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After tons of posts and a clean slate...back again :D ((dodges tomatoes))

Here's a northern copperhead. Shot behind nasty zoo glass in a weird mix of flourescent (UVB), tungsten (spot) and ambient light with an off-camera strobe.

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Canon 20D, 100mm/2.8 macro, 1.4x, st-e2, 550EX, softbox.

It was initially a trash picture, but after some tinkering in postprocessing, I like it.
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I can't believe no one has posted on this yet? Well here is not the best shot, but a really good find for me, since this was from a unrecored area/population.

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California Tiger Salamander larva.

Nikon D700, Tamron 90mm, R1C1 kit.

Manual, 1/100th, F/29.



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Cool shot, Chad. I'm working on a project on Appalachian salamanders and finding it tough to work with the aquatic species in habitat. Aside from getting them positioned, autofocusing, glare, and stirring up the water are each a pain!

Here's a pair of amplexing Agalychnis callidryas from Costa Rica.

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Canon 20D, 100mm 2.8 macro, Mt-24 twin lite flash
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I really liked this shot when I took it, so I'll start with it. Western Yellow-bellied racer. I liked the shallow dof but some people have mentioned they would have liked it better if the tongue was a little more in-focus, but I think it would be distracting from the eyes.

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Very nice, Andy! I like the eyes and scales. With that type of shot, I'da left the tongue OOF as well. It might also look good stopped down (a ton), but then you might loose the opportunity to get fast enough shutter speed in natural light.
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I did used a very soft flash here, and thought about cloning out the catches on the tongue, because overall it was mostly natural light that helped me, but thanks for your compliments and suggestions.
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beautiful snake, Mike!
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Thanks Joe and great shot, Andy. I think it's better with the tongue out of focus as well.


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Chionactis occipitalis occipitalis - Mohave shovelnosed snake -Riverside County. Another from this week.
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Glad to see that the Image Lab is back up and running again! I always enjoyed viewing the fantastic shots people shared during those weekly topics!
Here's a contribution to this thread:
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Imantodes cenchoa from Belize.
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Sistrurus catenatus catenatus from Michigan
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Nikon D700, Tamron 90mm, R1 kit, SB-800 External Flash.

1/80th, F/14, ISO 200, M.



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Some great shots so far. Heres a trio of ensating that i stacked up and got lucky they all held still for me.

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I love the stacked ensatina shot, Andy! Glad to see it again.

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I am quite fond of this image I took a few weeks ago of a young Rubber Boa.

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Nikon D700, Tamron 90mm, R1, and SB-800.

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very nice boa shot Chad.

This shot wasnt anything special to me except that it was hard to get flash into the crack and I had to manually focus by moving the camera closer after the autfocus kept grabbing rock about an inch in front of the salamander. cave salamander

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Sweet shot, Andy.

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Horseshoe Whip Snake Hierophis hippocrepis Spain

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Not the best shot, but a Lifer for me, from a few days ago. I have a posed shot of another one too I'll post later. (I was with a person Mike W. who has a permit to handle, and take tissue samples, so I was helping him out, and was able to legally pose another animal though I only got 2 shots before she booked it).

Female Blunt Nose Leopard Lizard in-situ.

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This is like a 100% crop, D700, Tamron 90mm.



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It's been done before, but I liked this shot considering it was through dirty zoo glass and very poor lighting.

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Juvenile Five-lined Skink from Michigan
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Phrynosoma hernandesi - Juvenile greater short horned lizard from Cochise County, Arizona.

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Smooth Green Snake - Opheodrys vernalis
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Its an older image that some of you have seen before, but I like it quite a bit.

Cope's Gray Treefrog (Hyla chrysoscelis)
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Western Ribbon, I know it's not an exciting species but I thought the shot came out well.

