Glenn Bartley
Herper & Shootist
CRAP. Over the last three or four days I have seen at least four pictures of really nice herps, and there in full color along with the herp was a pile or two of crap.
It always amazes me that someone will say: "Hey, I have this great animal for sale take a look", and there it is pictured with what it ate (already totally processed and passed) over the last few days. Of course this same person would probably later swear to the great husbandry that he/she followed in the care of that herp, that is when you are complaining that it was received in poor health or loaded with parasites. Sure I understand that people do not follow their herps with a pooper-scooper but, heck when they take the time to take a pic - to sell that animal - or to say hey look at my great herp, you would think (at least I would think), they would have taken the time to clean out the crap.
The same goes for people just showing off their herps. I saw one herp shot recently with the herp on paper towels that looked as if they had spent a week in a cricket container with a few hundred crickets crapping all over the paper. I saw another with a huge pile of poop right next to the animal. I would think if you have the time to set up and take the pics, you would have the time to scoop out the doodie.
Yet, as photographers, the people presenting those pics seem really pleased with the pictures. As herpers they seem really pleased with their herps or the herps enclosure. So tell me, what is it that makes people so proud of their pictures and of their herps (or at least how they care for them) when they are not even decent enough to spare the viewer from having to peruse a pile of crap, or more importantly, they are not concerned enough to clean out their animal's enclosure for the welfare of the critter?
It really detracts from the whole experience of enjoying what oft times would have been an otherwise great photograph. I just don't get it.
All the best,
Glenn B
It always amazes me that someone will say: "Hey, I have this great animal for sale take a look", and there it is pictured with what it ate (already totally processed and passed) over the last few days. Of course this same person would probably later swear to the great husbandry that he/she followed in the care of that herp, that is when you are complaining that it was received in poor health or loaded with parasites. Sure I understand that people do not follow their herps with a pooper-scooper but, heck when they take the time to take a pic - to sell that animal - or to say hey look at my great herp, you would think (at least I would think), they would have taken the time to clean out the crap.
The same goes for people just showing off their herps. I saw one herp shot recently with the herp on paper towels that looked as if they had spent a week in a cricket container with a few hundred crickets crapping all over the paper. I saw another with a huge pile of poop right next to the animal. I would think if you have the time to set up and take the pics, you would have the time to scoop out the doodie.
Yet, as photographers, the people presenting those pics seem really pleased with the pictures. As herpers they seem really pleased with their herps or the herps enclosure. So tell me, what is it that makes people so proud of their pictures and of their herps (or at least how they care for them) when they are not even decent enough to spare the viewer from having to peruse a pile of crap, or more importantly, they are not concerned enough to clean out their animal's enclosure for the welfare of the critter?
It really detracts from the whole experience of enjoying what oft times would have been an otherwise great photograph. I just don't get it.
All the best,
Glenn B
Thanks for the laughs! I agree having turds in your photos with your animals is not a good selling point. Take 5 minutes and clean up the cage or remove the animal and take the picture somewhere else. At least TRY to hide the fact that you don't use good husbandry practices