August 2008 Photo & Caption Comments Thread

[Snake lover 3-25]

mine run when i put them down too!!!!!!!
(lol right up my leg!!!!!!!!)

[crzy_kevo]

let them calm down in your hands first
then when you put them down cover them with your hand until you feel that they have stopped moving get your camera ready then take as many as you can b4 they get away

[Lexa]

Thanks, Kevo! I'll bear that in mind - although I may have to wait until my little worm gets big enough to find again before I risk losing him, hehe...

[reptileparadise]

Yup, mine also take a run for it!
Grass it something special. They dive in it!

[count dewclaw]

I'm always surprised at how quickly the wild garters in my yard can totally disappear in the grass (well the smaller ones at least).

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

Okay guys, I missed this thread....

but here's the deal. The title is the whole snake, so all that means is that the whole snake needs to be in the picture. If a tiny tailtip is cut off, that's okay, if the snake is coiled that's certainly fine, if the snake is half covered by grass or substrate, that's no good. my point was to observe their beauty as a whole snake and not just their front halves like so many of the photo's that we take. I felt that the whole snake is a little more of a challenge, anyone can hold their garter still to take a picture of their top half, anyone can zoom in to get a shot of half the snake peeking over a log, but to get the whole snake takes more patience! I only saw one photo that does not fit the criteria, it was a snake that was half buried in some grass.

I hope that makes things a little more clear!!! My goal was to keep it extremely simple so that EVERYONE can participate, no matter what camera you have!

[KITKAT]

When will the winning photo be up on the home page?

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

yea?!?!

[crzy_kevo]

maybe you should pm boots about that since all the mods are no shows right now

[crzy_kevo]

nice pic don thats when the tumor was just starting to form eh?
either way she was a very pretty snake