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Here are some of my pics using my Nikon D300s with a Nikon AF-S Micro-Nikkor 60mm f/2.8G ED Macro Autofocus Lens.


First up are some Albino males I've hatched this season, I still have some other males I haven't photographed yet.
 

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Here are some Albino females I've hatched this season, I still have some other females I haven't photographed yet as well.
 

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beautiful Steve, I always have a hard time photographing albino snakes.

I have a question but will start a new thread so I don't derail this one
 
AbsoluteApril said:
beautiful Steve, I always have a hard time photographing albino snakes.

I have a question but will start a new thread so I don't derail this one
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Hi April, I've noticed that question has been answered in your thread but if you send me a pm with your email address I can send you some PDF books that you should find very useful.


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I love the band of light color on the last pic. Beautiful
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That was the first thing I noticed when she hatched, thanks!
 

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This is probably an utterly stupid question --

but how are you shooting these pictures so that there's no "background" and so very little shadow?

I always get a lot of shadow if I try to shoot in a lightbox, and if I shoot without one, on a flat surface, there's always some of the "vertical" space showing past the flat thing I've got the animal on, or a "crease" or edge or something.
 
SirenSanJose said:
This is probably an utterly stupid question --

but how are you shooting these pictures so that there's no "background" and so very little shadow?

I always get a lot of shadow if I try to shoot in a lightbox, and if I shoot without one, on a flat surface, there's always some of the "vertical" space showing past the flat thing I've got the animal on, or a "crease" or edge or something.
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I'm shooting with two quad fluorescent reflectors 360 watts total. One I have on the side of my light tent and the other is being hand held to be positioned to reduce shadows.
 
I'm just testing out using a smaller file size for the web, personally I like the larger file size but this has it's benefits in loading quicker.
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