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2006 Daytona Reptile Expo

RyanHomsey Aug 19, 2006 10:33 PM

Whew, that was alot of pictures to go through and process. I had a fantastic time at my very first daytona "trip". I ran into many great boa people including Celia, P. Kahl, Ruben, Andy F., Frank Martin, Bill Kirby, Greg Hackney, Gray Rushin, Denny Rimes, Mark Miller etc... My apologies to those I ran into with possible plans for after the show, I had to get home due to a headache and to start packing (I'm moving tomorrow).

No spectacular crazy-nice new boa morph announcements this year unfortunately, unless there was something there I missed. TONS of great boas though. I was extremely impressed with the boa to ball python ratio. People are seeing the light!

On to the pics, all 87 of them. 90 percent of these are white balance calibrated.

The show is held at "The Ocean Center", which is directly accross from a really nice Hilton. Daytona Beach.

The action inside was impressive

The first person I ran into was Mr. Mark Miller, the infamous first moonglow producer dude. I bet you're glad I traded you the male that made that all possible eh Mark?

This is a sibling from that litter, possible triple het female. She is KILLER. I love the look of this hypo. Someone needs to snag her up before I call Mark and demand he hold it for me.

Here is Mark's red albino from Matt Crabe... absolutely stunning.

The next table I wandered on over to was Celia's. This was her yearling (I believe) goodie stack.

From the "What-the-heck-are-these?" litter.

I found the Burke's table after that.

A yearling T . Amanda told me this is about the size that the females can breed at, although that particular female doesnt have the age.

Sunburst Arabesque. Wow.

Then I made my way to Pete Kahl's table.

How bout some super-jungles?

Yearling super jungle

Jungles

Salmon Jungles

How does a couple super jungle salmons sound? Good, yes?

This one was a sunglow possible jungle or a sunglow jungle I believe.

Albino Jungle

Sunglow possible Jungle(s) (I think)

Bino's of the jungly sort.

Central Super Motleys

Central Hypo

Squaretails

Eventually I had to make myself go away from Pete's table due to excessive drooling over the super jungles... and I spotted Frank Martin's new "Silverback Serpent" banner.

One of Frank's wicked eyed jungles

Jungle

A big beautiful ghost he had on display

Now I'm not generally an anery fan but Frank has some real knockouts.

orangasm hypo

Another one of franks crazy eyed jungles, but in bino form.

Right next to Frank was Bill Kirby with some beautiful motleys.

Bill also had a really nice 25% suri hypo, may have been a het or pos het albino ... not sure ...

In the middle of talking with Bill, Denny Rimes walks up next to me. He called up Gray Rushin and we met up at the Leopard Boa people's (Forgot their names, Hans?) table. They (leopard people) had some really cool washed out / high color neos that are supposedly a proven codom trait called Mandarin something. I believe this is the one that Denny got.

They had some beautiful european pastels

And, of course, Leopard and Leopard hets.

I left that table after about 15 minutes of watching Gray sort through some of those "Mandarin" boas. I fully expect to hear he got one or five when he gets back .

I then came accross Tropical Vision (I think thats the name) and saw this real nice sunglow arabesque of thiers:

D M was there. They had some decent stuff, I was hoping to see some real nice sunsets though. There was only one... and a "big" lady was standing in front of it... wouldnt budge.

They did have this nice coral sunglow though

I came across Doug Matzuaks table. Gotta love those codom pastel dreams he has *wink* . All kidding aside, they are KILLER. Beautiful sharps. Kings of yellow.

Neo Sharps

After that some real nice pastel colombians spotted my eye, I cant think of the name of the company that had them. They called them pink pastels I believe. The lady had two of them out and they were some of the best pastels I have ever seen. Apparently they have been selectively breeding them for many years (I want to say she said 12).

This is their pink pastel line worked into a suri

Pink pastel hypo

And the last table I came to was Bill Cagle's.

A beautiful bolivian of his

So thats it... my fun day at the Daytona Reptile Expo. I hope you enjoyed the pics. Looking forward to seeing you all again next year!
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Take Care,

-Ryan Homsey

www.topnotchboas.com

Replies (42)

Fourquet Aug 19, 2006 10:41 PM

Great pics! The super jungles are KILLER!

wish I was there...

