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Howdy all,

The Pseudechis colletti I pictured a month ago have arrived and are doing well.

And... to make matters better... I'm getting a pair of Red-Bellied Black Snakes (Psuedechis porphyriacus) and some Tiger Snakes (Notechis scutatus) for Christmas!

Cheers,
Aaron.
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Happy Herping

Gorgeous Collett's Aaron. It sounds like things are going well with your hot keeping. Be careful though, it sounds like you've caught the 'bug.'
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Chance Duncan
www.rivervalleyexotics.com

Congrats Aaron...

Keep those pictures comming!!

Cheers!!
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If you give somebody a match and they can keep warm for a while.
If you light them on fire, They will be warm for the rest of their life.

Sorry bout the bad pics... dodgy camera... okay, maybe dodgy cameraman... flash washed out most of the colour.

Cheers,
Aaron.
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Happy Herping

Aaron:

It's easy to not be totally focused on the camera when photographing HOT snakes. Here's one thing I learned shooting with my digital camera.

If you have the option of setting the camera to Aperature priority and preset it to around "F 4" the camera will select the correct shutter speed for the exposure. Make sure the flash is also selected.

This has two effects:

1) proper lighting/exposure
2) A bit more depth of focus which compensates for your & the subjects movement.

Good Luck...

Al

Water Cobra shot with the above camera settings

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If you give somebody a match and they can keep warm for a while.
If you light them on fire, They will be warm for the rest of their life.

Thanks mate,

I'll definately have a bit more of a play with it... might practice on the pythons though haha.

Cheers,
Aaron.
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Happy Herping