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B Lewis Krag Committee Joined: 24 Aug 2004 No. of posts: 146  View other posts by B Lewis |
Posted: 19 Jul 2005 Dear All, Tried to undertake a bit of Crested photography earlier on in the season. I thought that I might post a few for opinions. I, under advice, have ® over the images as I am looking to publication at some point. As you can guess they are aquarium shots, but hopefully give a reasonable view of the animal in question. What do you think? Can anyone recommend any Herp. Libraries..? ______________________________________ Male & Female Crested.....
Female Crested (Gravid) - Belly Pattern
Male Crested- Crest & Tail, Full breeding condition
Male Crested - Bredding condition, belly pattern
Male Crested...
Lewis Ecology Brett Lewis Photography Kent Reptile & Amphibian Group DICE - University of Kent |
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Danial Senior Member Joined: 01 May 2003 No. of posts: 100  View other posts by Danial |
Posted: 19 Jul 2005 Hi Brett, Great pictures and particularly second image, gives good view of the belly markings. Where were you thinking of publishing them? Do you run your own consultancy? If so, I'd appreciate it if you could give me advice on how to get into such work please. I've just completed a conservation degree graduating with a 2.1. During that course I spent a year's placement doing herp survey work across London. Thanks Danial Consultant Ecologist and Amphibians Officer of Surrey Amphibian and Reptile Group www.surrey-arg.org.uk |
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GemmaJF Admin Group Joined: 25 Jan 2003 No. of posts: 2090  View other posts by GemmaJF |
Posted: 19 Jul 2005 Great piccies Brett, good pictures of aquatic stage GCN are in very short supply with RG being the only source of pictures I could find for this and the KRAG site. I would like to see some piccies of aquatic GCN in ponds though, I've still yet to see a picture that would put across to the public what these beasties look like in the wild. Even better a GCN in a pond with a small newt species for comparison, anyone up to the challenge??
Gemma Fairchild, Independent Ecological Consultant |
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Alan Hyde Senior Member Joined: 17 Apr 2003 No. of posts: 1416 View other posts by Alan Hyde |
Posted: 19 Jul 2005 Look great to me Brett . I particuarly like 2nd and 4th pics 
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B Lewis Krag Committee Joined: 24 Aug 2004 No. of posts: 146 View other posts by B Lewis |
Posted: 19 Jul 2005 Well Gemma, I did happen to have a little'n in the tank and despite the obvious focus problem, this was the only one I got for comparisons. Cheers to both Al and Danial. Danial, in response to your question. Yes I do have my own consultancy. However, I must stress that it did not come by chance or simply through my university studies although they helped immensely. You need to get out there and get lots of experience with projects on all levels, whether simply pond dipping, surveys for general interest or monitoring projects. The more you do the more you'll learn. Join in with local ARGs and get alongside those with experience, you'll pick up sooooà much from people who really enjoy herps. not just from a work standpoint but also from those who have a keen interest in the species. In fact itÆs usually the latter that have the vast amount of knowledge. Once you build on the knowledge base and get the experience under your belt youÆll find that getting jobs in the ecological field, whether herps or otherwise, that much easier and you will become more desirable. Another good idea is to get along to meetings both locally and nationally (internationally if you can). They often open up a number of doors and offer good networking opportunities with others in similar fields. It is however, often better if you can broaden your knowledge base to a number of orders from the start and perhaps specialise later on, unless of course you are following on in academia. Anyway, I can chat on about it for hours and pages, but I wonÆt bore you all anymore. But do get out there and join in, itÆll soon fall into place. Kind regards Brett.
Lewis Ecology Brett Lewis Photography Kent Reptile & Amphibian Group DICE - University of Kent |
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grezza Member Joined: 20 Mar 2005 No. of posts: 14 View other posts by grezza |
Posted: 20 Jul 2005 Hi all, I hope you dont mind me joining in on this thread. I have been a 'lurker' on the site for the past 18months and have learnt a great deal from everyone. I haven't posted before as I am a novice when it comes to the scientific aspects of herpitology so didn't feel qualified to add much to most threads, not that i find the site un-welcoming, far from it, i really enjoy it. Anyway I am a keen 'amateur' photographer and was lucky enough this year to be granted my first 'license' from English Nature to photograph GCN, I explained that i had dug a small pond in my parents back garden 8 years or so ago and last year for the first time they had GCN. Could i have a license to remove and photograph them, I went into detail about how i would do this. I sent them various images I'd taken of other reptiles and amphibians and thankfully they said 'yes'. I have this site to thank for the newts arrival, as they had always had newts in the garden but never in the pond. They'd dissapear at breeding season so i'd never seen one with a 'crest'. My parents had fish in the pond, which gradually got eaten by a heron (sorry fish) I told them not to restock as these may be part of the reason for no newts, i had read this on the site, about fish eating the eggs. So anyway here are a couple of my GCN images, I was very keen to cause as little interfearance as possible so only actually removed newts on 2 occasions, for no more than 30mins, I'd already set up a tank in their house using water from their pond. What do you think? I will try and get a license again for next year. they may say no, I dont know how it works, so any improvements I may be able to make then. I've already read Gemma's suggestion, so that's worth trying. Brett I hope you dont think I'm butting in on your thread, I thought it was a good opportunity to say 'hello' as I've noticed a lot of great photographs have started to appear on the site, and reptile photography interests me.
