to flash or not

[drache]

Just curious:
do you use flash?
I haven't yet, because snakes can't blink.
There's a limit though to available light . . .
opinions?
experiences?
Any flash blinded snakes out there?

[adamanteus]

Flash is good Rhea, especially if it's auto (which it will be) and especially indoors. Try taking two pics of every shot you want, one with and one without. Then you choose.

Rhea, the flash won't harm the snakes' eyes, if that's your concern (just re-reading what you said about snakes not blinking!) If you use the camera on auto flash, until you get more used to the new equipment, you should get the results you want.

[drache]

I have no doubt about the picture quality
- but what about the snake?
can it hurt their eyes?
Rhea

[drache]

okay
Thanks
yes, that was my greatest concern
I still haven't been able to upload images though, either
very weird

[adamanteus]

You could try making the file size smaller....Reduce the definition on the camera. 1mp should be fine for this kind of picture.

[adamanteus]

Or send a PM to Boots and see if there's a problem. But I just uploaded a couple of pics (from the scanner, not digital) no problem.

[drache]

I had no problem when I was uploading before
This time all goes the same
it even tells me that the images uploaded successfully
but they're just not there
Boots contacted me and shot of a quick description
I'll try fiddling with the file size
I just need to figure out how to do that
Thanks
Rhea

[adamanteus]

I had a couple of larger files that did that...said they'd loaded but they weren't there....I just clicked the upload button again and they came up pretty quick second time. Have you tried that?

[abcat1993]

I always use flash on my pics

[Thamnophis]

My experience is that reptiles are not harmed by the flash. In the worst case they are a bit frightened, but they get used to it very fast.