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2012-12-08 09:21:08 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

Some underwater photography on www.jungledragon.com (the wildlife website I run):

http://www.jungledragon.com/tag/728/underwater.html

2012-12-07 15:49:21 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

http://www.jungledragon.com/image/3182/pied_tamarin_saguinus_bicolor.html

2012-10-12 10:45:58 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 4 +1s)

Red Overdose

A male Panther Chameleon in Madagscar. Panther chameleons come in varies colors, depending on locale. This bright red male is from the Antsiranana and Sambava locale.

Contrary to popular belief, chameleons do not change color based on their immediate environment. Their color is dictated by locale and their mood.

http://www.jungledragon.com/image/6752/red_male_panther_chameleon_in_madagascar.html

2012-10-12 10:21:48 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

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2012-10-10 19:13:43 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

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2012-10-10 17:58:26 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

2012-10-09 17:44:54 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 1 +1s)

2012-10-09 17:29:52 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

2012-10-08 19:57:24 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 5 +1s)

Cool or awesome, you decide

Most people think chameleons are pretty cool, but we think they deserve more credit than that. Take this Panther Chameleon for example, the Furcifer pardalis, captured in Madagascar.

It's beyond cool. It has turret-like eye lids, can rotate and focus its eyes independenty to observe two objects simultaneously in full 360 degree vision, which includes ultraviolet light and a range that allows it to see small insects at 15m (50 ft). It comes in various local color morphs that look wildly different, yet the panther patterns are consistent. It has a tongue longer than its body which it can launch at over 20 times its body length per second. It has feet optimized for balance on the smallest of twigs and claws to climb the steepest of trees. And...it can inflate itself to impress other males.

This is not a circus act on a tree. It's an... more »

2012-10-08 18:03:38 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

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2012-10-07 10:38:51 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

2012-10-06 18:50:06 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

2012-10-06 14:33:37 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Contest reminder

www.jungledragon.com is running a wildlife photo contest this month (October 2012). You can still join and win cash prizes, simply by sharing wildlife photos.

More info: http://www.jungledragon.com/forum/5/contests/123/jungledragon_photo_contest_october_2012.html

2012-10-06 12:14:16 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Chameleons are hard to identify. You cannot really use their colors for identification, because they change based on their emotional state, location and sex. Instead, morphology is used, meaning the shape and size of various body attributes.

Our guess is that this one, captured at Pyreras Reserve, Madagascar,  concerns a female Two-banded chameleon (Furcifer balteatus). Any reptile expert to confirm or correct?

http://www.jungledragon.com/image/5984/closeup_of_chameleon_at_pyreras_reserve_madagascar.html

2012-10-05 21:13:27 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

2012-10-05 09:43:04 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 4 +1s)

2012-10-03 21:58:19 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

2012-10-02 18:43:51 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Master of Disguise, the Mossy leaf-tailed gecko

http://www.jungledragon.com/image/5895/mossy_leaf-tailed_gecko_master_of_disguise.html

An incredibly flat gecko found in the wild in Madagascar. More masters of camouflage:

http://www.jungledragon.com/list/9/masters_of_camouflage.html

2012-10-01 17:59:34 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

hi there Googlers and friends of nature!

www.jungledragon.com, a cool wildlife community, is organizing its 2nd wildlife photo contest. By sharing your wildlife/nature photos at JungleDragon, you get a chance to win cash prizes, for sharing the best photo or most photos during the month of October.

We'll also be paying nature itself by means of a donation. What are you waiting for? Help yourself and help nature!

Contest prizes and rules:
http://www.jungledragon.com/forum/5/contests/123/jungledragon_photo_contest_october_2012.html

Not a member of JungleDragon yet? No problem, you can join easily usinf your Google, Facebook or Twitter account:
www.jungledragon.com/join

Whether you're joining the contest or not, we'd greatly appreciate you spread the word, please.

JungleDragon. Nature for all, all for nature.

2012-09-22 19:19:24 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

We got back yesterday from a fantastic 3 week wildlife trip to Madagascar. It's been our most impressive and adventurous travel yet. I've written a "brief" travel log on my blog:

http://www.ferdychristant.com/blog/archive/DOMM-8YDDDB

Photos will be posted on www.jungledragon.com soon, a few each day.

2012-08-28 21:58:53 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

2012-08-26 07:22:53 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Fire bird and Alien

Can these two shots be any more different?

Yet they are the exact same creature, the Red Admiral butterfly. Captured in the garden, no staging applied, it is alive and well.

Gear: Nikon D7000 + Nikkor AF-S 105mm F2.8 G IF-ED VR Micro. Handshot without flash.

