Uthmoelleri/ Laterspinosis

royden

royden

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I visited Catherine for the first time in many months recently. We had a scheduled photo shoot of the Uthmoelleri pair that she has. But I couldn't resist shooting Dino again, her Laterspinosis.

It's always a ton of fun photographing at Catherine's house! Enjoy the photos!
http://reptilephotography.blogspot.com/

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Awesome just awesome. its great seeing the not so common species.

*common name if available please*...


terrific photo.
 
Thanks for the comments guys! Catherine always gives me an all access to pass to her amazing collection.

(for all the shutter bugs) I'm shooting with a Canon xsi and a 60mm 2.8 macro lens, and a 580ex flash on a hotshoe with an 8" diffuser. Though I'm beginning to think that I need to trade in my 60mm for a 100mm 2.8 and a set of extension tubes. It is so hard to get a decent depth of field with the 60mm.
 
Oh Royden :)

Oh Royden......what wonderful photos! My jawed dropped too. This is my first opportunity to see any of them. Royden and I had a blast. The Uthmoelleri (Calypso and Liesle) were walking constantly. It was so hard to keep them in one spot. We had to keep turning them around. We were outside on my patio and used a craggy looking pine "bonsai" plant I had sitting on the patio. It had a lot of needle bare branches on it for them to walk on. Liesle showed some colors that I've never seen before when she was outside with us.

Dino, my Laterispinis, was so cute out there that I worshipped him the whole time Royden was photographing him. He does not look real in person or in photos.

I tried to be helpful and hold a black cloth behind the chams for Royden. I often forgot to move it around as they moved because I was so amazed at some of the colors I saw them display outside.

Oh Royden....thank you so much.....The last one of Dino is my favorite :)
 
royden said:
Thanks for the comments guys! Catherine always gives me an all access to pass to her amazing collection.

(for all the shutter bugs) I'm shooting with a Canon xsi and a 60mm 2.8 macro lens, and a 580ex flash on a hotshoe with an 8" diffuser. Though I'm beginning to think that I need to trade in my 60mm for a 100mm 2.8 and a set of extension tubes. It is so hard to get a decent depth of field with the 60mm.
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Interesting....:)

I am shooting with the XSi aswell. I am using the Canon 100mm f/2.8 Macro, and the 430exII with the Lumiquest OmniBounce.

Would you be willing to post a few pictures of your rig? I would really like to see your diffuser.

The 100mm macro is a wonderful lens,and its tack sharp. I would like to invest in the 65mm Macro someday, 1~5x life size is pretty amazing and thats without tubes. Although tubes seam to be closer to my current budget we can all dream right?:)

I must also say I am a big fan of your work, and honestly your the reason I bought my camera...:eek::) Browsing through your gallery got me interested in photography. Thanks for the inspiration, and where should I send the bill??:p


-Jay
 
Catherine, have you success with Laterispinis? have you see mating?
Our female is gravid now (for the 2nd year) and we aspect baby near october.
 
Hi Royden! Really nice to see you on here!!!!! You've been missed. Your pictures are fabulous as always!!! Catherine; you have the most gorgeous animals!!!! Jann
 
Jealous!!!!

Beautiful pictures as always Royden!!!!!!! Those uthmoelleri have me all hot and bothered:rolleyes:

Catherine, are you sure you need those uthmoelleri???:p
 
Wow you should do a coffee table book of chameleons, with photos like that and Catherine's chams I don't see how you could miss. They are stunning.
 
Amazing pics and amazing animals. Catharine, you know how much of a fan I am of your Uthmoelleri. I must say this thread isn't doing much in the way of convincing me that I don't want to work with these. lol How's it going for you?
 
Incredible! Nice job guys.

Royden, your new jobs takes too much time away from us. Please quit. :p
 
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Wow you should do a coffee table book of chameleons, with photos like that and Catherine's chams I don't see how you could miss. They are stunning.
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I second this. Simply amazing photos. I just had to get a new keyboard b/c mine frizzed out due to all the drool.... :D

Excellent job both of you and thank you for sharing it. :)
 
Love them....

bosco said:
Catherine, have you success with Laterispinis? have you see mating?
Our female is gravid now (for the 2nd year) and we aspect baby near october.
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My turn to be jealous......No Laterispinis breeding yet. Can we get pictures of your gravid female? I'd love to see pictures of yours :)

I have had a lot of breeding going on with the Uthmoelleri. My Calypso has a harem of three ladies to play with (Liesle, Belle and Anisa). I've got clutches from each one. I had two last year that went bad. One of the three clutches I have incubating now is so much different than any of the other clutches. The eggs are so much bigger and rounder. The other clutches, including the two that went bad, were/are smaller and more oblong. This has lead me to believe that only the one clutch may actually be fertile and the others have all been infertile. Keeping my fingers crossed.

Calypso shed about a week after those pictures. His colors in the pictures are actually muted by a lot of opaque skin. I think thats also why his eyes look a little uncomfortable. He was covered in what was really dry skin.

I agree that Royden should be doing a book. His photo gallery on his blogspot is amazing. If you haven't seen it yet go check it out. And Royden, you do have to come back after I get my two pair of Bradypodium Thamnobates this summer. Another small species that needs your expertise and sharp focus. Thanks for all the comments. I really love these tiny species.
 
Thanks again all!

Publishing a coffee table book would actually be pretty expensive, and when I go through my portfolio I don't have enough great chameleon photos yet. I have a lot, but not enough for a book. And since I've been trying to shoot for the Nactus award this year, and for Reptile magazine, I have a lot more general reptile photos, and less chameleons. This last year I focused on getting some really rare species of reptiles that I was unfamiliar with, and I stayed away from chameleons for a while (because I wanted to show the magazine that I could do more then just chameleons).

AJA! Good to see you on here! Just so everyone knows, in my reptile portfolio online - http://reptilephotography.blogspot.com/ - the mossy gecko, and the mossy frog belong to her. Funny, my new job is in Issaquah, Amy! I went from a 6 minute commute to a 35 min commute (in good traffic). But it's a great job, and a ton of fun, and that's why I'm on the boards less. I'm having too much fun at work to get distracted :)
 
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