Denton line longicauda progression

[dakski]

Not sure how you get your animals to sit so still for photos... feel free to come visit and instruct my gang on a photo shoot etiquette
Great looking longi!


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Sorry, Wrongpython - not trying to hijack the thread at all, but this might be helpful.

Your snakes don't listen and sit still on command? What kind of disciplined owners are you? You know that tough love is for their own good!



Four thoughts here.

First, if your camera, including most phone cameras, has a setting for rapid pics and/or can take more than 2-3 pics a second (many DSLR and mirrorless digital cameras can), just take 10 pics in a few seconds and one is bound to be good . They are digital anyway, just throw out the ones you don't like. It's simple, not like when I was a kid and I had to walk both ways uphill in the snow to develop my own pictures from the raw film.

Secondly, many cameras (and again - I believe many phones) have an "action" setting. You likely, especially in lower light like indoors, get the best/most accurate color, but you should be in better focus. All this feature does is speed up the shutter speed so the picture is exposed to light over shorter period of time. However, because of this, a moving snake will not make (as much of) the blurred effect that you get on a standard setting.

Third, many phones have a setting where it takes a "live" photo. This is similar to burst mode because you get 10 photos in one +/- and can pick the best one. On a DSLR or mirrorless camera you can take short videos at the highest setting and many video editors let you take a picture from the video at relatively high resolution. 4K video allows for very nice photos and you get 24-30 frames/photos a second.

Finally, get a Katie/wife/partner. Katie is great at holding the reptiles so I can take pictures, often in the above ways, and that's so much easier than trying to hold and take pictures, or let them "wander" and take pics. Katie is even better and letting me hold (especially the bigger snakes like Behira - BI) and she takes the pictures.

Hope this helps. Moderators - does it make sense to put this post somewhere else too? Is there a photo section or maybe I can post in general herp as well?

Not tooting my own horn, but I think this might be helpful to other users as well.