Here's 100 more scary little alien-like Macros:
http://www.jungledragon.com/list/2/marvelous_macros.html

2012-08-25 13:33:38 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Dust Spider in our garage (Netherlands)

http://www.jungledragon.com/image/5691/dust_spider_in_our_garag_closeup.html

2012-08-25 12:34:41 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 7 +1s)

2012-08-24 13:22:16 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)
An unexpected visit today in the garden by a playful Red Admiral, a perfect excuse to bring out the macro canon. These Red Admirals come flying in from the South of Europe to the North to raise a new generation.

Why our garden? Apples!

More photos from this specie:
http://www.jungledragon.com/specie/695/photos

Share if you care.

2012-08-24 13:13:04 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

2012-08-23 18:21:51 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Leopard Siesta (Panthera pardus)
http://www.jungledragon.com/specie/560/leopard.html

2012-08-21 19:50:51 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

2012-08-20 18:29:47 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Blue-bellied Roller (Coracias cyanogaster)

Captured at dutch Safari Park "The Beekse Bergen". Here's many more photos from that park:

http://www.jungledragon.com/tag/4503/beeksebergen.html

2012-08-19 19:51:30 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

2012-08-18 13:51:38 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Wildlife macro photography is one of the most popular categories at www.jungledragon.com

Below a little sampling, for hundreds more, see:
http://www.jungledragon.com/tag/199/recent//0

Share if you care...

2012-08-16 20:08:18 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

2012-08-16 19:41:44 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

The Secretary Bird

The Secretary Bird is remarkeable in many ways. Its appearence is a bit unusual as it seems like a hybird between an eagle and a crane bird. It's hunting skills are diverse and brutal, and range from ambushing prey, crushing their backs, dropping them from great heights and swallowing them whole and alive. Some scientists believe their aggresive yet creative behavior resembles that of terror birds: raptor-like half-birds from the dinosaur age:
http://www.jungledragon.com/specie/1262/secretary-bird.html

More brutal birds:
http://www.jungledragon.com/list/1/birds_of_brutality.html

2012-08-14 20:27:30 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

We're spending a lot of time trying to identify this specie. Anybody know what it is? It has six legs so not a spider, probably captured in Turkey.

2012-08-14 18:40:32 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Red-and-green Macaw, post-processed into surrealism.

Meet the entire Macaw family at www.jungledragon.com:
http://www.jungledragon.com/wildlife/browse/animalia/chordata/aves/psittaciformes/psittacidae

2012-08-14 17:34:23 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

2012-08-13 17:33:28 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

2012-08-12 11:32:49 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Captured about one hour ago in my garden. Anybody know the name of the species? Its top wings are bright orange, not visible in these captures.

2012-08-12 09:25:16 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Puna Ibis (Plegadis ridgwayi)
Scarlet Ibis (Eudocimus ruber)

Same family of species, yet such a variety. Check out the rest of the family:
http://www.jungledragon.com/wildlife/browse/animalia/chordata/aves/pelecaniformes/threskiornithidae

2012-08-11 09:36:08 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

A composite of several European Common Buzzard shots, styled as old paper illustrations.

http://www.jungledragon.com/image/5484/common_buzzard_composite.html

2012-08-10 11:49:58 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Rise
European Common Buzzard in flight
http://www.jungledragon.com/image/5472/rise.html

2012-08-09 17:07:15 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

USA vs Europe
The strength, power and pride of the White-tailed eagle and the speed and grace of the European Common Buzzard.

Winner?
They both get the job done. As does JungleDragon if you're a birder:
http://www.jungledragon.com/wildlife/browse/animalia/chordata/aves

2012-08-07 19:29:57 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

http://www.jungledragon.com/list/61/creatures_of_the_sea.html

2012-08-07 19:14:55 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Vagrant Darter (Sympetrum vulgatum) in a classic horizontal resting position.

More damselflies and dragonflies:
http://www.jungledragon.com/wildlife/browse/animalia/arthropoda/insecta/odonata

2012-08-06 17:52:30 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

JungleDragon celebrates 5,000 wildlife images shared and in good tradition, donates to wildlife for every 1,000 images shared.

5,000 may not seem like much, but they are generally of a high quality, very well described, their species identified and often geotagged.

We're always looking for more wildlife photographers, so here's how to join:
www.jungledragon.com/join

It's free, ad-free, non-commercial, and you can join using your Google account, you gain full control over your copyrights and as mentioned, the more you share, the more pay to nature.

Pass it on, please.

2012-08-05 10:41:21 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

A Marmelade Hoverfly in mid-air

The making of
They fly in a relatively static position. Manually pre-focus to approximately get it in focus. Use flash. Next, rapid fire whilst moving your camera slightly forward and backward, like rocking a chair. Be quick, you only have 2-5 secs for the total process. Pray that one turns out sharp.

http://www.jungledragon.com/specie/725/photos

2012-08-04 20:21:36 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

10-pack HDR landscapes. Share if you care.

About 5,000 more cool wildlife photos at www.jungledragon.com