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RE: Scales close up

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Posted by: chrish at Wed Mar 21 14:51:33 2007  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by chrish ]  
   

I love taking scale shots. Here's a montage -







You should get yourself a set of extension tubes to really fill the frame with the scales. Generally, though a 1:1 macro (like the Sigma 105) and some cropping can get you pretty close.



Here's my take on a milksnake -







I have a whole collection of scale shots here - Snake Scales Photographs
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Chris Harrison

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