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firstup are the '06 babies who were none to cooperative in picture taking

next is an albino pair from ric blair lines

a big male tang.in blue

an abberant from n.damm lines i plan on breeding him w/some of the whri girls hopefully in 2008

the whri girls


thanks for lookin,,,,,,,,thomas

great looking stuff man,
Shannon

Those are some great looking animals,.....I bet those albinos are MUCH BETTER looking in person!....They seem to be a real pain to portray their "true colors" on camera in my experience, even with a quality camera. The "neon" orange just seems difficult to capture. Do you also sometimes get disappointing results when photographing "tangerine" albinos?...........Doug

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Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!

Well, I wouldn't call that picture a disappointing result Doug....very nice photograph you have there.

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Paul Weaver
Carolina Herps

I had to "mess" with it on a program to get it to look close to the actual animal, but still really couldn't quite capture the "neon" orange coloration she ACTUALLY has, but it came close, so I posted it.......thanks again,.................Doug
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Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!

Yeah,its not all that easy getting decent pics of amels.

Enjoy,
Shannon

Shannon, is that 2nd picture an Alloway animal? Looks a lot like the albino that I got from Jeff in '05.
Paul
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Paul Weaver
Carolina Herps

Yes Paul,
Its a litter mate to the one you bought from Jeff.How is yours turning out?I told you that it would be a good idea to pick him up.Its from that wacky triple het father that throws all the killer things.
L8r

My male is borderline breeding size, so I'm not sure if he'll go this year or not. If he does I plan to pair him with a possible hybino from Dunham, and a ghost het-albino which could possibly produce a pearl.

Is yours a male or female? Jeff had another nice one at Daytona last year but it was a male as well. Would love to have a female from that line but I heard that he sold off his animals...
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Paul Weaver
Carolina Herps

Mine is also a male.I did get two of his sisters also.They are both anery's 100% het amel and 50% het hypo.He is het anery and 50% het hypo.All three will go next season for me.

L8r

you had to "jerk around" with some of those to produce a more true looking result in their coloration as well, am I right? other snakes just don't seem to be as big a problem. I think it might have something to do with the "pteridines" in the chromatophores, or possibly the "purines" in the "Iridophores" which us as humans tend to perceive from cell reflection as the "neon" coloration, that the camera has difficulty capturing to some degree. I've done some reading on this subject, and apparently these "Iridophores" do NOT produce pigment cells, but instead, contain "purines" which are crystalline in nature, and reflect varying amounts of light. The way the light is reflected is determined by the TYPE of purine, and the way these crystals are oriented. These structures control the appearance of green, blue, and red light to human eyes........certainly, this is pretty complicated, and impossible for me to prove personally, but I think these are some of the reasons cameras have difficulty with certain "looks" of coloration..............Doug
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Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!

Actually, I didn't mess with amy of the pics at all.I just take several and then look at them and pick the one that represents the snake the best.

Shannon

I like those milks with that bright white. I dont know if I would call them albinos yet, I think maybe you should keep them together and breed them a few generations before they can be proven or disproven,lol. Never lose your sense of humor, Jeff

Those are really neat pics, I like the morph comparison thing you were going for there. I'm also huge fan of abberant hondurans.
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-J.Hill