Chameleons in situ : Madagascar

[Chris Anderson]

And, here is one of the more uncommon species if I've understood it correctly..

Brookesia nasus

Very nice! Do you have any shots from the side?

Chris

 

[Thor Hakonsen]

Yes, I also have some shots from the side - some focus problems though.. (not focus on the eyes) - Will try to edit and post later today

 

[eisentrauti]

Did you find some Brookesia vadoni too ? They are beside Br.perarmata my favs in this genus

 

[Thor Hakonsen]

Sorry Eisenrauti - only B.superciliaris, B.nasus and B.ebenaui

 

[Thor Hakonsen]

A well documented Brookesia nasus, from the side (a bit shallow depth of field though..)

 

[happy14]

It´s really great pictures.
Brookesia nasu is very beautiful... .
Have you pics from malthe and campani?

 

[Texas Panther Man]

I was about to ask if you saw any br. perarmata? They are my absolute fav br species. I could still kick myself for never getting any when i had the chance.

 

[redtom123]

Thor, you are absoltely right, it is realy difficult to make good pictures of Brookesia species.
I just made this experience in Amber mountain with B. tuberculata, one of the smalest chameleon ever.
It needs a lot of time and the result is not good many times.
But your pictures are still excellent.

 

[Thor Hakonsen]

And finally a new chameleon picture

And this time "the King"

Calumma parsonii

 

[Kent67]

Gorgeous! I wish I had been able to go to Ranomafana, too!

 

[mat jak]

Ho yeah , your post is very interesting and your photos are very nice !
Thanks

 

[Thor Hakonsen]

And finally a new picture has been edited..

Brookesia superciliaris

 

[eisentrauti]

Brilliant Thor ! Incredible photographs again. We can't we have more stuff like this here ?

 

[Thor Hakonsen]

Furcifer pardalis

Same specimen as the other red one in this thread.

I should point out, that this specimen is photographed in a breeding park for chameleons (and some other reptiles)

 

[Amanda1801]

How close were you when you took the photos? They don't seem particularly bothered!

Also, how hard were they to find in their natural environment?

 

[trd1215]

Amazing pictures!!

 

[Thor Hakonsen]

How close were you when you took the photos? They don't seem particularly bothered!

Also, how hard were they to find in their natural environment?

None of the chameleons we encountered on Madagascar seemed to bothered with us being close to them, and photographing them.

That said, I'm using a 150mm lens, so that I don't have to be very close to them to get "up-close" shots. Portraits I guess is taken at about 50cm, and shots of whole animals at 100 to 120 cm.

All species except Furcifer pardalis was rather hard to find at daytime - the pardalis was rather easy to find because of their behaviour to bask on top of trees/vegetation in the sun.

But, in nighttime most species was rather easy to find with powerful headlamps, sleeping on the tip of branches.

 

[ChameleonRave]

They look amazing Thor! I love all of the pictures so much!

 

[Thor Hakonsen]

Brookesia superciliaris by Thor Hakonsen, on Flickr

Picture taken in Andasibe, Madagascar