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The female, hamming it for the camera:

Here's a couple with the male and female in them. He's the smaller, more yellow one:

And a closeup of their patterns, he's the right coil, she's the left two.

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~~~Hurley

Both the snakes and pics are marvelous. I really am a sucker for a good pic of snakes in a nice enclosure. That one was my favorite.

keith
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I'm not sure I want popular opinion on my side -- I've noticed those with the most opinions often have the fewest facts.

Your bairds just glow.I dont think there are 2 bairds that look the same.It's whats makes them such a great snake to keep.

The ones you have really turned out great. Thanks for sharing some recent pics. The 2001 CB female baird that Paul (Gargoyle420) received recently was produced by Adam Block.

Terry Parks

She is in blue right now and I plan to get some fresh shed pics a.s.a.p.I cant wait to egg pipping time.Thanks Terry for a fantastic female...Paul

What a great couple of Baird's, my compliments!

Greetings,

Herman Bronsgeest.

Hurley,

If you have been following this forum for a while, you may know that I have been struggling to realistically photography my bairdi.

Whenever I take a pic using my cheap digital camera (Olympus C-700 Ultra) I find that it oversaturates the reds. So I have to take my pics and desaturate the reds a little. I am trying to decide if it is my monitor or my camera, so I need a second opinion.

I looked at your pics, and, at least on my monitor, they seem a little too red as well (the color of the log is what clued me in).

I have taken the liberty of trying that with your photos as well and am just curious what you think.

Here is your original pic (reduced for speed) -

and here is the same pic with the reds turned down a little -

Which of these is the more accurate representation of your snakes?

I prefer the second as it really captures the pastel blue-gray I love in bairdi. But my real interest is which looks most natural to you (since you have the real snakes to compare to)?
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Chris Harrison

Honestly, that second pic looks too blue/green to me. The bark and log are washed out in relation to reality. The bark and log they are sitting on are quite colorful, more red than say a faded log from outside. The snakes look more like themselves in the upper picture...

Not sure if we have different monitor settings or what, but the pictures are similar on my monitor at work and at home. Without a ton of light, I get oversaturated reds as well, but these pics are pretty darn true to life. That female is just so intense.
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~~~Hurley

I've seen that approaches the orange color of Adam Block's male breeder. I've been looking to see some offspring that would have the color of his male founding breeder. Thanks for sharing some very nice pics of your bairds Hurley. They are looking outstanding. Not as nice a pic as yours, but here's a pic of a 2001 Adam Block bairds rat snake.

Terry Parks

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Those are beautiful snakes and stunning photographs.
I am simply in awe.
Beautiful!
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Corn snakes and rat snakes..No one can have just one.
"resistance is futile"
Jimmy (draybar)

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Ronda Van Winkle
Northwest Herpetoculture