herping today (massive dial up warning)

[ryanharvey1993]

went out to dara**** national park, found delicate garden skinks, and eastern small eyed and a dwarf crowned snake. I took 83 shots, only 20 where even half decent, I'm really not happy with the new camera I bought.

 

[shane14]

cool pictures Ryan!

 

[Luke1]

U LUCKY BUM!!!! and you say im lucky with bloody geckos! LOL!!!! you get kick *** stuff! im off to find more geckos to rub it in

 

[ryanharvey1993]

thanks guys, lol luke, geckos are sweet, I dont see geckos or pygopods in my area so you can rub it in if you find any tonight that is

 

[sweetangel]

what camera did u buy??

 

[ryanharvey1993]

a nikon coolpix P80, my old one takes way better pictures then this one does

 

[Luke1]

practice on ya herps at home! i reckon its a good one! you just gotta get the mode right and stuff! when ya come over we'll have a good look at it!

 

[ryanharvey1993]

practice on ya herps at home! i reckon its a good one! you just gotta get the mode right and stuff! when ya come over we'll have a good look at it!

I have been using the macro mode its just a spastic camera:lol: I have tried all different things and I am not happy with the result, what camera is the one you have? I might buy that one

 

[froggyboy86]

Nice pics Ryan, the Dwarf Crown Snake looks cool. Does your camera have a macro setting? It looks like its having trouble focussing on the right objects.

Aaron

 

[ryanharvey1993]

yes it has a macro feature, yes I am using it it just doesnt focus it focuses then un focuses then keeps doing that and when I take a pic its all blurry and crappy

 

[ryanharvey1993]

the small eyed snake was found in a swampy area near heathland under a bit of board and the crowned snake was near a cliff like thing where it is all eroded, he was curled up under a small rock, can see it in the picture. it was about 20cm long. the area where it is is also ajacent to a lagoon type thing, it is just outside the national park, near a beach about 20m away.

 

[smacdonald]

You found a dwarf-crowned snake! Cool! Was the small eyed really that colour? All the ones I've seen have been jet black, but the one in your pics looks quite grey/blue.

I agree with Luke - practice on your captive animals, or on rocks, or on anything else. All cameras have their own peculiarities. You just need to get familiar with yours.


Stewart

 

[ryanharvey1993]

yes the small eyed was grey, most of them are around here, black ones arnt as common around here. yes I have been practising over the last 3 days, spent 45 mins just photographing the crown snake. read the manual aswell, I dont know why it doesnt focus