Shedding lizard
by Sandy Scott
I happened to notice this red-headed brown anole lizard atop my air conditioner unit outside my kitchen window. I found it interesting in that he was shedding and I caught the shot just as he (and only males do this) protruded the dewlap under his neck. The shot was made rather quickly and was technically challenging due to the severe contrast of the sun beating down on the light grey air conditioner top, but my mission was to capture the skin and dewlap with reasonable detail in the upper body. The rear and air conditioner are washed out, but although the photo is anything but a technical success, it depicts something that I found to be of interest and I wanted to capture it however I could. The shot was not helped by the fact that it was shot through the window.
Shot at 330mm, f5.6, 1/800, ISO 1600
Although this is probably not a pure macro shot, it does meet the criteria of depicting an area less than 4 inches and is certainly a close up shot.
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