Hello to you all.  I have clocked up some more frequent flier miles (very close to a free flight) and am now working through all the images I took during my three weeks back home.   The Chameleon Sessions are complete!!!  One sequence in particular stands out as a highlight of my time spent in the desert.  I hope you enjoy the following images of a chameleon hunting for ……………….flies.

I spent three days with the same chameleon in the same location.  Every morning at 6 am the search would begin.  On average I located my star within 20 minutes. The rest is pretty straight-forward, I would sit and wait and wait……. and wait.  I just let the chameleon go about its business and let it come to me.  Which to my surprise it did, at one stage even using me to sneak up on flies, moths and beetles. 

Buy keeping back and letting the chameleon go about its business at its own pace, I have managed to capture numerous natural images.  The best thing is the chameleon was relaxed and did not seem stressed.  The hardest part was trying to keep my camera and lens free of sand.  Unfortunately this was impossible as the low angle meant I had to shoot with my gear resting on the sand, and every gust of wind (and there was a lot of wind) would cover me in a fine layer of sand.