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Here is my idea. I hope it motivates people to post photos, comments, and share others in a more orderly, friendly and organized fasion.

So, leave a comment or a few on photos you enjoy, give suggestions, ask questions, or anything. Then make your own post continuing on with the chain, making sure that you reply to this thread and not another persons comments.

With that being said, here are my photos, enjoy them.

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CANADIAN CHAMELEONS

Here's a couple of old pictures from a couple of years ago, thanks to the kingsnake photo gallery.
The first one is of my Ambanja panther, Smaug.
The second is of my male veiled chameleon.

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Victor Gomez
gomezvi@yahoo.com

Whoa! Man that veiled looks huge and nasty. I know hes all puffed up, but he looks Ginormours with the belly bloated.

Any recent photos of that Ambanja?
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CANADIAN CHAMELEONS

>>Whoa! Man that veiled looks huge and nasty. I know hes all puffed up, but he looks Ginormours with the belly bloated.
LOL!
Yes, he was a mean lil bugger. HUGE too. I sold him early last year before I moved to Riverside California...

>>Any recent photos of that Ambanja?
Sadly no. I kept him when I moved to Riverside, but I ended up losing him in August of last year. We had a bit of some hot weather (back when I thought 105 was hot), and his misting/cooling system went on the fritz. I fixed the cooling system, but the damage was already done. Ended up losing 2.2 ambanja panthers. That same week I also lost my job, my wife's van engine blew up (costing over $5000 to fix) and I got a $300 speeding ticket. That's pretty much when I decided that I don't like Riverside, sold my house, and moved to AZ.
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Victor Gomez
gomezvi@yahoo.com

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I don't know what to say. That sounds like the worst time ever. I'm glad you weren't discouraged from keeping herps.
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CANADIAN CHAMELEONS

I've been around a little while now. I've had my share of ups and downs. In that time, I've learned that a broken man will be pushed down 999 times before he stays down. A successful man will be pushed down 999 times, but he will get up 1000 times.
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>>I don't know what to say. That sounds like the worst time ever. I'm glad you weren't discouraged from keeping herps.
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Victor Gomez
gomezvi@yahoo.com

>>I've been around a little while now. I've had my share of ups and downs. In that time, I've learned that a broken man will be pushed down 999 times before he stays down. A successful man will be pushed down 999 times, but he will get up 1000 times.
.... On that note.... just as I hit 'post message', I lost power to my system and I lost most of morning work. LOL
Ah well... back to square one.
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Victor Gomez
gomezvi@yahoo.com

you are having a rough time, huh!? I like the broken/successful man saying, never heard it before.

So you lost two sets of chams to hot weather? I remember when oyu moved and got rid of a lot of your animals but don't remember that paricular loss.
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Chameleon Help & Resource Info

0.1 Veiled Chameleon - Luna. She's now hanging from her big jungle gym in the sky
1.0 Beardie - Darwin
0.2 felines - Kyndra and Lita
0.1 African Clawed Frog - Skipper
0.1 Mad. Hissers and she is on the loose!
0.1 Chilean Rose Hair Tarantula - Rosa Leigh
0.1 Goliath Bird-Eater Tarantula - Natasha
?.? Pinktoe Tarantula - no name yet

I had one HELLUVA time last summer/fall. I kept the worse parts out, as I don't want to drag this discussion/thread down. I lost most of my leo projects, I lost about 20 baby bunnies when the misting/cooling system went on the fritz, I even lost my dog's WHOLE litter in the fall (after spending $3000 in vet bills).
But yes, I sold off most of my collection/projects before moving to AZ. The only thing I kept were my beardies and my dogs. Oh, and a stupid cat.
Bounce bounce....
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Victor Gomez
gomezvi@yahoo.com

Sorry to hear that Victor. I hope things go better this summer for you....

But on a happier note, lets get back to the original happy thread Will started, about photos. First of all, how the heck did you take those pics Will, with no background?!?! I am guessing that you used photo shop, and magnetic lassoed out the background. Is that what you did?!?!

I took some pics today, specifically for this thread, but I am having problems transfering them. So I will upload those as soon as I fix the problem. So, for now, here are the same old pics that you guys are probably so sick of seeing....

Ank-Inc.
Adam.

