Really Exciting Snakes!

[Jeff B]

Very nice photos, don't know how you manage to get them to hold still on flowers....sedation, refrigeration, lol?. We have those pretty blue/purple clematis blooming in the front yard now too,(that is a great contrast for the flame too) but I'm affraid taking pics might attract way to much attention with the neighbors.

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

Thanks Jeff! it's so sad that some people can't fully enjoy their snakes because of neighbors...my neighbors have all been in the snakeroom, they think it's cool! I actually don't do anything to the snakes prior to taking them out for photos, I just grab one and walk out the front door! The babies I got from Joe were pushovers... they are so calm... I could just set them on a flower and they would sit still, or skillfully start climbing around them without panicking. Some snakes, like the keelback and my Natrix are a pain to take pictures of, because I'll finally get them in a position I like... and then I raise the camera to photograph them and that movement alone spooks them all over! If you just keep playing with them, eventually snakes will stop trying to move around for a second and will sit perfectly still and take everything in. That's when I click away! And then change positions and wait for the snake to hold again.

[ConcinusMan]

I've had a very hard time getting even my tamest concinnus to sit still for photos outside. They just want to go, go, go, like freakin' speedy gonzales. The only reason I got photo's of Big Bertha out on the lawn is that I wore her out for half an hour before she decided she had better rest for a minute.

Took me an hour and many photo's to get that winning photo for the March photo contest. That was your female anery BTW, shannon.