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Laci appears to be made of porceline. She is very delicate appearing even though she is good size for not quite a yearling. I'm having difficulty catching her beauty on digital camera. I purchased her from SMR last November in Houston. She is one of my favorite and most beautiful corns.

The problem with modern digital cameras is that they meter like the old cameras, for 18% gray. That means, the camera takes the entire scene, and says, "on average, the exposure should be for around middle gray." Take a black and white picture of a white person's skin, that's about 18%, for a frame of reference. The problem you run into is the extremes, like a black cat, or a beautiful pure white snake. Only remedy I can give ya is to see if you can manually override your settings. You might be ok then. Also, if you can get outside, green grass is about the same, again if taken black and white, as 18%, so if you meter off the green grass, or put your snake in the grass (funny) you should get a better exposure. Try open shade, meaning under a big tree where there's no direct sunlight hitting the snake. that way, (s)he's not lit up like fire works on fourth of July, and you can still get a decent exposure.

Hope this helps.

AJ
King Donut Eater
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only way it works for me.....good lighting and no flash...and don't get too close..just crop pic smaller ...later......
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people???.........people are stupid.........
really???......really.........

I'm far from an expert but what works for me - lots of light - no flash - largest image size your camera can do, stand back some and crop it later.
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Gary Harris - gary@mydixiesys.com
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