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I enjoy photographing my boas. I especially like taking pictures that I believe rival those of professionals. Here are some such pics. I would like to hear what you like and dislike about them so that next time I snap a few, they will be even better.
These first two are of my young suries. These are not meant to show the snake, they are meant to show perspectives.


When I first posted pics of my suries, they were not the brightest snakes, almost no red on their tails. I said that they would brighten up and I have seen it happen a few times. They have each shed once since those pics. No one replied which led me to believe you didn't know how to break it to me that they would always be like that. Less than 20 days later, here are some pics to the contrary.


Here are some more pics of them.



Here are some picks of my adult colombian boas.
These ones are of Bullseye, my male


These ones are of Baby, my smaller female


Here are some pics of my larger female Missy


Whe I watched Bullseye slither beneat some dry banana leaves, I thought wow, thats great camoflauge.

Whe I saw his tail sticking out, I changed my mind.
Can't upload any more oict to the internet, I don't know why.
Anyway, tell me what you think.

When I said the ones that rival those of professionals, I didn't mean all of those pics, some were just to show off my boas. But most of them, I believe, are worthy of being published. I wish I could upload more, I have some other really great ones. I'll post them ASAP.

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Great job

Thanks for looking and for your replies. I'd like to see all of your snake pics too. I found out why I couldn't upload more photos to the internet. My free account ran out of space. I deleted some of the photos to make room. Unfortunately, it seems that it has made some of the pics on my previous post disappear. Tell me what you think of these photos.
Here is Bullseye's not so camoflauge tail

Here is the first pic of my suries.

Bullseye was sold to me as a colombian but this belly leads me to believe he is part Bcc

Here's another pic of my suries

Here's a pic of my male peakless surie in my hand

Once again, if you like or dislike any of the photos, tell me. I'd also like to see your boa photos.

I don't want to be a downer, but you did ask for opinions. I really don't think any of these rival professional photos, frankly. The composition of some of them is poor, and I don't think the lighting in most of them is very good. Focus is way off on several. If you want your photos to look professional I'm afraid you really need a professional lighting setup, and the skills to use it.

If you want something to aspire to, look at Steve Gooch's work on Bob Clark's site, for example.

Don't worry, you're not a downer. Unfortunately, I accidentally deleted most of my better pics, a lot of the ones left were just to show off the boas. By composition, I assume you meant they were fuzzy but I'm not sure. I am going to re-post the pics on this message. If you wouldn't mind, I'd like to hear some more critiques. I will label the pics so it is easy to refer to them. I am most interested in what you think about particular photos and what should be improved (background, lighting, sharpness, ect.). Also, I saw those photos you were talking about. They sure were some interesting morphs and there was no background, but I didn't notice anything special, no offense, and I'd like to hear what else makes them great photos so that I can improve mine. Also, have any of you taken photo classes? I was just wondering if any of the things they teach apply to photographing herps so I can better decide if I should take one at my high school. Also, I found a tripod laying around so after my boas finish digesting their meals, I will take some pictures using it and post them.
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Once again, I would like to hear anything you have to say about these pics, particularly about individual pics and what is wrong and right with them.
Thank you.