Chameleons have about a 1 meter comfort zone. So telephoto rather than macro.

[JBW]

I have been doing a little research and this is not a Chameleon. Apparently it is a variety of 'Skink' which is a lizard.

[Shadowman]

Nicely capatured.

[JBW]

Nicely capatured.

as long as I stayed back she was just watching me so i got to set it up on the tripod.

[deetheturk]

Nice capture B, you sure its a Chameleon?


David

[Kodiak]

I have been doing a little research and this is not a Chameleon. Apparently it is a variety of 'Skink' which is a lizard.

Very conclusive research and cool take, be easy on saturation Brian!

[JBW]

Very conclusive research and cool take, be easy on saturation Brian!

I did not play with any of the saturation controls but it is close to too dark.

[Kodiak]

I did not play with any of the saturation controls but it is close to too dark.

Indeed, tonal adjustments do have a direct effect on saturation, so if you like the
low key, tweak down the saturation a tad. I my book, this would be the better
solution than lighten it up since these guys like to be under cover to hunt.

[JBW]

Nice capture B, you sure its a Chameleon?


David

I am sure that locally it is called a Chameleon. But Chamelions do not have ears and Skinks do. There are also Skinks that can change body colours. The ones here change from a bright green to dark golden brown and sometimes they are both.

[pnodrog]

I am sure that locally it is called a Chameleon. But Chamelions do not have ears and Skinks do. There are also Skinks that can change body colours. The ones here change from a bright green to dark golden brown and sometimes they are both.

You found it and took the photo so you should be able to call it whatever you want..

[Kodiak]

You found it and took the photo so you should be able to call it whatever you want..

This is a privilege Brian would have if he discovered the spices,
…which he, as of yet, did not claim! ;-)

[Kodiak]

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[JBW]

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not much in this comment but I will try the saturation rather than lighten the next time.

[JBW]

You found it and took the photo so you should be able to call it whatever you want..

As strange as thus may sound I usually avoid finding out the names of wee beasties that I photograph. I go along with the old idea (found in many sacred sciptures) that knowing the name or naming something gives one power over it.

[ajohnw]

Good for you Brian. It looks like you used Rawtherapee. Couple of things.

If you want to go where Kodiak wants double the layer, desaturate the new one for luminosity and invert it and set it to softlight. If you want to add a mask to this set a brush diameter of around 250 pixels and the extra fuzzy edge brush and paint black outside the chameleon. The brush needs to overlap it.

It might be possible to do something about the bright bits. Select them with the magic wand selector. Set a bit of a blend edge. You might need to play with the threshold setting and use the subtract from option. It's a case of clicking on the bits that need selecting until the whole area is selected. Then create a new transparent layer, use the colour picker to select a suitable colour of the image and bucket fill each of the areas selected with the new transparent layer active. Can't remember the correct layer mode so try 'em all and play with the opacity. Suspect it's normal. They wont blend that well so save the selection to a channel in case you need it again and deselect. Then use the gaussian blur on the layer to fuzz out the edges more.

You might be able to use the intelligent scissors. Click on edges and it follows them. If t leaves a bright line it's a case of brushing over it with the picked colour with the transparent layer active. The smooth stroke option should help. Small brush.

John
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