I like to see a clear picture with something to relate to size(a quarter is my go-to item for pictures, in fact I had the same quarter for almost 3 years running, lol). I also want to know the snake's age and weight and price.
Otherwise, I don't care about the artistic qualities. If it's an ad, I don't care if it has pretty flowers or a checkered tablecloth in the shot. I do like the angled slightly from above shots, to show the sides and top. The front shots are not generally as useful to me. A bellyshot is good IF it's relevant to the morph.
The worst shots for me are out of focus, and the classic "dangling from a hand" shots because they often distort what the snake looks like. A snake that is hidden even partly because of foliage, rocks, hides, etc is equally frustrating. A shot of the head with the body stretched out behind it getting more blurry the further along the body you look is also useless(unless it's just to show the head with the body shots in another picture, but I'd prefer to see just the head without all the rest in that case).
When I am looking at PICTURES, like on the forum, I do love staged shots and neat angles. But for a sales ad, no. I prefer simple and clear with the information readily to hand, either on the photo or in the ad.
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