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I just wanted to say THANKS for the kind words Red Hydra in the photography thread you posted! Here's a photo I took a while ago with a few morphs you might enjoy...
Thanks,
Celia
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Celia Chien
Celia Chien Photography
www.BoaConstrictorMorphs.com
www.BallPythonMorphs.com
www.CornSnakeMorphs.com
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May my collection and photography skills look like that some day. 
I've saved every bit of your info on cameras, lens, etc., that I've caught on the forums thus far. Hopefully, someday soon I'll have the funds to cash in those chips and have the nice set-up you described...then, if only I could purchase the photography skills to go with it.
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Delusions of Grandeur feed the EGO...
Wow, talk about sensory overload....that is absolutely the most incredible picture of a collection of boas that I have seen to date! I don't know what to hope more for some day - a collection as beautiful as Celia and Sean's, or the ability to take pictures as nice as Celia's.
Thanks for truly making my day,
Kevin Blumenthal
This photo as well as others that you have posted in the last few months is why I had to bring it to the attention of others. Beautiful animals and photography aside from great information is why I enjoy this forum so much. Celia / Sean and many others are a major asset to the boa community and I thank you all for that.
Celia just wondering if you have a larger desktop size of that boa group say 1024 by 768, this size would cover my screen perfect to drool over,
If you want email me it or post for all to see as well.
Thank you again.
all the boas look so smooth...Nice!
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Thank you,
Dave
from a ball python guy.....
Jason
Now that's a compliment for sure!!
Thanks,
Celia
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Celia Chien
Celia Chien Photography
www.BoaConstrictorMorphs.com
www.BallPythonMorphs.com
www.CornSnakeMorphs.com
...and the beautiful boas!!
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That is one of the nicest pictures I have ever seen! Great job Celia!
Jason Gonzalez
Celia,
I can hardly get a good shot of one snake. Major congrats on such an awesome group shot.
Michael Burton
Was that done in post processing by laying multiple pics or did you actually have that many boas in a pile? It looks like you had them all piled up... thats quite a feat! Your husband must be getting good at that.
Did you use multiple speedlights?
Amazing!
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Take Care,
-Ryan Homsey
www.topnotchboas.com
That photo was taken as is with all the snakes on a large piece of white melamine. I started with a small group of three boas and just kept adding one after another after another. Amazingly enough, they were holding still so I just kept snapping photos. So, I have all these group shots where the group just keeps growing by one boa every photo LOL!
Sean did have to do a little bit of post processing in Photoshop but the only thing he did was cut out the background because you can see the wall and the edges of the piece of melamine, etc. So he just cut out the whole group and put them on a solid white background (but they were on a white background already so it doesn't look "unnatural" like it would if he were to put it on a solid black background).
As for the speedlights - I just used the one! I love that SB800! What a great piece of equipment! I didn't use any of macro speedlights because I had to be pretty far away from the subjects to take the photo. I used my 60mm macro lens because I like how sharp that lens is.
Thanks,
Celia
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Celia Chien
Celia Chien Photography
www.BoaConstrictorMorphs.com
www.BallPythonMorphs.com
www.CornSnakeMorphs.com
Celia, that picture is darn good. How did you get all dems snakes on the same sheet of music. Take care. Ciao. Andrew Potts
It took a bit of work and lots of coaxing! That Leopard Boa was the WORST of the bunch! She is really quite pissy and I was amazed I got her to hold still that long. Shortly after I snapped that shot, she went into a fit, threw her body and knocked half my group off the melamine!
Thanks,
Celia
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Celia Chien
Celia Chien Photography
www.BoaConstrictorMorphs.com
www.BallPythonMorphs.com
www.CornSnakeMorphs.com
I can hardly get ONE snake in focus in a single picture. That's one of the best group shots I've seen. Can't wait to see your breeding results this year! Take care
Paul
Thanks for the compliment!
We have a litter due any day now and we're keeping our fingers crossed for some good odds! We'll have to see though...I might be taking some NEW group shots if we get what we hope for!!
Thanks,
Celia
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Celia Chien
Celia Chien Photography
www.BoaConstrictorMorphs.com
www.BallPythonMorphs.com
www.CornSnakeMorphs.com
WOW, I want all of them. OMG that is a beutiful Jungle.
Your pictures are great.
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Joel Pretz
compliments on the photography and our collection! It really means a lot to me and Sean and reading the comments brought a smile to my face because I like seeing others enjoy the photo and animals as much as we do!!
Thanks,
Celia
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Celia Chien
Celia Chien Photography
www.BoaConstrictorMorphs.com
www.BallPythonMorphs.com
www.CornSnakeMorphs.com
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Excellent Photo. I really like the look of the boas on white background. And great job of keeping the beauties togeather! I LOVE it
Christian
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christian@redwoodreptiles.com
www.redwoodreptiles.com
np
Okay, I can breathe, now I just need to put my eyes back into my skull.
I think you are the ONLY person to be able to take that picture. I don't think ANYONE else has all those morphs, and then you go and throw them together for the BEST group shot ever.
CONGRATS on you efforts!
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