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05/04/2006 10:36:06 AM · #1

Hey guys! Last weekend I shot a fund-raising event with 390 motorcycle riders. I shot tons and was almost surprised by how fun the event was to shoot. Some amazing personalities there!

This is my favorite shot of the day. First I met the guy who owned the snake, then convinced him to let me find a few bike owners that would let me pose the python on their motorcycles.

If you want to see the whole group (there are a lot of them) you can look here: Whitey's Fish Camp's "Fallen Riders" Benefit Bike Run

Message edited by author 2006-05-04 17:37:19.

05/04/2006 10:42:48 AM · #2

Cool Ball Python, how big was he. The shot is also very cool. I like the way you incorporated the snake. Used to own a couple of those myself.

alfresco

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

05/04/2006 10:42:53 AM · #3

Cool photos cindi.

What a great expression!

So you're a biker chick ... learn something everyday.

05/04/2006 10:48:50 AM · #4

Originally posted by alfresco:

Cool photos cindi.

What a great expression!

So you're a biker chick ... learn something everyday.

Heheeee I was teasing the kid, telling him that the pretty girl standing beside me thought he was handsome :)

Cryan - it was 9 1/2 feet long and sooooooo mild. The guy put her in the river (the event was held at a riverside resturant) and she just swam around for a few minutes then came right back to him. Very cool snakes.

05/04/2006 10:50:17 AM · #5

Originally posted by cryan:

Cool Ball Python, how big was he. The shot is also very cool. I like the way you incorporated the snake. Used to own a couple of those myself.

that's actually a reticulated python, not a ball python...

Very cool pic, indeed either way :)

Message edited by author 2006-05-04 10:52:13.

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

05/04/2006 10:59:36 AM · #6

After looking you are right, no Ball could ever get to 9 feet long. My apologies for not getting it right the first time. Still very cool.

neophyte

Nikon D810

05/04/2006 11:16:54 AM · #7

My job brings me to over 60 MC rallys/charity runs a year. Bikers are great people with big hearts. Nice photos!
Click here for some of my photos from Northeast rallys!

Message edited by author 2006-05-04 11:17:52.

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D

05/04/2006 11:26:40 AM · #8

Originally posted by cryan:

After looking you are right, no Ball could ever get to 9 feet long. My apologies for not getting it right the first time. Still very cool.

sorry didn't mean to sound like a dink if i did - I used to breed Ball Pythons so your comment made me look. at first glance at the head i actually thought it was a boa...easy to make a mistake. :)

somewhere i have a photo of a ball python and an iguana wearing christmas hats and santa beards, but i can't find them.

shamrock

Nikon D300

05/04/2006 12:02:09 PM · #9

Are you sure that's a retic, Pedro? Looks like a burmese to me.

alfresco

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

05/04/2006 12:05:38 PM · #10

Originally posted by shamrock:

Are you sure that's a retic, Pedro? Looks like a burmese to me.

uh-oh, snake wars :}

05/04/2006 12:08:42 PM · #11

Pedro is right, if you look at some of the other photos you can see the yellow in the pattern. Burmese don't have the same yellow coloring.

By the way Pedro you didn't sound like a Dink, i just didn't look closely at first so it really was my mistake. Unfortunately the heads of all three are very similar and at the angle the shot was taken it hard to ID. In any case it is still a great shot, and its nice to know that others share the same passion I do about snakes.

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D

05/04/2006 12:13:23 PM · #12

If you follow my linky-dinky below, there are many other shots of that snake at different angles. (The snake shots are all at the end).

shamrock

Nikon D300

05/04/2006 12:17:16 PM · #13

Hmmm... it's been a while since i had large herps, but the head and pattern just don't look like a retic to me. Nice photos, regardless. :)

05/04/2006 05:08:47 PM · #14

looking at the other pictures from Cindi's link, I'd say Shamrock is bang on with the Burmese call. You can't see the patterning in the OP photo, but in the later ones it's pretty clear. I've never owned one of these big'uns. the biggest I ever had was an 11 foot red-tail boa. His name was Dave. My funniest snake was a Ball Python (named Fluffy) who I swear could smile. He'd strike at me for fun, then sit back smiling.

they're crafty, those snakes. you just never know what they'll get up to if you leave them alone.

Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8 L IS

05/04/2006 05:13:15 PM · #15

My two biggest were a 6ft red tail named Tia, who was the sweetest thing. I would crawl into her cage and let her drape all over me. The other was a 5ft ball named crawley. Great snake. He was bought for me by some people whom I was able to cure their daughter of her fear of snakes. I miss having them but my wife just won't give in.

kirbic

Canon EOS R5

05/04/2006 05:13:21 PM · #16

Man whether it's a Burmese or a Reticulated, it's bigger than I'd want to care for, and due to get even bigger! I really like my Ball Python; nice size, great disposition, beautiful coloring.

shamrock

Nikon D300

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D

05/04/2006 05:23:28 PM · #17

I've had a trio of red-tails, a pair of normal burmese and a huge albino female burm, and a pair of ball pythons. I would love to have an albino ball python.

We also had a varanus salvator. His name was Ser. :) What else do you call a 7 foot long carnivorous lizard?

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05/04/2006 05:38:00 PM · #18

I edited my misidentification of this snake and am saddened by the fact that it was the snake's owner who told me it was a boa. Poor lil (huge) girl!

Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)

05/04/2006 05:49:08 PM · #19

Originally posted by shamrock:

I don't think i've seen an albino Ball before - that'd be v. cool. one of my Ball Pythons markings all looked like E.T. we called her Elliot. Cryan I gave up mine for the same reason you did...still debating whether or not it was a good trade ;)

I had an Iguana named Sambuca who nearly bit the end of my nose off. I made the mistake of starting him on pinkies when I got him. his previous moron owner thought lettuce and no U.V light was perfect living conditions and he got rickets. anyway i guess my nose looked awfully similar to a pinkie one day. i still have the scar to prove it :)

My coolest snake was a green tree python like this one. My son thinks it's time we got some more snakes...this thread has made me inclined to agree with him :)

GeneralE

Canon PowerShot S3 IS

05/04/2006 05:56:29 PM · #20

Originally posted by kirbic:

Man whether it's a Burmese or a Reticulated, it's bigger than I'd want to care for, and due to get even bigger! I really like my Ball Python; nice size, great disposition, beautiful coloring.

Is that what this is? I keep forgetting ...

Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

05/04/2006 06:16:40 PM · #21

yup, that's a ball python :)

pidge

Canon EOS-7D Mark II

05/04/2006 07:02:47 PM · #22

Originally posted by GeneralE:

Originally posted by kirbic:
Man whether it's a Burmese or a Reticulated, it's bigger than I'd want to care for, and due to get even bigger! I really like my Ball Python; nice size, great disposition, beautiful coloring.

Is that what this is? I keep forgetting ...

Egads! Be careful! Rule number one with any snake that constrict is never let them form a complete loop around the neck!

Love the shots idnic!!

I had two burmese pythons when I was younger. I do miss them...

ClubJuggle

Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi

05/04/2006 07:12:29 PM · #23

ARGH! Snake, a snake! Snake, a snake! Oh, it's a snake!