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I have foud that it is very hard to get my BRB's to hold still long enough to get a good close-up. This was the best I could do today. Does anyone have any tips about how to get better shots?

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Jared Douglas

Jared,
. That is a great PIC of a beautiful snake. I cannot take PICs that are as good as that so my tip is not how to take better PICs. My tip is how to sometimes make it easier to get the PIC you want. Rather than try to get up close to a snake that may not hold still I shoot PICs from a distance and use my computer photo program to crop the PIC down to just what I want to show. With our mega pixel cameras the amount of digital information in a full size PIC so far exceeds what makes a good image on the computer that this method usually produces a good PIC. If you want to make high quality 8X10 prints this method may not provide enough acuity.
Jeff

>>I have foud that it is very hard to get my BRB's to hold still long enough to get a good close-up. This was the best I could do today. Does anyone have any tips about how to get better shots?
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>>Jared Douglas
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Though not an expert at with brb's I do have experience shooting photos of small snappy and quick babys.

I found that taking the enclosure out side (doing your best not to disturb the snake). Then puting your camera inside the enclosure on a macro setting. and taking a photo of the snake while its still in its enclosure is your best bet to take a good shot avoiding flying teeth and fleeing snakes.

I'll try to take some shots of my girlfriends TF BRB later today.

Sorry for the murky photo, turns out she is in shed.

NP
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Jaremy Douglas

>>Sorry for the murky photo, turns out she is in shed.
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And a great snake too!!

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