Adam, there was a little editing done, but for the most part, all you need is a manual camera and a simple set up like this:

Patient animals.
Some lights.
White bristol board.
And a really old second hand SLR camera.

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CANADIAN CHAMELEONS

Here is a growth sequence of my baby veiled cham, Lucutis. The first is of him at 1 month old (I think)... sorry its a little fuzzy. The second is at 3 months, and a little cranky. The third is him this morning at 5 months old, he is shedding but you can still see that he is developing his stripes quite nicely. Enjoy!

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1.1.0 Leopard Geckos (Booger & Gimp)
1.0.0 Veiled Chameleon (Lucutis)

Looking good! He looks to be growing quite well. I love the name, resistance is futile! Defenetly keep posting photos of this little (errr big) booger.
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CANADIAN CHAMELEONS

it's nice to have the photos as they grow. Your guy has a very "mature" face for such a youngin'. He'll be a heartbreaker to all the ladies when he's all grown up! lol!!
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Chameleon Help & Resource Info

0.1 Veiled Chameleon - Luna. She's now hanging from her big jungle gym in the sky
1.0 Beardie - Darwin
0.2 felines - Kyndra and Lita
0.1 African Clawed Frog - Skipper
0.1 Mad. Hissers and she is on the loose!
0.1 Chilean Rose Hair Tarantula - Rosa Leigh
0.1 Goliath Bird-Eater Tarantula - Natasha
?.? Pinktoe Tarantula - no name yet

nice pics he looks great.Its awsom to watch them grow

WOW those are some nice pics you guys put up!! Willy your chams are beautiful and the pics definitly look professional! Heres some of mine!

Nice work!!

btw, why does your guy have a chunk out of his back? Was he born that way or did something happen??
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Chameleon Help & Resource Info

0.1 Veiled Chameleon - Luna. She's now hanging from her big jungle gym in the sky
1.0 Beardie - Darwin
0.2 felines - Kyndra and Lita
0.1 African Clawed Frog - Skipper
0.1 Mad. Hissers and she is on the loose!
0.1 Chilean Rose Hair Tarantula - Rosa Leigh
0.1 Goliath Bird-Eater Tarantula - Natasha
?.? Pinktoe Tarantula - no name yet

Looks like Cricket bites to me! Doesn't stop the great colouration though!

Thank you for the compliments.
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CANADIAN CHAMELEONS

Yes I did the drawing, I was bored at work. My cham Fonzy does has a cricket bite, he's 11 months and I got him from Scott on Kingsnake. He was selling all his lizards... Fonzy was his personal pet and when he was born got bit by a cricket!
thanks alot!
Steph

VERY beautiful panther you've got there! I'm sure you get this a lot, but what happened to his back? Love the colors!

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1.1.0 Leopard Geckos (Booger & Gimp)
1.0.0 Veiled Chameleon (Lucutis)

hey What a great idea Will. Its been a while since i posted but still read everyones posts, been busy i love when people post their pics.Here are some of mine most you might have seen before . hopefully i can get some time to take some soon,,i hope

HERE ARE A FEW MORE hope you enjoyed them. I hope everone posts

I love that tail shot there. I think you inspired me to take some similar. Maybe some super macro photos of the scales.
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CANADIAN CHAMELEONS

that tail shot is lovely!
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Chameleon Help & Resource Info

0.1 Veiled Chameleon - Luna. She's now hanging from her big jungle gym in the sky
1.0 Beardie - Darwin
0.2 felines - Kyndra and Lita
0.1 African Clawed Frog - Skipper
0.1 Mad. Hissers and she is on the loose!
0.1 Chilean Rose Hair Tarantula - Rosa Leigh
0.1 Goliath Bird-Eater Tarantula - Natasha
?.? Pinktoe Tarantula - no name yet

Thought I would show one more...

This was taken inside the cage with nice slide film. UV 5.0 light on the left side and a Heat lamp on the right above the log.

The model is named John Smith.

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CANADIAN CHAMELEONS

Nicely done Will
Everyones chameleons are gorgeous, we sure have all the LOOKERS on this forum,

I really enjoyed the photo posts, just been BUSY and have no new ones of Cadberry or my werneri to post right now

Maybe you guys can do this again after Christmas and get more people to post pretty pics!
Suncharmers Christmas

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