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Just sharing some of my shots of my animals. to see what you all say. these are shot with a 60 mm macro. A couple of them are under a black light.
Crested Gecko

I apologize for the hair in the shot as I did not see it tell after I had it up loaded.
Red Eyed Tree Frog

Whites Tree Frog.

This is not one of mine but I took the pic at an expo.

My Blood

A scale shot of my spider ball python.

A Full shot of her.

Let me know what you all think and do not hold any thing back I want to learn more please.
My next purchase is going to be a SB-600.
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5.9.0 ball python
2.1.0 columbian boa
1.0.0 rat snake (alabastered)
1.1.1 corn snake
0.1.0 Chuckwalla (Jamie)
1.1.0 Bearded Dragon
0.0.1 crested gecko
1.0.0 leopord gecko
4.0.0 Quaker parrot
1.0.0 Landseer Newfoundland (Mac)
Brian n Chrissy

"snakes are kind of like potato chips, you cant have just one"

What is it that you're putting them on that gives that reflection? I like that effect...

Sorry I should have given all info on these lol.
I am using a Nikon D-50 with only the on camera flash and a little external lighting. For the back ground I am using: is Black Acrylic
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5.9.0 ball python
2.1.0 columbian boa
1.0.0 rat snake (alabastered)
1.1.1 corn snake
0.1.0 Chuckwalla (Jamie)
1.1.0 Bearded Dragon
0.0.1 crested gecko
1.0.0 leopord gecko
4.0.0 Quaker parrot
1.0.0 Landseer Newfoundland (Mac)
Brian n Chrissy

"snakes are kind of like potato chips, you cant have just one"

Nice stuff.

This shot is interesting -

There are a couple of comments I can make about this shot. First off, I like it.

I think you might have been better served to stop down a little more (use a higher f/stop). You used f/5.6 which means your depth of field is so limited that the scales in the reflecion are in focus, but the real scales aren't. You don't need to stop down all the way, but an f/stop of f/9 or f/11 would have fixed this probably.

Also, try to make sure you are as perpendicular as possible to your subject. Because you weren't the scales at one end of the picture are in focus and at the other end they aren't.

Another thing to consider is the lighting. Because you are shooting on a dark background, your camera is going to tend to overexpose the shot. That's why the scales in the reflection (which should be dark) are properly exposed while the scales on the snake are overexposed. You might try some exposure compensation next time. Something like -0.7 EV would probably work, but it's digital so play around as much as you like!.
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Chris Harrison
San Antonio, Texas

Thank You I will try that. Anything els you can think of please let me know I love the advice you have given already.
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5.9.0 ball python
2.1.0 columbian boa
1.0.0 rat snake (alabastered)
1.1.1 corn snake
0.1.0 Chuckwalla (Jamie)
1.1.0 Bearded Dragon
0.0.1 crested gecko
1.0.0 leopord gecko
4.0.0 Quaker parrot
1.0.0 Landseer Newfoundland (Mac)
Brian n Chrissy

"snakes are kind of like potato chips, you cant have just one"