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so i figured out how to post a pic, but all my pics are blurry. what the junk? how do i get them more clear like everyone elses? do you guys use jpgs or gifs? or something else? heres another pic of me to test...i wanna eventually post some pics of my leos, but i also want them to be clear. thanks guys

-chip

also...i had a question earlier about the difference between mealworms and waxworms that wasn't answered. anyone know? also, how would i raise my own so i could have my own colony? thanks

I use jpg. for my pics, only cause someone suggested that to me. The megapixels of the camera are what will make the pictures clearer. Also mealworm are harder than waxworms and much healthier for the geckos. you can feed geckos a regular diet of mealworms but waxworms should be used sparingly as Leos can get addicted to them and refuse all other food. Waxworms are white and very soft. The reason they are not good for a regular diet is because they are so high in fat content. Waxworms are often used fatten-up females before breeding season. I hope I shed some light on your questions

P.S.i dont anything about breeding meal/wax worms
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For images that are more than 256 colors, you want to save them as .jpg files.

Are you scanning the pictures in or are you using a digicam?

And waxworms and mealworms are completely different bugs. Mealworms are beetle larvae, and waxworms are moth caterpillars. They have different diets, different life cycles, and you can tell them apart just by looking. (Waxworms look like giant maggots.)
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chickabowwow

3.2.2 leopard geckos (Rosie, Locke, Lisa, Caesar, Tommy)
and 1 more egg a' cookin'

and i'm saving them as gifs because it seems like they're too large otherwise.

i don't think i've ever seen mealworms, so that makes it kinda difficult for me to know what you're talking about. i think I've been getting waxworms, tho...they are kinda sick looking. But my leos love them (don't worry, i don't give it to them very often). i mostly feed my leos crickets that i keep in a 10 g w/ food. i seem to lose a lot of crix tho...i have them with a substate of oatmeal and cornmeal, and then a bowl of fresh fruits and veggies. it seems like a lot of them dry out or something even tho they have a water source...

-chip

i use a old 1MP camera for most of my shots,with the right light even a 1MP camera looks decent but not super great,a camera with a macro setting is what you want,it allows pics as close as 2-3cm to make a crystal clear shot,camera's like that are usually 250$ and up but are worth it if you take lots of picture's and want a close crisp shot of something,i've seen people take shots of eye's that are so clear its creepy.

as for mealies and wax worms,mealies are usually yellowish and slim and waxies are white and fat

The trick is to scan it pretty big, so you get all the details. Then shrink it (resize) down to the size that you want. You should have the option to adjust the dpi (dots per pixel) when you scan. Mess around with that, but don't get it too large. I usually do 100 or something, but I have a primitive scanner. lol

For pretty much all color photographs, you'll have to save it as a .jpg. It will compress the file to a smaller size. .gifs are better at preserving the quality of an image, but only if it's the right type of image. If you're saving color photographs as .gifs, it will tend to distort the colors because it squishes them down to 256 colors.
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3.2.2 leopard geckos (Rosie, Locke, Lisa, Caesar, Tommy)
and 1 more egg a' cookin'

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