What's wrong here? Take a guess. Definitely a trick but not a photoshop exercise. I'll fill everyone in at the end.
Regards
John
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Here's a weird one...
jfirneno
Jan 21, 2007 05:47 PM
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ratsnakehaven
Jan 21, 2007 07:11 PM
Way too much yellow. Maybe a colored light of some sort.
TC
nydon
Jan 21, 2007 10:16 PM
John, no idea but if i was on jeopardy i would guess a blacklight for 200.
whatever it is it looks cool.
thanks,
Don
jfirneno
Jan 22, 2007 06:50 AM
One day I was taking photos in the snake room and I wasn't getting enough light. There was a 200 Watt "Active UV" light on a lizard cage nearby so I turned it on the mandarin I was photographing and that picture came out. I'm still trying to figure out if there is any fluorescing going on becuase of the UV or if it is just the camera sensor going out of whack because of the strange spectrum of the light source.
Thanks for your time
John
Shane_OK
Jan 22, 2007 01:25 PM
I saw your post on the photography forum, so I couldn't cheat. Interesting how some turned out. Here's the same snake, same setting, the only difference is fill flash:
And with flash:
It's interesting how the flash brings out the stripes, and makes the snake look a lot shinier than it really is.
I've got a new camera on the way (Canon S3), and it will give me a lot of options over my old 1.6mp Sony Mavica. It's basically as good as they come, without switching to SLR. Hopefully I can figure it out before my trip!
Shane
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ratsnakehaven
Jan 22, 2007 04:55 PM
Shane, I noticed that about the stripes. It's almost like it had infrared, or somethin'. Congrats on your new camera. Always exciting when we get new toys, isn't it? Heheh!
TC
jfirneno
Jan 22, 2007 05:47 PM
Shane:
I'm glad you didn't give it away. I have so few photos worth posting, I can't afford to lose even one good story!
It is amazing what varying light conditions can do to an image.
Yes, a good photographer can perform magic. Every time I look at the great field posts some of you folks turn out I realize:
a) what pathetic herps I'm stuck with in Massachusetts
b) what a pathetic photographer I am.
But you can't have everything. After all I'm already handsome, brilliant and popular with the ladies (well one lady anyway). Too many more great attributes might tempt the fates.
Regards
John
