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I've been playing around with my camera the past few weeks, and finally got some decent pictures of my snakes. I thought I'd share them with you guys... let me know what you think!

California Kings:

Beetlejuice

Kang

Kodos

Maraca

Thayeri Kings:

Korben

Leeloo

Artax

Thanks for looking!
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1.1.0 Leopard Geckos (Booger, Gimp)
1.0.0 Veiled Chameleon (Lucutis)
0.0.1 Quince Monitor (Pollux)
1.2.0 Thayeri Kingsnakes (Korben, Leeloo, Artax)
2.2.0 California Kingsnakes (Beetlejuice, Kang, Maraca, Kodos)

Nice pix and very nice animals! thanks for sharing!

~ Mike Russo

Great snakes and photos! So you must tell, what camera has such a fine macro? My digital is very nice, but I can not focus the thing that close to save my life. I have a great 35mm with great lenses, I can use that and have the "film" burned to a disc, thats the only way I have been able to shoot up close pics in focus! I hope everybody who sees them realizes how hard it is to get pictures like that-of live snakes- it ain't easy.

Thanks. I use a SONY Cybershot DSC-H1 camera with a SONY VCL-M3358 close-up lens. The neat thing about the camera is that it has an anti-jiggle function that reduces blurring due to random hand movements (I don't have a tripod). I also used a reasonably fast shutter speed (1/100 sec) with a flash. To get real close-ups I have to zoom the camera all the way in and then adjust the lens-subject distance by moving closer and further away (primitive, but it works). The special secret is that I take at least 10-15 pictures to get ONE good, in-focus shot. Then I crop it to narrow in on the subject -- this also reduces the image file size, which is necesary to post images in the gallery. You're right about the difficulty of getting snakes, especially small ones, to pause long enough to get a good shot of them.

Well, my camera is nothing special. It's a Canon Powershot A510, and I think it only has 3.2 megapixels. You are right, it isn't easy getting nice shots of these wiggly creatures. I usually take a few shots before one actually is in focus. It's still fun, though! Thanks for the compliments!
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1.1.0 Leopard Geckos (Booger, Gimp)
1.0.0 Veiled Chameleon (Lucutis)
0.0.1 Quince Monitor (Pollux)
1.2.0 Thayeri Kingsnakes (Korben, Leeloo, Artax)
2.2.0 California Kingsnakes (Beetlejuice, Kang, Maraca, Kodos)

Beetlejuice takes the cake.

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3.0 WC; 0.2 CB L. getula californiae
0.1 WC; 0.0.10 CH Elgaria multicarinata multicarinata

>>I've been playing around with my camera the past few weeks, and finally got some decent pictures of my snakes. I thought I'd share them with you guys... let me know what you think!
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>>Kodos
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>>Maraca
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>>Thayeri Kings:
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>>Korben
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>>Leeloo
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>>Thanks for looking!
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>>1.1.0 Leopard Geckos (Booger, Gimp)
>>1.0.0 Veiled Chameleon (Lucutis)
>>0.0.1 Quince Monitor (Pollux)
>>1.2.0 Thayeri Kingsnakes (Korben, Leeloo, Artax)
>>2.2.0 California Kingsnakes (Beetlejuice, Kang, Maraca, Kodos)

for all your kind words!
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1.1.0 Leopard Geckos (Booger, Gimp)
1.0.0 Veiled Chameleon (Lucutis)
0.0.1 Quince Monitor (Pollux)
1.2.0 Thayeri Kingsnakes (Korben, Leeloo, Artax)
2.2.0 California Kingsnakes (Beetlejuice, Kang, Maraca, Kodos)