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Here is a new "theme" I am working on - snake scales -

Crotalus durissus

Lampropeltis getula getula

Heterodon nasicus

Lampropeltis triangulum annulata

Lampropeltis triangulum gaigeae

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Chris Harrison
Central Texas

Great pics, Chris. How the h#$% do you get so close up and it still be clear and no flash wash out? I guess I just need to spend a few grand more on my camera. Here are some pics of my JCP I took today. This is about as close as I can get. This was without a flash. I tried some with the flash and it was really washed out. I tried a new trick the wife suggested. I shot the flash through a piece of paper, it reduced the washed out look quite a bit. My late herper friend, Ty Kubin, used to do oil paintings of scale close ups like that.

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1.1 Jungle Carpet Python
1.1 Ball Python
1.1 Corn Snake
0.1 Gray band Kingsnake
0.1 Desert Kingsnake
0.1 Pueblan Milksnake
1.0 Bullsnake
1.0 Rhodesian Ridgeback (Hondo)
0.1 Spouse (WC)
0.0.8 hatchling ball pythons

>>Great pics, Chris. How the h#$% do you get so close up and it still be clear and no flash wash out?

I used a konica-minolta D7 (DSLR) with a 90mm macro lens and three extension tubes (68mm extra extension). I held the flash off camera using an extension cable (or wireless flash - I forgot?) and put a Stofen-Omni bounce diffuser over the flash.

People say they love their point and shoot digitals, but they certainly have limitations.
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Chris Harrison
Central Texas

Very nice picture set Chris. I especially like the angled lighting you used for the black milk - creates nice depth and texture.

Cheers,
WK