Snails, Snakes and a Frog... oh my!

[Lixra]

I knicked some of my husband's lighting equipment to do shots of some of the animals, and really like the way they came out

Two of my White-Lipped Snails (Cepaea hortensis)



My baby Giant African Land Snail on a Strawberry, she's known as a "White Jade" variety, which gives her the albino colored skin - and yes I know snails don't have a sex so to speak, but my husband's decided "she" has an effeminate nature, so we refer to her as a female



My little male Opal Motley Corn Snake, Pebbles!



My Western Hognose Snake... Boss Hog



And Madam Diglett... shortly after consuming Jabba the Hut

[flybyferns]

Hi Colleen,
Beautiful photos.
'White Jade' is very pretty
Thanks for sharing

[Lixra]

Thanks Lynn

I need to come up with a name for her, she's a new acquisition, we picked her up on Sunday. I'm hoping to do something with my Fire Salamander trio as well, but have to have a think on how I'm going to approach that one

[JeffreH]

Very nice Colleen! Stunning photography... and gorgeous animals.

[Lija]

wow! absolutely stunning photography! and such a beautiful creatures. love them!

[DartfrogDan]

great photos

[Mentat]

Your photographic skills are amazing Colleen ! Care to share how you set-up those shots? Thanks for share, love your frog and snails .

[Lixra]

Thanks guys

I shot these on a Nikon DSLR using a macro lens. The animals were placed on a piece of black reflective flooring (the same type was used in the background). The lighting was done with a hotshoe flash in a softbox, positioned overhead.

The only one I was a bit concerned with shooting was the Pacman, as I didn't want to stress her out. After firing off about a dozen shots, she turned her back to the camera, and I took that as a sign that she was "done". She had a nice mouse the next day Besides doing a shoot with the fire salamanders, I'm also thinking of a doing a time lapse with some of the White-Lipped Snails. Snails on Speed. It'll be interesting, yet hilarious.