Rainshadow Aug 19, 2006 10:55 PM

Appreciate the effort that went into that post! great pictures,as usual I vote that now that you're so close to Daytona,you should be the official Boa Forum Photographer for the N.R.B.E. coverage!!! (anyone second that motion?)
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BASICALLYBOAS Aug 19, 2006 11:15 PM

Thanks for the pics and coverage of the show!

Yo Timmy!! Call you this week! I got a present for you.

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RyanHomsey Aug 22, 2006 11:31 AM

I may even make it up to Chicago for the NARBC show... look for another monster picture thread on that. Thanks Tim!

>>Appreciate the effort that went into that post! great pictures,as usual I vote that now that you're so close to Daytona,you should be the official Boa Forum Photographer for the N.R.B.E. coverage!!! (anyone second that motion?)
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>>HarlequinBoa.com Captive born excellence through applied genetic theory...and,astute observations based on a keen sense of the sometimes painfully obvious
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Take Care,

-Ryan Homsey

www.topnotchboas.com

danktat Aug 19, 2006 11:34 PM

.....looked like a relly good show...I didn't see much BCC in the pix you took...were there many at the show? Great series by the way!
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RyanHomsey Aug 22, 2006 11:32 AM

Being, in general, a morph guy, I didnt even notice the lack of BCC while I was there... but now that I look back on it there were significantly less than what I remember from the NARBC last year.
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Take Care,

-Ryan Homsey

www.topnotchboas.com

dyagi Aug 19, 2006 11:35 PM

great pictures. Where the Jungles that Pete had 2005 or 2006's?
Do you remember the pricing on normal jungles? I'm just seeing what the market price is, since I had a litter of Sunglow, hypo and normal jungles poss het albino's. Old pic of Jungle Sunglow.

Regards,
Derek
Link

RyanHomsey Aug 22, 2006 11:34 AM

I believe they were 05's and 06's but I'm not certain. I want to say normal jungles were listed at $3500 for 06's and 05's were 5k, but dont quote me on that.

Beautiful jungle sunglow. Thanks for sharing.
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Take Care,

-Ryan Homsey

www.topnotchboas.com

JohnLokken Aug 19, 2006 11:37 PM

Thanks for the time and effort. Those are some amazing animals!!!
I really appreciate it.
John
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"To be the best..........You must lose your mind."

snakito Aug 19, 2006 11:55 PM

i have never been to that show but now next year i am so spending the money for the trip there last years NARBC in chicago i seen a whole [bleep] load of ball pythons and a few others pending on booth and breeder but more balls than anything. hopefully this year will be different. ill be coming home with a possible super hypo harlequin from the show coming up tho :D and others

Paradigmboas Aug 20, 2006 12:15 AM

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tex959 Aug 20, 2006 01:03 AM

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ChristianC Aug 20, 2006 01:58 AM

WOW Thank you very much Ryan. I sure wish I could have made it to daytona this year. It looks like a great show! Your photos are awesome and you captured the event well. Maybe i'll make it next year. I would love to meet all of you face to face and see those amazing boas.

Thanks!!

Christian
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www.redwoodreptiles.com

ChrisGilbert Aug 20, 2006 01:59 AM

it is nice to sit here and see all the great snakes in Daytona. I personally wish I could meet everyone I didn't meet last year though. Oh well.

Tell Celia that her Squaretail in with the Arabesque is breath-taking for me, will you.
Also, I love the T-plus Nic from the Burkes, it amaizes me how small they breed at, and tell Amanda hi.

Pete has some great stuff, I'd love to see the Central American Super Motleys, I haven't had a chance to see any SMs. The Super Jungles have so much variety to them, great morph.

Any Bloods there? Rich Ihle might have some, or some Bloody Salmons. Also, you may want to stop by NERD. Kevin has a T-plus Insular imperator that is very unique. He had 3 or 4 of then last year, the color of Nics, with the traits of Colombians (black specks). Very cool morph.

