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Camera Flash harmful to snake's eyes?

QuornSnake

QuornSnake

Hebi Kage
Just wondering, ive been trying to take pictures of mine without a flash and they come out rubbish in low light.

I havent used a flash because i dont want to hurt my snake.

Does anyone know if the flash will harm a snake's eyes?

Thanks
 
no harm
well
unless you're using one of these old powder flashes

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then everyone is in danger :D
 
I was thinking more along the lines of damage their eye sight or hurt them.

In ratio it would be like a human being flashed in the eyes by 50 camera flashes at once.

And yeah, that old style flash, whoever invented that must have been a right genious haha
 
Wow, that is so crazy that this came up. We just got new pippies and I was taking pics of them like mad (it's my first clutch) and my fiance said I was going to make them go blind. This puts my mind at ease (as well as his mouth, ha!) ~_^.
 
Actually, I would recommend taking the snake into a good light setting, for instance a well lit room, be it artificial or natural, or outside, if you have any concerns about flash.

I hate flash, personally... it just makes the photo look so artificial or like... we're out a night, catching them in some celebrity act ;)

Doesn't mean the snakes in the photos aren't beautiful though! I love the photos on here :)
 
Think along the lines of sarcasm, then your heading in the right direction ;)

Still not convinced, an intense flash of light in to something that works by being light sensitive (an eye) can't just do nothing. Also, it's not like snakes have thick eye lids like ours, just a small scale layer.
 
I don't know if the flash hurts them, per se, but I do know that it can't be comfortable. Just like when someone takes a picture of you, and your eyes see that funny little spot for a few minutes afterwards. That's why I do almost all of my photography outside. Great sunlight, and no potentially harmful flash.
 
I've taken pictures with flash of my snake since I got her as a hatchling over a year ago. At first it startled her a bit, but she quickly got used to it. Now I can get some crazy macro shots of her head while she is eating (with the lens only about 2 inches from her face) and she doesn't miss a beat.



Flashes do put out some UV. But so long as you don't do it all day every day it shouldn't be a problem if you ask me.
 
I think thats more theory than anything. Camera flashes haven't been around long enough to start damaging artwork...
I really think its more of a courtesy thing...
Taking some stuff to work today to hitup the UV meter..

Not doing this to prove you wrong, but would be proving all of us wrong. If flashes do infact produce UV, then its possible that using camera flash could damage eyes.
 
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