What do you think of the future couple? We plan on having our 2014 male Pastel GHI is go to a couple of ladies this fall, but this is the one pairing I am most excited about. Hoping for a male Super Pastel Mojave GHI het Hypo to hold back. I really want to get GHI into a Mojave Hypo, but have to produce hets first.

Wanted to see how this 2014 female Super Pastel Calico looked on the white poster board. Shows how yellow she is. Not sure what to breed her to in the future (probably the fall of 2016), but I am excited about the possibilities.

This the one 2014 female Super Mystic that didn't sell at the shows in November, February, or march. If she keeps eating and growing as well as she is, I think we'll have to hold her back and not let her go.

Our very own Magic Mike! I caught this 2014 Hypo het Pied just starting to shed. It is always cool how the shed of a Hypo is clear.

Here is our 2014 female Ivory. I think she might be getting some Graphite Markings. The spots that I think she is getting are so subtle that I couldn't catch them in the picture, but a few more sheds will let us know for sure.

Let me know what you think about the white poster board background. Thanks for checking our pictures out!
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Re: Different White Backgrounds
 Originally Posted by blackbear123
Those are some really nice pictures. It looks like you have a pretty pro type set up too.
I don't have a setup like that, but one cheap thing I found to use is the lids of the tubs at Walmart for a white background. If you use racks you get them free when you buy the tubs anyway.
I also hope that dark snake proves genetic!
I'll try that out with a few of the hatchlings and smaller yearlings, but I don't think I have a lid big enough to get a clean back ground (now ridges) for my adults. Thanks for the feedback.
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