SOOOPER!!!

Once upon a time, Heather dreamed about what some of her project goals were...

And she came to the conclusion that Super Pewters were one of them.

So she tried and tried, and hatched out Silver Bullets (Super Cinnamon Pastels), but never the elusive Super Pewter... 

UNTIL NOW.

Here are two photos, pretty much with flash and without. These photos compare the Super Pewter with the Silver Bullet. The Bullet is a few weeks to a month older than the Super Pewter, but I did this more to compare coloration. 

I wish I had a Super Cinnamon or Super Black Pastel to put in there too... 

THAT would have been an awesome photo, right there.

But this will have to do. 

I am really surprised how much an extra Pastel gene does to the coloration of this morph combo.

The Super Pewter, as we well know, is a Super Pastel Super Cinnamon (or Black Pastel, but that would be a Super Black Pewter).

A Silver Bullet is a Pastel Super Cinnamon.

 As you can see, it is darker, with less Silver, but with the same general lack of pattern. They are both AWESOME looking, and I expect them to start gold speckling like Lucky did over the next few months.

The Bullet already seems to be starting to. 

What am I talking about? 

Well, this is Lucky. See his spots? They just popped up over time. They are yellow/gold.

I expect the others to do the same. 

Should be fun watching them grow up. 

So there you go, people. 

Granted, it is not a full color tutorial, but I think it works for the time being... or until I get a Super Cinnamon or Super Black Pastel. 

But I think this should be good enough.

Have a fantastic day, my friends.

BTW: I'll be vending at the Pasadena Herp World Expo this weekend. I hope to see some of you there!

Darkness, Lovely Stripes and Pattern

Since I took many other photos over the past day, I wanted to share a few that I took on a whim.

This is Lucky, my Silver Bullet Male. Yes, he got that dark... It is really interesting how the change of color happened, and the odd speckles of blonde that have popped up over the last year.

He will be in rotation for the upcoming season, although I'm not sure what with. Anything he produces will be either Cinnamons or Pewters at the very least. Not sure what to do with him, but I'm glad to have him here!

YAY LUCKY!

 And this is the Red Axanthic male I picked up this season. He is not in the rotation, as he is just a little baby, but he is really cool, and I had a lot of fun admiring him thru the camera. I love his almost stripe too!

And because the other clutch shed out, the Red Axanthic is set up with a Pastel het Red and the Pewter het Red.

I did this photo mostly to compare the colorations of the Red and the Pastel het, as the Pastel het Red is a muddy yellow to say the least. The browns and reds come out well with the morph, which does not do the Pastel portion justice, of course.

And the Pewter het Red is a fanatastic shade of grey right now, which will more than likely turn into a lovely slate grey when he gets older. I love his pattern. We shall see!

And the same group with the flash. This photo is more true to color, and I am still working on that to be able to have it so that there is not such a discrepancy in the colors.

But they look great!

Tomorrow will be something else. I may do a revisit of a few of the things I have done over the past few years.

Have a fantastic day, my friends!

I'm feeling Lucky tonight

I find it absolutely fascinating watching particular animals grow up and change over the years, and Lucky the Silver Bullet is the one I am going to focus on today. He hatched out SILVER, very bright, solid colored and beautiful.

It has been a little less than a year since he hatched out, and he has changed drastically in terms of coloration and pattern.

He has changed a lot since he was hatched, and it is clear that there was a lot of growing to do in terms of developing into his adult colors and form. 

He has developed light gray spots on his back and sides, but has kept his paradox spot towards the midsection of his body.

His belly has become a mottled gray as well, and his head and overall color has darkened considerably. 

He is still considered patternless, as there is no distinct pattern to discern, but he does have a mottled appearance compared to his hatching colors.

I find it very interesting how drastic his colors have changed, but I really believe that he is a great example of the morph, and a beautiful male to boot. I am looking forward to using him in the future for combos and such, and also producing a Super Pewter to compare coloration again in the next few years. I'm sure it will be just as drastic, but will settle at a lighter tone than Mister Lucky, the Silver Bullet.

We shall see soon, I would hope.

Have a fantastic day, my friends.