On that note, any T-plus Colombians with your photo skills you should get some good shots of them. Ask breeders if they will take their snakes out to photograph, they are usually okay with it.

Lastly a little request from my curious Ball Python morph taste. There is supposedly a Super Pinstripe, and a new Pinstripe combo morph, check BHB (originator of Pinstripes). I'd really like to see what this looks like.

Thanks, and take care. I should get some sleep now, crazy day.
-Chris

RyanHomsey Aug 22, 2006 12:22 PM

That squaretail of Celia's was impressive in person. I walked by her table twice and both times people were commenting on it.

There was one bloody salmon there that the Burke's had but I completely forgot to take a pic of it. It's very easy to get whisked away in the moment and forget these things . Rich wasnt there I dont think... if he was I am really dissapointed to have missed him!

I only went for one day so no pics of ball pythons for ya, sorry!

Glad you liked the pics. Hopefully youll make it to the next one.

>>it is nice to sit here and see all the great snakes in Daytona. I personally wish I could meet everyone I didn't meet last year though. Oh well.
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>>Tell Celia that her Squaretail in with the Arabesque is breath-taking for me, will you.
>>Also, I love the T-plus Nic from the Burkes, it amaizes me how small they breed at, and tell Amanda hi.
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>>Pete has some great stuff, I'd love to see the Central American Super Motleys, I haven't had a chance to see any SMs. The Super Jungles have so much variety to them, great morph.
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>>Any Bloods there? Rich Ihle might have some, or some Bloody Salmons. Also, you may want to stop by NERD. Kevin has a T-plus Insular imperator that is very unique. He had 3 or 4 of then last year, the color of Nics, with the traits of Colombians (black specks). Very cool morph.
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>>On that note, any T-plus Colombians with your photo skills you should get some good shots of them. Ask breeders if they will take their snakes out to photograph, they are usually okay with it.
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>>Lastly a little request from my curious Ball Python morph taste. There is supposedly a Super Pinstripe, and a new Pinstripe combo morph, check BHB (originator of Pinstripes). I'd really like to see what this looks like.
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>>Thanks, and take care. I should get some sleep now, crazy day.
>>-Chris
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Take Care,

-Ryan Homsey

www.topnotchboas.com

ChrisGilbert Aug 22, 2006 05:39 PM

I did see the BPs on the Ball forum. It is a long way for Rich to go so it is possible he didn't. I missed the squaretails last year, so I really wanted to see them, as well as the Salmon Super Jungle, and the Super Motleys.

You didn't happen to notice if Dan Sutherland had his new Nicaraguan Motley strain there did you?

Daniel Klopson Aug 20, 2006 02:27 AM

Did anyone else not get to see the last twenty pics or so...?

ABCC Aug 20, 2006 07:02 AM

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LindaH Aug 20, 2006 07:10 AM
chris nicholas Aug 20, 2006 07:52 AM

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billyboy Aug 20, 2006 07:52 AM

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PanamaRed Aug 20, 2006 10:29 AM

Great pics man! there were so many of them it taxed my virtual memory on my PC but woth looking at!

Thats super jungles eyes are wicked great pic!
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www.reptileinsider.com

Hypoboa1 Aug 20, 2006 10:33 AM

>>Whew, that was alot of pictures to go through and process. I had a fantastic time at my very first daytona "trip". I ran into many great boa people including Celia, P. Kahl, Ruben, Andy F., Frank Martin, Bill Kirby, Greg Hackney, Gray Rushin, Denny Rimes, Mark Miller etc... My apologies to those I ran into with possible plans for after the show, I had to get home due to a headache and to start packing (I'm moving tomorrow).
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>>No spectacular crazy-nice new boa morph announcements this year unfortunately, unless there was something there I missed. TONS of great boas though. I was extremely impressed with the boa to ball python ratio. People are seeing the light!
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>>On to the pics, all 87 of them. 90 percent of these are white balance calibrated.
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>>So thats it... my fun day at the Daytona Reptile Expo. I hope you enjoyed the pics. Looking forward to seeing you all again next year!
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>>Take Care,
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>>-Ryan Homsey
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>>www.topnotchboas.com

Their was definatley some amazing jungles their at that show,Simply awsome guy.I was at circuit city the other day an was checking out the D-50 camera.Its a very nice camera an from the looks of all of your photos,Definatley worth the buck.Thanks again,Eric[Hypoboa]
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E&C's Exotic House of Reptiles

tcdrover Aug 20, 2006 10:55 AM

ARE INSANE!!!

