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Spending the field season without a trusty side-kick (AKA "camera" is not among my top 10 favorite things. I missed so many great photo oportunities this year that I'm still kicking myself. That's all changed now, though! I recently purchased a new camera... one that's going to take some getting used to. Way more fancy-pantsy than anything I've ever had before, I spent my lunch hour today taking a few photos in the snake room just to try out the new equipment. What follows is just my first attempt at using the camera on different settings, with no real attention paid to lighting or artistic composition. Mostly, I want to see how this stuff looks on the interwebs!

Old school, Zoo-line (Blody) L. t. campbelli

Spotted Pennington County, South Dakota L. t. multistrata getting ready for cooling

Killer little Spencer County, Kentucky L. t. triangulum

One of my all-time favorite Cherry County, Nebraska L. t. multistrata

A newly-acquired Mega Line ghost Honduran from Rusty. Damn that Rusty and his nice animals!

A semi-bald Powder River County, Montana L. t. multistrata

And last, but not least, a L. t. gentilis X multistrata from Logan County, Colorado

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-Cole

All that can be said... I'm envious... love that spotted multistrata... spotted's are my only weakness in variations beyond the "plain old"... unless of course you count the flame sided ones you posted awhile back... or was it Dell? Memory is not what it once was

What did you pick up for a camera? I bought a Fujifilm Finepix HS-10 earlier this year that I am becoming less impressed with each passing day... my old Nikon Coolpix 990 kicks it's butt when it comes to close-up/macro photography.

Gerry

Gerry,

When you're ready to take the plunge into multistrata, let me know! LOL

I got a Fujifilm S2940. I've been pretty happy with it so far, especially now that I've figured out the flash and have tried it outdoors and the results aren't so dark. I'll keep working with it and posting update photos (which I never expect to be as good as Dell's or Paytons!)
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-Cole

Very nice animals Cole and glad to see you've got some new equipment (camera) to work with! You're buddies with the master picture taker so maybe he can give both you and me some tips!!

Dave
DNS Reptiles - Milk Snakes

No kidding, Dave! He said he'd be willing to help me out when he's back in town. That dude's been busy!
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-Cole

Cameras can be a headache, let me know if you run into speed bumps. I don't really do any field photos, I tend to chase landscapes these days and herp intermittently

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Lampropeltis triangulum / mexicana / pyromelana complex enthusiast.

wow that photo is unreal!!

Dave
DNS Reptiles - Milk Snakes

Have to agree with Dave, absolutely great pic!

Gerry

Thanks, man! I appreciate that. Don't be surprised to get an e-mail with me ranting about something camera-related! LOL

Stellar photo, too. Let's see some more!
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-Cole

haha thanks all - here's one from Death Valley NP back in March. Getting ready for Zion in November and fall color in GSMNP this October.

I shoot a 5D Mark II for those of you maybe wondering

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Lampropeltis triangulum / mexicana / pyromelana complex enthusiast.