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Venomous and Non (many photos)

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I had a friend who was kind enough to let me photograph his venomous and non-venomous collection - a great aid to a project. I enjoy the time very much and learned quite a bit. Just watching some of these animals for some time is quite interesting - they always appear to be evaluating. I thought I would post some of the results (some as there were a lot).

Bitis Gabonica Rhinoceros
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Bitis Arietans
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Tropidolaemus Wagleri
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Trimeresurus Albolabris
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B.Schlegelii
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Trimeresurus Purpureomaculatus
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Cryptelytrops Macrops
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Agkistrodon Piscivorus
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Agkistrodon Contortrix
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Morelia Viridis
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Corallus Hortulanus
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Great photographs Shannon! Would you mind sharing what equipment you used? What type of flash? Thanks!
 
Thank you Kelli! Not a problem.

I used a Canon 30D with a 70mm-200mm f/2.8 and a 50mm f/2.8 macro lens.

The lighting was one strobe with a bounce umbrella and then depending on the situation I also had a silver reflector to bounce some light back in. It was a small area and made for some interesting maneuvering, but worked quite well in the end.
 
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