Eastern Collared Lizard

Gallery: WildlifePosted June 17, 2011241 views7 comments

Hi guys,

Not sure if you remember me, but I was a member in early 09-10. I guess its the life of a "starving" student artist, but its taken me from November 2010 to save up the $49 to renew my membership!

So, without a doubt I am very excited to once again see all your work, and receive feedback on my own!! Thanks in advance!

Enough on me- this photo was taken outside of Flagstaff Arizona in the San Francisco Volcanic Range. This little lizard was sunning himself on this basaltic rock just outside of a spatter-cone volcano (can't help myself, I am a geology major!

). Anyway, he was a very patient subject and tolerated nearly 100 shots from different angles before he decided to run to a nearby rock where he wouldn't be bothered by me! So I've got a bunch of different compositions; I know this one might not appeal to everyone, but I kinda liked it!

Thanks again!
-Cam

Tech:
Canon 7D
Canon 300mm f/4 L IS @ f/8
ISO 200
1/400 sec

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by mark cillo on June 17, 2011 at 4:24 PM

Beautiful colors and I like the pose. I do wish for softer light but still nice as is.

Registered on July 27, 2008, 143 Posts, 1483 Comments

Comment posted by Brian Schrayer on June 18, 2011 at 12:52 AM

This is a cool shot, Cam. I like the interesting pose complimented by the vivid color. I have had a similar experience while photographing collared lizards near my hometown. I am convinced that they are the diva's of the reptile world and they try to make the most of their time in front of the lens.

Most lizards will typically run away but on more than one occasion I have had a collared lizard run right up to me after I gave it time to get used to my presence.

Registered on May 28, 2004, 114 Posts, 2890 Comments

Comment posted by Ashley Vincent on June 18, 2011 at 5:21 AM

Not many people know this, but I'm rather partial to Lizards, so this one of yours Cam has a great deal of appeal for me, thanks for sharing ;^)

I'd love to see one of these in real life, the colours are absolutely superb! I like the detail in the head although I wish it had stretched a little further back, as I feel the DOF is a little too shallow even though you were already at f/8. I think I would have also preferred this shot in landscape/horizontal format to capture within the frame all of the back legs, OOF as they obviously would have been, though perhaps there were elements to the sides that you felt were too distracting.

Still a very nice image and I'm eager to see the other 99 shots from this series showing it from different angles ;^)

Registered on March 1, 2011, 154 Posts, 2083 Comments

Comment posted by Brad Hill on June 18, 2011 at 10:56 AM

Hey Cam,

I certainly remember you - good to see you back aboard the ship. The colour here is great...and I look how the colour of the lizard works with the background colour. I really like the pose the lizard is giving you here - combined with the angle you shot it at the lizard seems ready to jump (not sure it was - or if the even do jump - just looks like it to me). I like the vertical crop here, but do find it just a bit too tight for my taste. In my perfect world I'd like to see a little more on the left side of the frame and the full feet included.

Cheers...

Brad

Registered on May 29, 2007, 431 Posts, 6061 Comments

Comment posted by Ellen deBoer on June 19, 2011 at 7:19 AM

Beautiful image, Cam! I like the pose of the lizard a lot, the color is amazing and goes extremely well with the BG color. My only nit is the cut-of feet on the left.

Registered on March 16, 2006, 419 Posts, 2076 Comments

Comment posted by Gary Gulash on June 20, 2011 at 8:24 PM

Wonderful colors on this species, truly beautiful. I would also like to see this with a bit more horizontal room for the toes, but that's about it. Welcome back.

Registered on January 28, 2005, 879 Posts, 12098 Comments

Comment posted by Guy Nelson on October 25, 2012 at 1:02 PM

What a cool lizard, colors WOW. To me... I wish the whole lizard was as sharp as the head
Very nice

Registered on October 12, 2012, 24 Posts, 138 Comments