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Man I have to say I love the pics that you post. Eastern Kings have to be my favorite.I stopped keeping snakes a few years ago,and have taken up another hobby.I wood carve now mostly walking canes and sticks.Most of them having a snake wrapped around it.Which brings me to my question.Your pics the close ups of the head shows great detail.Although my carving are not exact copies of a king snake I like to keep it appearing that way to a non-herper.I have used you pics for reference before,and I have a request would it be possible to get you to take a close up pic of a king showing the head scales and they wrap over the side of the head at and around the eye.
Thanks for your time
Toby

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Thanks Keith these are perfect!!!!

Wow! Your photos are superlative. I've never seen such pixel clarity & quality.

Got the technology from the Andromedans, or the Engineers??

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Thanks yes it is from area 51 and I reverse engineered some alien technology but keep it on the downlow lol. Seriously thanks for the compliments Ameron !

Keith
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That is awesome! love those head shots man, and, really, really love the tiger stripes on the labials. What camara do you have there?

Mike

>>That is awesome! love those head shots man, and, really, really love the tiger stripes on the labials. What camara do you have there?
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>>Mike
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n/p

Sort of off-topic, sorry, but I'm dying to know how you keep your snakes still enough to get that close to them without them moving around on you. Or do you zoom in on them WHILE the macro function is in use? If I do that on my Sony 5.1 Cybershot, it's blurry. Not all the time, but if I zoom in too much while in the Macro setting it usually is a little blurry. Anyways, a few tips from you for me would be VERY highly appreciated.

Toby, that's pretty darn good. I had to do a double take and then realized that getula had a wooden head wrapped around that cane, LOL. Love to see some more photos of your work. Thanks for sharing.

Steve

Just a hobby.

Those are outstanding Toby....
Good job and very interesting. I have seen some like that at some county/city fairs and such but none as nice as those look in your pics.
You got any more???.....LOL
John Lassiter

Just a few more that I have done.I cant seem to keep any Kings,Scarlets,or Eastern Diamondback. They go as fast as I can carve them.Thank you for the comments hope you enjoy them.These guys are each carve from a piece of wood that starts out 4" in diameter and yes they are one solid piece the snake is not wrapped on the wood.Each scale is indivually done.The eyes I make myself so I can paint them the color that goes with the snake.Anyways heres a few more.
Toby

That Gaboon Viper is Awesome!!
I like the scarlet king and calking too...
Some of the nicest I have seen Toby.
Again...Good work!!
John Lassiter

Thanks John just my way of keeping snake at a time when I couldnt and now it has turned into a hobby that makes me a few dollars on the side. But Im addicted to it now even if I couldnt sell any of them I would still carve them.Its funny each one attaches itself to me.I know wierd but them do.Thanks again for the compliments.
Toby

Still got it huh? Cool to look back and see one that I did. I cant keep a rattlesnake any more as fast as i finish it,its gone.Also forgot I put jewels in for eyes too.Thanks for the pics of it Rainer I didnt have any of that one.
Toby

Rainer I cant remember did I sign that one? If not when we have a chance to get together I will.Since I done the first ones Ive been told that i need to start signing them.Well that is if you want it signed.Later
Toby

Oh heck ya I want it signed. But its already signed by you I love it. It will be with my family forever.
My wifes dad (father in law) had it for a year in California and showed it off in the neihborhhod the year before he died. He had it for one year. Now it sits proudly above my fireplace mantle.

Rainer

Wow they look so real. in your first pic you said you stopped keeping snakes and posted that pic. I thought it was an actual snake and said to myself "I guess he kept his favorite snake" lol than after looking at it closely I realized it wasnt real.

I would be glad to carve you one.Drop me an e-mail with the one of your choice (what snake) And we can discuss it further.
railbugg@bellsouth.net
Thank you for your compliments
Toby

WOW very nice. Im a bit of an artist myself but Ive never tried wood carving. Do you use a drummel or hand tools ?

Keith
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Keith,
ALL hand tools wouldnt have it no other way.Just something about it when your done that you cant get from power tools.One thing when using the hand tools you have to use the best. A dull tool will get you hurt.AHEM i learn that the hard way.....lol
Toby
p.s. Keith I would still like to get with you later on and see about a few other shots as well.IF it wouldnt be too much trouble.

I am sure you have received tons of replies. I use a cane...I'm an gramma herper. Could I get in line? Thanks, Helane Howlett

I really enjoyed. Keep us "posted"...

Don
Vancouver, WA

1.0 Desert Phase Cal King

Very nice.

Thank you guys,The ultimate compliment is for someone to be fooled even if just for a second.And to hear them from you guys means alot,I had thought about it before as for showing them do any herper groups but I had thought naaaawwww they wont like them cause there arent exact replicas.But hey you just never know.Again thanks to all that replied.

Toby

Toby, I bet you would do real well at some of the bigger shows, but could you produce enough to satisfy the demand, LOL!? Awesome!
Todd Hughes

LOL.....no way!!!! have already had to have the steroid shot in the elbow. I think it would give up before I could keep up....lol

Toby