Hi,

I tried to take picture of some of my ball pythons, I used my girlfriend camera, a Sony Alpha 350 with the base lenses that came with it (she have other minolta lenses but no macro).

I made a basic light tent with a carton box and 2x150 on the side.

I also made a white balance, 2900k G2 (not sure what that mean but well).

Everything else was on "AUTO" mode with no flash. I just manually did the focus. (I was not used with the camera so didn't bother with adjusting shutter speed and aperture)


Most of my pictures have a grey background even with all the lights I put and with a white balance done.

Focal length : 26.0mm (35mm equivalent: 39mm)
1/50s
f/5.0
ISO : 100

Some of the pictures have nicer color and a whiter background but still quite grey.

Focal length : 40.0mm (35mm equivalent: 60mm)
1/60s
f/5.6
ISO : 400

I realized that the more ISO I have, the "whiter" are the pictures.
But before I start soothing with higher ISO, is there something else I should do ? What would be a good shutter speed and aperture for taking these pictures ? And what would be a good ISO ?


I also tried to shoot on black, and most of the pictures had the black reflect the light, and was more "dark gray" than black and the colors were off. The few ones that were good were had a lower ISO. Is there anything else than lowering the ISO here ?

There should be "orange" on the side instead of "yellow".

Focal Lenght : 35.00mm (35mm equivalent: 52mm)
1/60s
f/5.6
ISO : 400

A better one with black background

Focal Lenght : 40.00mm (35mm equivalent : 60mm)
1/80s
f/5.6
ISO : 200


I also did some modification with GIMP by rebalancing the white, and adding a whiter background. But I would like to shoot without needing this as much as possible.

before :


after :



So if anyone could help me with a few tips, I would like to
Like what shutter speed, aperture and ISO I should be using.

Thank you !
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