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A photographic guide to the Chameleon of South Africa.

PostPosted: Mon Feb 12, 2018 7:27 pm
by Tyrone Ping
Finally after tens of thousands of kilometres trekking across Southern Africa, more than 5 years, hours of research, countless emails, terrible weather (one snowed in weekend), endless battery charges and 100's of failed photographs.

I've finally tracked down and photographed all of the formally described species of chameleons in Southern Africa. The entire story is now live and you can read it below!

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Please read the story and in-depth species description here:
http://www.tyroneping.co.za/chameleons-of-south-africa/

Re: A photographic guide to the Chameleon of South Africa.

PostPosted: Tue Feb 13, 2018 7:45 am
by Mario Schweiger
a really great work you have done here!
Gratulations :idea:

Re: A photographic guide to the Chameleon of South Africa.

PostPosted: Tue Feb 13, 2018 11:22 am
by Ilian Velikov
Amazing job, Tyrone!

Re: A photographic guide to the Chameleon of South Africa.

PostPosted: Wed Feb 14, 2018 8:56 am
by Tyrone Ping
Ilian Velikov wrote:Amazing job, Tyrone!


Thank you Ilian!

Re: A photographic guide to the Chameleon of South Africa.

PostPosted: Wed Feb 14, 2018 8:57 am
by Tyrone Ping
Mario Schweiger wrote:a really great work you have done here!
Gratulations :idea:


Thank you Mario - much appreciated!

Re: A photographic guide to the Chameleon of South Africa.

PostPosted: Fri Feb 16, 2018 4:52 pm
by Daniel Kane
One word - awesome!

It's great to see such dedication to a particular group of animals - amazing chameleons or not. Brilliant work on your part to put all this together, and I hope to see more of this kind of effort from members of the herp community in the future!

Re: A photographic guide to the Chameleon of South Africa.

PostPosted: Sat Feb 17, 2018 8:08 pm
by Laura Bok
Amazing achievement Tyrone, congratulations!

I loved reading about your mission - the story is very entertaining, the photos are great, and the whole endeavor a bit crazy from the beginning - in other words, the opposite of boring. It put a smile on my face to see how much time, sweat, money and effort you put into this, and the great thing is - I am sure you don´t regret any of it. This world needs more people with a passion :D

The only thing I can´t believe is that many people asked you: "Why chameleons, what is the appeal?" Really? You were making that up, no? If not, you seriously need to refurbish your social contacts ;).

Re: A photographic guide to the Chameleon of South Africa.

PostPosted: Sat Feb 17, 2018 9:01 pm
by Jeroen Speybroeck
Outstanding achievement and narrative, thanks a lot!

Re: A photographic guide to the Chameleon of South Africa.

PostPosted: Sun Feb 18, 2018 11:03 am
by Tyrone Ping
Daniel Kane wrote:One word - awesome!

It's great to see such dedication to a particular group of animals - amazing chameleons or not. Brilliant work on your part to put all this together, and I hope to see more of this kind of effort from members of the herp community in the future!


Cheers for the kind words Daniel!

Re: A photographic guide to the Chameleon of South Africa.

PostPosted: Sun Feb 18, 2018 11:05 am
by Tyrone Ping
Laura Bok wrote:Amazing achievement Tyrone, congratulations!

I loved reading about your mission - the story is very entertaining, the photos are great, and the whole endeavor a bit crazy from the beginning - in other words, the opposite of boring. It put a smile on my face to see how much time, sweat, money and effort you put into this, and the great thing is - I am sure you don´t regret any of it. This world needs more people with a passion :D

The only thing I can´t believe is that many people asked you: "Why chameleons, what is the appeal?" Really? You were making that up, no? If not, you seriously need to refurbish your social contacts ;).


Thank you Laura, it was a crazy ride the whole time when out looking for these animals. People often ask why chameleons and not the certain genus of snakes or frogs.

Truth is the chameleons are greatly under photographed, referenced and appreciated in Southern Africa. Sure the common ones are well known but the others are lacking, before I started this project there was a single image of one of the species that appeared on a google search! Crazy I mean it's 2018!