Lizards snakes and creepy critters

[GREAPER]

I went and shot in the reptile house of my local zoo this morning. Here are some (one to start with) shots.

http://dehmphoto.smugmug.com/photos/15374565-L.jpg (http://dehmphoto.smugmug.com/photos/newexif.mg?ImageID=15374565)

[wxwax]

V. nice! Excellent control of your depth of field.

[GREAPER]

http://dehmphoto.smugmug.com/photos/15375772-M.jpg

http://dehmphoto.smugmug.com/photos/15375727-M.jpg (http://dehmphoto.smugmug.com/photos/newexif.mg?ImageID=15375727)

http://dehmphoto.smugmug.com/photos/15375791-M.jpg (http://dehmphoto.smugmug.com/photos/newexif.mg?ImageID=15375791)

http://dehmphoto.smugmug.com/photos/15376922-M.jpg (http://dehmphoto.smugmug.com/photos/newexif.mg?ImageID=15376922)

http://dehmphoto.smugmug.com/photos/15375685-M.jpg (http://dehmphoto.smugmug.com/photos/newexif.mg?ImageID=15375685)

[fish]

wow! the detail on the scales are fantastic!

[Nir]

Fantastic Greaper!

[4labs]

Amazing detail.. any other capture info woudl be apreciated...

[Tim Kirkwood]

LOVE THESE!!!:clap :clap


Were these through glass?

[ginger_55]

gotta love the detail. I would take the lens and leave you with the snake.

What lens was it? And just think god, or DNA, made all those little decorative bumps, beads, or whatever, on the abstract shot. Pretty amazing capture.

ginger (They almost look real.:rofl )

[GREAPER]

Amazing detail.. any other capture info woudl be apreciated...

Click on the images for EXIF data.

[GREAPER]

LOVE THESE!!!:clap :clap


Were these through glass?

The pale lizard was not through glass, he was shot in a little studio setup with a couple of strobes. The equipment was not mine, it belonged to the curator of the reptile house so I dont know any details on the lights. He was shot with a 60mm Nikkor Micro lense.

The others were all shot through glass, lighting from a Nikon SB-800 Flash on a Stroboframe flash bracket. I used a variety of lense setups which included a 75-300 tamaron zoom a sigma 28-80 zoom and a set of Kenko Extension tubes.

Thanks for all of the comments.

[digismile]

Nice Shots Greap :thumb .

But if you want to see some REAL snake macro photography, check out this video clip from a day or two ago on MSN:

http://video.msn.com/video/p.htm?m=Entertainment&mi=Discovery%20Networks&i=b55895e7-06eb-4dca-b40c-c88f32fd50c3,bad2ca55-0192-496f-bebe-e740b80c2ddf,69ab4a0f-dcdd-4ac8-85e1-c2678f72e30b&p=Entertainment_Discovery&rf=http://dellnet.msn.com/

This guy got up close and personal with a Cobra. And I mean close! He got bit! Watch it to the end, because the idiot, I mean professional photographer, actually went back to get the shot 2 hours later. This guy just wants to get on the Darwin Awards Honorable Mention list!

Brad

[wmsnyder]

[QUOTE=GREAPER]The pale lizard was not through glass, he was shot in a little studio setup with a couple of strobes. The equipment was not mine, it belonged to the curator of the reptile house so I dont know any details on the lights. He was shot with a 60mm Nikkor Micro lense.

Great shots Brian. It looks like you got a little more DOF in some of your shots than me at f16. Probably when you were using the shorter lens.

[wmsnyder]

[QUOTE=GREAPER]The pale lizard was not through glass, he was shot in a little studio setup with a couple of strobes. The equipment was not mine, it belonged to the curator of the reptile house so I dont know any details on the lights. He was shot with a 60mm Nikkor Micro lense.

Do you remember if you had your white balance set on flash for the studio setup? My shot seems to look more yellow than yours.

[GREAPER]

I think I had white balance on auto. Either that or flash.

The DOF and the detail in thiose studio shots suprised me. I used that guys 60mm micro... man I gotta get one of those, fast focus, sharp as a tack, It was great.

[Ann McRae]

Nice Shots Greap :thumb .

But if you want to see some REAL snake macro photography, check out this video clip from a day or two ago on MSN:

http://video.msn.com/video/p.htm?m=Entertainment&mi=Discovery%20Networks&i=b55895e7-06eb-4dca-b40c-c88f32fd50c3,bad2ca55-0192-496f-bebe-e740b80c2ddf,69ab4a0f-dcdd-4ac8-85e1-c2678f72e30b&p=Entertainment_Discovery&rf=http://dellnet.msn.com/

This guy got up close and personal with a Cobra. And I mean close! He got bit! Watch it to the end, because the idiot, I mean professional photographer, actually went back to get the shot 2 hours later. This guy just wants to get on the Darwin Awards Honorable Mention list!

Brad
Two thoughts, after I finished thinking he was an idiot! :huh :huh
1. the sony swivel would have been nice for those
2. good thing he didn't have shutter lag!!!!

:rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl

ann

[Ann McRae]

Excellent!:clap :clap :clap


ann

[John Mueller]

Great series.

Thanks for sharing.

[Lg-ann]

very nice detail..almost afraid to look too close :clap

[ehughes]

Excellect Brian, The shot of the Skink is awesome. Well Done:thumb

[GREAPER]

Just because I am ignorant, are you talking about this shot?

http://dehmphoto.smugmug.com/photos/6579006-M.jpg

I was told this is a skink.

Is one of the other critters in this thread a skink?

[ehughes]

Just because I am ignorant, are you talking about this shot?


I was told this is a skink.

Is one of the other critters in this thread a skink?
The first shot you posted looks to me like a Prehensile Tailed Skink ( my wife used to work in a pet store, it's amazing what you pick up )