Sorry to ramble on, cheers for now Graham Graham Ella www.grahamella.co.uk |
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B Lewis Krag Committee Joined: 24 Aug 2004 No. of posts: 146 View other posts by B Lewis |
Posted: 20 Jul 2005 Hi Graham, Nice pictures showing excellent crest and tail, nice condition animal. You are right to mention about the licence. ItÆs important that these protocols are adhered to for the protection of the animals and its important we encourage proper use of the guidelines. Good to see others with similar interests and its great to share these with like-minded people. Do continue to add postings, if anything it spurs on the quality of our pictures when we know others are out there doing the same thing. Thanks again and welcome to the forum. Kind regards Brett. Lewis Ecology Brett Lewis Photography Kent Reptile & Amphibian Group DICE - University of Kent |
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grezza Member Joined: 20 Mar 2005 No. of posts: 14 View other posts by grezza |
Posted: 20 Jul 2005 Brett Thanks a lot, I see you a member of Kent Reptile & Amphibian group. I live in Stockport (Nr Manchester) but dont seem to be able to find any info on a local group. Are you aware of any group around my area, I would love to further my knowledge and learn more about our species. Thanks again Graham Graham Ella www.grahamella.co.uk |
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GemmaJF Admin Group Joined: 25 Jan 2003 No. of posts: 2090 View other posts by GemmaJF |
Posted: 20 Jul 2005 Welcome to RAUK Graham. Any chance of those piccies and permission finding their way to RAUK admin for when I revise the ID pages over the winter?? I guess Brett already knows that I'll want the one with the two cresteds and the small newt Gemma Fairchild, Independent Ecological Consultant |
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grezza Member Joined: 20 Mar 2005 No. of posts: 14 View other posts by grezza |
Posted: 20 Jul 2005 Gemma, no problem glad to be of some help. Just tell me how to send them and what size etc... Cheers Graham Graham Ella www.grahamella.co.uk |
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GemmaJF Admin Group Joined: 25 Jan 2003 No. of posts: 2090 View other posts by GemmaJF |
Posted: 20 Jul 2005 Ta Graham, easiest way is to attach them to an email, size is fine as they are, I can optimize them this end for the ID pages. Just add a line in the email to say it is OK for me to use them. If it is OK it would be good to lose the copyright stamp, each picture I use carries the copyright in the appropriate text. Let me know also if you want your email included as a link in case other peeps want to ask permission to use the pictures. Email to: PS a list of local groups can be found at: http://www.froglife.org/ARGs/ARGs.htm Gemma Fairchild, Independent Ecological Consultant |
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calumma Senior Member Joined: 27 Jun 2003 No. of posts: 351 View other posts by calumma |
Posted: 21 Jul 2005 [QUOTE=grezza] Thanks a lot, I see you a member of Kent Reptile &
Grahame, The man to talk to is David Orchard. I know that he would be delighted to hear from a potential new member in the NW. The South Lancs and G. Manchester group's website can be found here. And Gemma, if you think I'm dropping my nice shiny dig cam in the water for a natural shot, well....! As for Brett's photos, somebody ask him about the macrophytes 
Lee Brady Kent Herpetofauna Recorder | Independent Ecological Consultant |
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grezza Member Joined: 20 Mar 2005 No. of posts: 14 View other posts by grezza |
Posted: 21 Jul 2005 Gemma, have just e-mailed you the GCN photo's hope the attachments work OK. Lee thanks so much for the contact name, I will certainly contact him and see if i can get involved in some way. Graham
Graham Ella www.grahamella.co.uk |
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Tony Phelps Forum Specialist Joined: 09 Mar 2003 No. of posts: 575 View other posts by Tony Phelps |
Posted: 21 Jul 2005 Lee, During my years with the BBC Nat Hist Unit we used to get up to all sorts to film natural shots underwater. One method, if you don;t have a bells & whistle expensive UW housing, is to get a small aquarium and sink it into the pond with about and inch above the water line. You have to place the cam lens tight up against the front glass of the aquarium. Probably work best with digi cam with viewing screen. It does work though. Tony |
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Suzi Senior Member Joined: 06 Apr 2005 No. of posts: 860 View other posts by Suzi |
Posted: 23 Jul 2005 However if you don't want to live as dangerously as Tony did with the BBC and might like an UW housing, bells and whistle or otherwise, check out this company: http://www.camerasunderwater.co.uk/ The HQ is here in East Devon but they have a shop in London. My son works for them in both locations (obviously not at the same time)!
Suz |
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Barry Member Joined: 14 Aug 2005 No. of posts: 6 View other posts by Barry |
Posted: 14 Aug 2005 I've got some video of GCN predating dragonfly larvae as they emerge. Maybe I'll show it at the next herp workers meeting. Barry Kemp - Sussex Amphibian & Reptile Group |
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