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RE: Honduran Photo Shoot

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Posted by: Glenbrooks at Wed Oct 23 16:27:55 2013  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Glenbrooks ]  
   

Hey Phil,

I know what you mean, those spastic snakes make it really hard to get a descent picture. The photo box is really just a way to diffuse the light so you get more realistic colors and not as much shine and shadow in your pics. It does keep them a little corralled. I put a pic of my set up below. I am using daylight florescent bulbs which are much whiter that the standard yellowish soft light bulbs for more natural colors.

The two I pictured above are yearlings and just now starting to settle down enough for a good picture, but still pretty jumpy. I am sure that many people on this forum would have better ideas than me, but here are a few tricks I use to try to get pics of jumpy snakes. They tend to be a little less active a day or two after feeding. I will give them a small hide in the area where I want to take the picture, then gently guide them into the hide. . After they have had some time to settle down (1 to 10 minutes depending on how jumpy they are), I then gently lift the hide and with very little movement try to get some shots before they make a run for it.

Good luck,
Glen



   

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