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Long-tailed Salamander (Eurycea longicauda longicauda)
Found on Thursday. Nothing earth-shattering but I have been unable to get a decent picture of one before and was pleased that I could simply get this one to sit still long enough in a natural posture. Unfortunately it was 85*F and very humid so my lens would fog up instantly whenever I brought my camera out, looks like it made all of my pictures "soft" that day.
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Crotalus Scutalatus
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Northern Pacific Rattlesnake.

Nikon D700, Tamron 90mm, 1/200th, F/20, Flash SB-800 + small soft box, R1 kit. Taken at night.



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American Toads

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I really liked this shot. Juvy Coluber constrictor constrictor

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Spiny Softshell

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Phyllorhynchus decurtatus - Spotted leafnose - Riverside County, California

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Northern Copperhead
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Mallorcan Midwife Toad, Alytes muletensis Majorca Spain
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Sierra Gartersnake in-situ.

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here is a hyla from yesterday...

canon gear
50D
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guess the camera :D

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Nature Nate wrote:guess the camera :D
Canon Powershot A1000 IS. What do I win??
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Speckled Kingsnake

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Matt J wrote:
Nature Nate wrote:guess the camera :D
Canon Powershot A1000 IS. What do I win??
:shock: :shock: :shock: -um yeah :? what made you say that instead of nikon coolpix? is the lens shadow that different?


Just to test you, what do you think I took this one with?

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Not a particularly hard snake to find once you are in the right place, but I like how this photo came out.

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Nature Nate wrote: Just to test you, what do you think I took this one with?
Haha, Canon Powershot A590 IS
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Matt J wrote:Haha, Canon Powershot A590 IS

ok, so is it somewhere under right click, inspect element or...? I don't get it :crazyeyes: :lol:
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Nope, just pure black magic.

Yeah, just by right-clicking on the image and viewing the EXIF data. I use Opanda
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Eastern spiny-tailed gecko Strophurus williamsi
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Here is one of my favorites from this year.

Jefferson Salamander | Ambystoma jeffersonianum

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Panasonic DMC-FZ8

shutter: 10/300 sec
f-stop: f4
aperture value: f/2.8
ISO: 100
focal length: 6mm
flash: fired

P.S. I'm not sure I should ask this here, but here goes. Is there an easy way to get EXIF data? When i get file info in PShop, i can't copy the info (not selectable). And What's up with my shutter info (10/300) and aperture value/f-stop isn't that the same thing? sounds like software vs. analog aperture? Any input much appreciated.

Wow some great shots folks.
I'm so damn excited, new camera to be delivered today!!!
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Ames wrote:Here is one of my favorites from this year.

Jefferson Salamander | Ambystoma jeffersonianum

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Panasonic DMC-FZ8

shutter: 10/300 sec
f-stop: f4
aperture value: f/2.8
ISO: 100
focal length: 6mm
flash: fired

P.S. I'm not sure I should ask this here, but here goes. Is there an easy way to get EXIF data? When i get file info in PShop, i can't copy the info (not selectable). And What's up with my shutter info (10/300) and aperture value/f-stop isn't that the same thing? sounds like software vs. analog aperture? Any input much appreciated.

Wow some great shots folks.
I'm so damn excited, new camera to be delivered today!!!
I use FireFox browser so for me it's pretty easy. I went to Tools and then addons, it takes you to a firefox site with addons for your browser. I choose one of the EXIF viewer programs there. Then once installed I just right click a file and choose view EXIF and there it is. I also use Adobe photoshop Lightroom and it shows my EXIF on the right hand side of the Develop tab.
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Two days ago I was out, and after taking 3 terribly frustrating pictures of this young longtail salamander (Eurycea l. longicauda) I decided it wasn't worth the stress to either of us and let the uncooperative salamander go back under its cover. I was reviewing my shots at the end of the day and saw this one actually had the animal in focus, and it could be cropped tighter to make a salvageable pic, almost like it was peaking through the moss

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Canon 450D with 100mm f/2.8 macro and onboard flash
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