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Here's a better pic of the PB. Check out his tail in the photo - it's an "action shot"! I also included some additional pics of the pair of thayeri I got two weeks ago. I know they're not floridas, but I thought you'd appreciate them anyway. Enjoy.
A couple other random pics of some other kings I recently acquired...
(and yeah, I know, too much flash on an already white snake)
A white snake on black background confuses the auto setting on the camera. Try and use a more neutral color for a white snake. if you want to use a back background for a white snake then go oytside at sunset or overcast day. Flash works better then.
I always take a pic with flash and one without to see how they come out after downloading it. just delete the picture that did not show off the snakes colors.
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www.Bluerosy.com
That is a nice shot of te Peanut Butter. The pattern on him is diffefernt from other peanut butters. i predict he will be really light and look more like a true brooksi as an adult
best way i found to take pics IMO. Is on an overcast day, a short while (60 min) before sunset and get a closer sideways shot from the snake. In other words , rather than take a shot of the top of the snake. I n other words more on the snakes level shot. lower the camera where veiwfinder it is almost level with the ground. Maybe 5-6". Like how a rat would veiw the snake. Try that angle on an overcast day while the sun is just setting enough to cause orange glare (not direct sunlight) on the snake.
prepare a table with a colorful towel or blanket. Not to light
or dark. Try using Green, blue, beige,charcoal and light blue.
Yellow, orange, white and reds, not so good. A piece of wood board also works well or slate rock that is not reflective of the flash. Try not to use a background that is a similar color to the snake. Red snakes don't use a red twowel, Yellow snakes don't use a yellow or orange bacground. L:ight colored white snakes do not use a white background.
naturl settings like green grass works well if it is not in direct sunlight like mid day or overhead sunlight. Wait until the magic hour before sunset. Plain dirt on an overcast day woks great if you get more level with the ground and get that angled shot. That is if you can keep the snake crawling away or burrow into the grass.
Set on macro and use flash. Try some shots on certain snakes without flash and then compare which pics ade the color come out better. if you have a water seeting for blue water scenes, that works well to.
If you want to take pics of spastic snakes that never curl up and always bolt (Hondurans come to mind). Try putting the snakes in the refrigerator for a couple minutes to slow them down. It won't hurt them unless you leave them in there to long. Once they heat up the are gone before you can get your macro lens to focus.
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www.Bluerosy.com
.....To every single thing you mentioned about the snake photography. It is ALL about trial and error with different settings for the many different conditions.
What WE see, and the camera "sees" are many times two totally different things..LOL!
Yes, just the other day I did the refrigerator deal with some Hondurans that were being exceptional pains in the arse. 
~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing" 
my website -serpentinespecialties.webs.com
Yeah the Hondurans are probably the worst snake to take a pic of. I can't imagine customers asking to see a pic of the animal they are getting before they buy. They just don't know what they are asking .
I blame the Hondurans for the ball Python craze. Everybody was so pi$$ed off at taking pics of Hondos they sold everything and got into balls. LOL!
yeah they can piss you off that bad.
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www.Bluerosy.com
The babies are smaller and the buyers more particular....I liked it sooooo much better when we got to sell on reputation alone! Just as many happy customers and ALOT LESS WORK!
especially adult pits - sheesh
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Amy Claiborne
Don't let them take your wasted time. J.T.
i've wound up with 2 WC bulls over the years from rescues and both ate f/t first day in captivity?
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We wouldn't have 6 and a half billion people if you had to be beautiful to get laid.
6.6 African House snakes
3.2 reticulated pythons
.1 corn snake
4.2 Florida Kings
1.2 speckled kings
1.2 ball pythons
0.0.1 Argentine boa
"Yeah the Hondurans are probably the worst snake to take a pic of. I can't imagine customers asking to see a pic of the animal they are getting before they buy. They just don't know what they are asking"
Yeah, the pics for customers of individual one's drives me NUTS!!
Let's not forget about the getting crapped on just about every single time you even touch a young one!..LOL!
That is what I just LOVE about most getula!, the large percentage don't crap all over you if you are really gentle with them, and nowhere NEAR all the THRASHING!!
I will take getting bitten ALL DAY LONG over the constant getting pooped on..LOL!
After messing with Honduran's, ANYTHING else is a walk in the park for cryin' out loud!..
~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"
my website -serpentinespecialties.webs.com
>>Here's a better pic of the PB. Check out his tail in the photo - it's an "action shot"! I also included some additional pics of the pair of thayeri I got two weeks ago. I know they're not floridas, but I thought you'd appreciate them anyway. Enjoy.
LOL.....If they are Floridana he won't even look at them.....
Especially Thayeri......
I enjoyed looking at the Thayeri pics....thanks....
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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...
www.coastalbendcaptivebreeding.com
There were Thayeri in his post? I didn't even see them.
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www.Bluerosy.com
>>There were Thayeri in his post? I didn't even see them.
Yep.....They were the two snakes with all their color and still variable...
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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...
www.coastalbendcaptivebreeding.com
Hahha! Yeah I knew I was taking a chance with the thayeri pics. Guess it was a good thing it was late and my computer was slow otherwise I was gonna post some other pics that weren't even lampropeltis. Everybody would've been up in arms! LOL!
>>Hahha! Yeah I knew I was taking a chance with the thayeri pics. Guess it was a good thing it was late and my computer was slow otherwise I was gonna post some other pics that weren't even lampropeltis. Everybody would've been up in arms! LOL!
This is THE KING SNAKE FORUM......Not the freakin getula forum.......LOL
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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...
www.coastalbendcaptivebreeding.com
Any kings whatsoever will work fine here! 
~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"
my website -serpentinespecialties.webs.com
>>Any kings whatsoever will work fine here!
LOL.....I stated that then look at my dang picture at the top of this page every time I open it......hehehehe
The only thing I like about that picture is the fact that I beat K. Hillson's Eastern King pics when the contest was held back in 2005........lol
I always dogged him about plain jane Black and White kings......
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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...
www.coastalbendcaptivebreeding.com
HAHAHAA!!!, that is funny as heck man, but hey, it is undoubtedly a king, just not one of your other types that you forte in..LOL!
~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"
my website -serpentinespecialties.webs.com
>>HAHAHAA!!!, that is funny as heck man, but hey, it is undoubtedly a king, just not one of your other types that you forte in..LOL!
Actually it is an 04 het for Hypo from Don Shores.......Back when the plain hypo Floridana was cool.....LOL
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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...
www.coastalbendcaptivebreeding.com
Very nice!
Yeah, they don't have to be weird to be cool!
~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"
my website -serpentinespecialties.webs.com
Hey glad u liked the pics of the thayeri. I got them, and the hi-white cal kings from Maria Heidkamp (Alaska Reptiles).....so thank her too! LOL!
PS
Your motto: "Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...". I love it. I have a boss that says that ALL the time! Hahahaha! Its so true.
>>Hey glad u liked the pics of the thayeri. I got them, and the hi-white cal kings from Maria Heidkamp (Alaska Reptiles).....so thank her too! LOL!
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>>PS
>>Your motto: "Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...". I love it. I have a boss that says that ALL the time! Hahahaha! Its so true.
LOL......I have been "the boss" for many years in my line of work.......And it is sooooo true.........We used to say it with a bit of profanity sooooo I cleaned it up a bit for the forum.......
BTW....Maria is a great thayeri breeder....good choice......I have one female thayeri from her along with about 100 other thayeri, mex mex and ruthveni....LOL
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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...
www.coastalbendcaptivebreeding.com
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