Now I'm really regreting not going this year....

vcaruso15 Aug 20, 2006 11:37 AM

n/p

JOEP123 Aug 20, 2006 01:48 PM

Thank you for posting those great pics.
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JP Reptiles

boaphile Aug 20, 2006 02:46 PM

Thanks for all the great photos! Are you sure you are not coming to Chicago? You are going to wish you had come you know...

RyanHomsey Aug 22, 2006 12:25 PM

I do have a credit with Northwest I need to use up soon. We'll see. I definitely want to see what you got goin on this year.
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Take Care,

-Ryan Homsey

www.topnotchboas.com

ReBall1 Aug 20, 2006 04:25 PM

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fhuici Aug 20, 2006 04:31 PM

Hey man, those pics are awesome. Thanks for taking the time to share. They really meant a lot to us that couldn't go.

There's always next year!!!!

Thanks,
frank

zenzinia Aug 20, 2006 05:12 PM

any time you want to come to Paris I will show you where to to shoot good boa pics lol I am just surprised not to see more T , I thought new blood lines should have been there .

VolcomHerp Aug 20, 2006 06:00 PM

sweettttttttt

albinorosy Aug 20, 2006 08:32 PM

Awesome pics and commentary!

ghackney Aug 21, 2006 08:53 AM

* You got a ton of great pics! Excellent!!!!
Also, good to put a face w/a name.
I will return!
Hope to meet more people next year!

raptor1 Aug 21, 2006 03:26 PM

Ryan - thank you very much for the info and those fantastic pictures! I only wish next year I too will at the show to see some of those bueatifull boas! Ryan can I ask you what camera are you using?
Thanks
Alan

RyanHomsey Aug 22, 2006 12:39 PM

The nikon d50 DSLR with an upgraded lens (Sigma 18-50 2.8).

The trick is the white balance card I use. It calibrates the color to the lighting... 1/3 of my pictures taken were of the white balance card for color calibration.

The other "trick" is using ISO 1600, which allows for very fast shutter speeds... which means no motion blur that is usually associated with low light. The d50 can get away with shooting in ISO1600, many other DSLR's cant.
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Take Care,

-Ryan Homsey

www.topnotchboas.com

drimes Aug 21, 2006 03:50 PM

and saw your photos from show. Awesome pix, as usual, Ryan!

I was nice to meet you in person this year. As the Unofficial Boa Photorgapher for the forum, I think it's a great idea that you now attend ALL the shows so you can show off the many nice animals on display.

Denny

RyanHomsey Aug 22, 2006 12:30 PM

It was great to meet you and your wife. Thanks for calling Gray over, I've been wanting to meet him for some time.
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Take Care,

-Ryan Homsey

www.topnotchboas.com

michaelburton Aug 21, 2006 04:24 PM

Those boas and pictures are beautiful. I couln't make it this year so I couldn't thank you more for taking such awesome pictures. You really showed those animals at there best. Did anyone seem annoyed or do breeders not really care?
Michael Burton

kirby Aug 21, 2006 07:08 PM

I enjoyed meeting you at the show. Your pictures are amazing. It is great to see all of the animals photographed so well. On a personal note I have to thank you for such great pictures of the surinam hypo cross. I can never get the color to show and your pictures really capture the color in this 25% surinam hypo cross that is a Motley littermate.
Bill
KRBS HERPS

RyanHomsey Aug 22, 2006 12:48 PM

It was great to meet you too Bill. I knew there was something more to that suri cross hypo than just being a hypo (motley littermate). If you ever want those pics in fullresolution just let me know!
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Take Care,

-Ryan Homsey

www.topnotchboas.com

RyanHomsey Aug 22, 2006 12:03 PM

Thanks for all the positive comments.
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Take Care,

-Ryan Homsey

www.topnotchboas.com

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