Green Anole
by Luke Ormand
Just got back from a weekend in Orlando and it amazed me how much wildlife I found Downtown around the different ponds.
I was trying to get a better angle on a tri-colored heron when I noticed this Anole's dulap - without the bright red patch I never would have spotted it.
Cropped to about 75%, sharpened Anole. Taken @ the Harry P. Leu Botanical Gardens, Orland, FL.
Nikon D300s 300 f4 + 1.7X TC HH sitting on a ledge
f/8
1/2000s
ISO 640
-.33 EC
The tail was very long and mostly obscured by foilage so I thought it would be best to get in nice and tight
- Luke
Comments
5 commentsI usually don't mind body parts being cropped off, but I'm for the tail here....... Or crop in tight on the head? Thats where my eye wants to stay anyway.
Where's that macro when you need it?
Cool shot!
Neil
Very nice colour palette and I like most elements of the composition. I am missing the tail as well, and I think I'd have preferred a guillotine act on the top of the plant rather than on the main subject (tho', of course, it's impossible for me to say that elevating the subject in the frame some would have been enough to get to the point where foliage more naturally cut the tail from view). I find the "nervous" bokeh on the foliage in the lower left corner a little distracting (maybe you SHOULD have borrowed that 400 f2.8 we were chatting about last week!
Cheers...thanks for sharing this...
Brad
It was in my bag... but the problem was there was a drop off into a marsh from where I was sitting and I was worried about spooking my subject.
Brad,
I've never heard of "nervous" bokeh, but it's a wonderfully accurate term. In retrospect, I should have adjusted my focus point and tried to get more tail in - or at least got it to exit the frame at the corner... at least I have a goal for next time!
RE: the "nervous" bokeh: well - SOMEONE has to be out there creating new terms! But I think you know what I mean and this image illustrates the "nervousness" well! Ultimately one could solve the problem by spending thousands on a lens with buttery bokeh or, alternately, spend 5 minutes with selective use of a Gaussian blur to take the jitters out of the OOF zone!
Cheers...
Brad