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Frank Manda
Snakekeeper
Number of posts : 83
Age : 39
Location : USA
Points : 4286
Registration date : 2012-12-17
| Subject: Spring is Here, A few Photos From My Collection.  Tue 22 Apr - 19:19 | |
| Been a bit slow here lately so I thought I'd share a few pics from my collection. Sorry if I've already posted a few of the photos in previous posts, but for some reason I can't see the images in my old posts so I don't know if I'm double posting or not. Either way, here they are, enjoy.   IMG_1481 by fmanda1, on Flickr" />  IMG_1483 by fmanda1, on Flickr" /> 1.0 C. mitchelli pyrrhus "white"  SoMo Speck by fmanda1, on Flickr" />  "Blue" Speck by fmanda1, on Flickr" />  "Blue" Speck Closeup by fmanda1, on Flickr" /> 0.1 C. mitchelli pyrrhus "blue"  IMG_3037 by fmanda1, on Flickr" />  IMG_2160 by fmanda1, on Flickr" />  Northern Blacktail Rattlesnake by fmanda1, on Flickr" />  IMG_20140324_231217 by fmanda1, on Flickr" /> 1.0 C. molossus molossus SE AZ local  Tiger Rattlesnake by fmanda1, on Flickr" />  IMG_0471 by fmanda1, on Flickr" />  Tiger by fmanda1, on Flickr" />  IMG_1227 by fmanda1, on Flickr" /> 1.1 C tigris  IMG_20140321_233313 by fmanda1, on Flickr" />  IMG_20140323_013012 by fmanda1, on Flickr" /> 1.0 C. oreganus lutosus  C. Cerberus by fmanda1, on Flickr" /> 0.1 C. cerberus | |
| | | | Andre Schmid
Snakecharmer
Number of posts : 195
Age : 38
Location : germany
Points : 5604
Registration date : 2009-09-20
| | Subject: Re: Spring is Here, A few Photos From My Collection. Wed 23 Apr - 17:08 | |
| Nice rattlers, the molossus are awesome ! | |
| | | | Frank Manda
Snakekeeper
Number of posts : 83
Age : 39
Location : USA
Points : 4286
Registration date : 2012-12-17
| | Subject: Re: Spring is Here, A few Photos From My Collection. Thu 24 Apr - 13:31 | |
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| | | | Michiel Kooiman
Snakecharmer
Number of posts : 111
Age : 48
Location : Netherlands
Points : 4433
Registration date : 2012-08-16
| | Subject: Re: Spring is Here, A few Photos From My Collection. Fri 25 Apr - 17:10 | |
| Nice snakes that don't really need photoshop..  | |
| | | | Frank Manda
Snakekeeper
Number of posts : 83
Age : 39
Location : USA
Points : 4286
Registration date : 2012-12-17
| | Subject: Re: Spring is Here, A few Photos From My Collection. Sat 26 Apr - 7:52 | |
| LOL....no Photoshop going on here, unfortunately, I most of my photos are taken on the fly with a cell phone camera which, as you know, completely washes out any color. So I will sometimes adjust color a bit in order to bring the colors out as much as possible. Problem with that is that it will often just ruin the consistency of the photo. Whatever though, I never claimed to be a world-class photographer | |
| | | | Nate Cerniglia
Snakekeeper
Number of posts : 45
Age : 26
Location : USA
Points : 3961
Registration date : 2013-10-21
| | Subject: Re: Spring is Here, A few Photos From My Collection. Sat 26 Apr - 8:36 | |
| I have personally visited Frank Manda's collection and have personally seen the snakes posted on this page. Michiel Kooiman, i can say with out a doubt that these photos have not been altered in any way shape or form to make these snakes appear nicer than they are...The C.tigers and C.molossus really are just that amazing. | |
| | | | Michiel Kooiman
Snakecharmer
Number of posts : 111
Age : 48
Location : Netherlands
Points : 4433
Registration date : 2012-08-16
| | Subject: Re: Spring is Here, A few Photos From My Collection. Mon 28 Apr - 17:29 | |
| The animals are nice but the photo's are really not natural: Same animal first white, then pink: | |
| | | | Frank Manda
Snakekeeper
Number of posts : 83
Age : 39
Location : USA
Points : 4286
Registration date : 2012-12-17
| | Subject: Re: Spring is Here, A few Photos From My Collection. Mon 28 Apr - 17:37 | |
| Yea, the photo's were taken under two differen't lights. One is a bright white CFL bulb, one is a dimmer aquarium flourescent bulb, which really brings out the pink color. The first picture is very washed out. I use both bulbs on all of my cages and a lot of times, when I'm taking photo's, I'll switch one on or off in order to get the best color. Some snakes look completely different under different lighting. Like I said, they're all taken with a cell phone camera and I'm not much of a photographer, so I'll generally go with the least blurry shots. I don't know if you feel like you need to catch someone cheating, but there's no conspiracy going on here. | |
| | | | Michiel Kooiman
Snakecharmer
Number of posts : 111
Age : 48
Location : Netherlands
Points : 4433
Registration date : 2012-08-16
| | Subject: Re: Spring is Here, A few Photos From My Collection. Mon 28 Apr - 17:41 | |
| - Frank Manda wrote:
- Yea, the photo's were taken under two differen't lights. One is a bright white CFL bulb, one is a dimmer aquarium flourescent bulb, which really brings out the pink color. The first picture is very washed out. I use both bulbs on all of my cages and a lot of times, when I'm taking photo's, I'll switch one on or off in order to get the best color. Some snakes look completely different under different lighting. Like I said, they're all taken with a cell phone camera and I'm not much of a photographer, so I'll generally go with the least blurry shots. I don't know if you feel like you need to catch someone cheating, but there's no conspiracy going on here.
No i don't feel i have that need. Like i said before.. the animals all look very nice. Healthy and good looking specimens.. | |
| | | | Frank Manda
Snakekeeper
Number of posts : 83
Age : 39
Location : USA
Points : 4286
Registration date : 2012-12-17
| | Subject: Re: Spring is Here, A few Photos From My Collection. Mon 28 Apr - 18:01 | |
| Well, I appreciate that you think that the snakes look healthy, but I still really don't understand why you felt the need to publicly embarass me like that just because you thought something looked funny about a photograph. I wasn't selling the snakes and attempting to misrepresent an animal. I just posted some photos of a few venomous snakes on a venomous snake website for people to enjoy. Did you feel cheated or something? | |
| | | | Peter Zürcher
Admin
Number of posts : 1266
Age : 72
Location : Carinthia, Austria
Points : 8130
Registration date : 2008-03-06
| | Subject: Re: Spring is Here, A few Photos From My Collection. Mon 28 Apr - 19:13 | |
| Gentlemen - we're talking only about pictures - in the photography section.
Obviously Frank has overacted the restoring of the cellphone-washed-out colours in some of them.
Everyone may like it or not - but I cannot see a reason for further quarreling and unfriendly posts.
Thank you
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| | | | Frank Manda
Snakekeeper
Number of posts : 83
Age : 39
Location : USA
Points : 4286
Registration date : 2012-12-17
| | Subject: Re: Spring is Here, A few Photos From My Collection. Mon 28 Apr - 19:44 | |
| You're right Peter, I was just irked a little bit. If I had a problem with a comment I should have voiced my displeasure privately, no need to make my frustration public. And these photos were intended for the Crotalus & Sistrurus forum, admin moved them into this forum. | |
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