Seriously, they won't bite...

[TrpnBils]

I figured putting "Snakes" as the title would send more people away than it would draw in...

I don't know if this is the right forum to post these in considering they are captive animals, but I didn't think it really fit into the "not-so-serious pictures of your pets" forum either, so here goes...

My wife and I breed snakes as a secondary income and a benefit of that is to see all this cool stuff! The first two are green tree pythons that are between 2 weeks and 5 months of age. Once they hit a year or so they'll change over to green. The third is a two year old sub-adult. One down side to this is that all of my shots end up looking the same (same background, same wood props, etc).

Thoughts? Suggestions? Comments?

 

[Heitz]

#1, I'd have used a higher f-stop. My eyes want to see more of the snake in focus. #2, crop out the obviously out-of-focus branch, it seems distracting. #3, GREAT color.I also love how the DOF changes. You get two totally different qualities to the scales. The foreground, out-of-focus looks flatter and smooth, whereas the background green is rough and texturized. Very nice shot.

 

[K8-90]

^ +1
Exactly what he said! Awesome subject.

 

[cgipson1]

#3 rocks... would love to see more!

 

[spacefuzz]

great colors. cute snakes.

 

[Snakeguy101]

Are you kidding, chondros are one of the most bitey snakes out there....

#3 is great, the others don't do it for me though.

 

[Kerbouchard]

Love #3. #1 just doesn't have enough in focus to grab/keep the attention and #2 has too much dead space.

#3 rocks, though.

 

[Saravin]

loving the 3 photo:thumbup:

 

[EricD]

3rd shot for me....awesome!

 

[Jethro]

Beautiful snakes <3 How long can they be when they grow up?

 

[Snakeguy101]

they average about 5' with males being smaller and females being larger. Although 6' seems quite large, you would never realize it because they spend 99% of their time coiled up in a compact space.

 

[paul85224]

#3 is very good...nice color and composition.

 

[D-B-J]

I love the colors in the first, it is just a weird angle to be shooting from.