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Some wintertime fun in the studio and an alterna quiz!

Well, it’s that time of year again….cold days, even colder nights…..not much to other than in-house photography…..I wanted to check out some new equipment….I recently purchased a Photoflex Starflash 300….wanted to see what it could do….

Here are some Gray-banded Kingsnakes: both captive-bred and wild-caught….for kudos points, let’s see if you can tell the locales:

Huge hint to get you started: 4 are from Sanderson, 2 are from Highway 277, 2 are from the Hueco Mountains, 1 is from the Davis Mountains, and 1 is from the Christmas Mountains….good luck!
Number 1:

Number 2:

Number 3:

Number 4:

Number 5:

Number 6:

Number 7:

Number 8:

Number 9:

Number 10:

Not that winter is totally bad! It is the season for falconry and I got a chance to take some shots of a friend’s cool Barbary Falcon at work:

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G. Merker

Here my best guesses:

1,2,3,5 Sanderson; 4,7 Hueco Mtns.; 10 Davis Mtns; 8 Christmas Mtns,; and by default 6,9 Hwy 277.

Cheers, Bob

Here are my guesses:

Sanderson: #'s 1,2,5,6....277's: #'s 3, 9....Hueco's: #'s: 4, 7.... xmas: # 8 and Davis: # 10

Later, Bill

One of you is perfect!
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G. Merker

Hopefully 2 are perfect by now!!!

I concur 100% with Bob's answers! These are the answers I came up with also!

Wayne

1,3,5,6 - Sanderson
2,9 - Hwy 277
4,7 - Hueco
8 - Xmas
10 - Davis

Although I debated switching 2 and 6 respectively, I'll be honest with my original picks. I'm pretty sure I should of switched the two.

Eimon

too easy when we are given choices.

1 Sandy
2 Sandy
3 Sandy
4 Hueco
5 Sandy
6 277
7 Hueco
8 X-mas
9 277
10 Davis

Great photos as always and very nice animals

Bryan Box

LANGTRYS?........don't forget where most of us started this paranormal behavior

Did you happen to get my message about falconry a few days ago? If it didn't go through let me know on here or message me and I'll try again, thanks.

Ross

>>Did you happen to get my message about falconry a few days ago? If it didn't go through let me know on here or message me and I'll try again, thanks.
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>>Ross

Sorry, I don't think I got it.....gmerker@sbcglobal.net...thanks, Gerold
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G. Merker

Thanks, I gave the e-mail a shot. Hope it goes through.

Ross

>>Thanks, I gave the e-mail a shot. Hope it goes through.
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>>Ross

My bad....

it is : gpmerker@sbcglobal.net
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G. Merker

Well, time for the correct answers:

Numbers 1,2, 3, and 5 are from Sanderson

Numbers 4 and 7 are from the Hueco Mountains

Numbers 6 and 9 are from Highway 277

Number 8: Christmas Mountains

Number 10: Davis Mountains

Congrats to those who responded correctly (most of you either were 100% correct or missing only two)...A special congrats to Bob H. who responded in record time!
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G. Merker

I don't have a studio flash yet... i was looking at alien bees but heard the printed specs were nothing approaching reality. For some reason your images didn't show up, but if you have a piece of gear like that, I have to think you're more than a casual photographer. Any regrets?
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"Nothing happens in contradiction to nature, only to what we know of it."