Lizzards & Snakes & Stuff...

[Yoyo_Jo]

I took a close-up photography workshop this past weekend; the subjects were immensely cool...

This bearded lizard was the most photogenic; he posed for long stretches at a time. At the end he was getting tired of us and his beard started turning darker.

 

[Yoyo_Jo]

There were numerouse geckos, I don't remember which species these all are...

 

[Yoyo_Jo]

The snakes were the hardest to shoot, they were mobile as heck under the lights, even though we were using strobes, it was still warmish...

The snakes were a Ball Python and some sort of Boa. Small guys.

Thanks for looking!

 

[eggshells]

Very nice pictures! What camera did you use?

 

[Clark]

Great shots!
Colorful models

Are you getting ready for the Florida Everglades?
Or something more exotic?

 

[Kavanaru]

very nice shots!

first gecko has really cool eyes!
second gecko looks like Leopard Gecko.

and the first lady is a Boa constrictor..

 

[Kavanaru]

Thanks for looking!

was this only one snake? head belongs to Boa constrictor (100%), but the body has a very interesting coloration for this species (might be a breed line of some funny mutation... thee are many on the market)

 

[Shiva]

Great photos and cute reptiles.

 

[Rob Zuiderwijk]

Nice photos. Congrats.

The first gecko looks to me like a Gargoyle Gecko (Rhacodactylus auriculatus).

Rob

 

[Hera]

Those are attractive photos of much maligned animals. They came out very cool!

 

[Yoyo_Jo]

Thanks guys!

@ eggshells: Canon Rebel Xsi, 100 mm Macro lens
@ Clark: naw, shooting confined critters is one thing, shooting them in the wild would be a whole other ball game.
@Kavaranu: That's all one snake, a Red-Tailed Boa, I think. The end of it's tail was distinctively more darkly colored.
@Rob: yup, Gargoyle gecko rings a bell.

 

[Kavanaru]

Thanks, Joanne! That's what I thought... it is one of the fancy mutations where the dorsal spots are connected to each other. This is not the normal case for most wild type of Boa constrictor.

 

[SlipperFan]

Good job, Joanne -- cool subjects + good photos - success!

 

[goldenrose]

That's a workshop I need!

 

[biothanasis]

Wonderful pics!!!!! Great eyes on these lovely creatures!

 

[fbrem]

nice herp pics, what a welcome surprise! thanks

 

[Heather]

Looks like you learned a lot! Nice helpers you had there!