I love taking scale shots. Here's a montage -



You should get yourself a set of extension tubes to really fill the frame with the scales. Generally, though a 1:1 macro (like the Sigma 105) and some cropping can get you pretty close.

Here's my take on a milksnake -



I have a whole collection of scale shots here - Snake Scales Photographs
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Chris Harrison
San Antonio, Texas

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