March 2011 Photo & Captions Comment Thread

[ConcinusMan]

Dang. I can't trust my wild-caught snake yet to sit on any plain surfaces without freaking out. How plain does it have to be?

I had the same problem Stefan. I'm pretty sure that a solid colored terrycloth towel will work. That's what I used. They don't seem to like smooth flat surfaces. Still, even with the towel the only way I could get them to sit still long enough was to place them under a plastic screw-on lid and wait for them to calm down and adjust to the darkness. When you remove the lid, they just "freeze" long enough to get the pictures.

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

I had the same problem Stefan. I'm pretty sure that a solid colored terrycloth towel will work. That's what I used. They don't seem to like smooth flat surfaces. Still, even with the towel the only way I could get them to sit still long enough was to place them under a plastic screw-on lid and wait for them to calm down and adjust to the darkness. When you remove the lid, they just "freeze" long enough to get the pictures.

and that is how you do it! That's how I take 90% of my photos. it takes a lot of patience, especially when you are photographing multiple snakes together.

[ConcinusMan]

As always, it also helps if they are cool and/or sleepy too. In other words, if you aren't having any luck during their day when they're all warmed up, try it at "night" and/or while they are cooler. After they are fully warmed up and active isn't exactly the best time to make them sit still.

[zooplan]

You can now see all former contestwinner photos and themes in one thread:
http://www.thamnophis.com/forum/tham...tml#post154833
hope that will support to get new unique themes for the next months and helps to remember those winners who are inactive for a while.

[infernalis]

So Richard, leave your reading glasses on the table? had a few too many? what's up?

[mustang]

So Richard, leave your reading glasses on the table? had a few too many? what's up?

hold crud i nearly fell over laughing so hard hahahaha

[Stefan-A]

One tiny request: Would you please stop trying to circumvent the swear word filter?

[mustang]

One tiny request: Would you please stop trying to circumvent the swear word filter?

okay
ill stop im just amazed the system didnt adapt
guess AI is just that much farther away

[ConcinusMan]

Yeah, Robert quit doing that ship. (sorry, I just had to)

So Richard, leave your reading glasses on the table? had a few too many? what's up?

Not a drop your honor. I have no idea what happened there. I was tired, I know that much.

[Stefan-A]

Yeah, Robert quit doing that ship. (sorry, I just had to)

Yeah, I've seen you doing it, too.