Happily Pushing a Rock

Gallery: WildlifePosted March 20, 2017234 views5 comments

This is a different angle of the little horned lizard at Anza-Borrego Desert State Park in Southern California last Friday. With it's mouth open it looks like it is happily pushing the rock in this head on view. Canon 60D, f14, 1/2000 sec, iso 400, -1 EV, 100-400 ISL at 400 mm. Handheld, about 80% of original.

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on March 21, 2017 at 4:29 AM

Ed,
A "magical" moment captured here devil

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Comment posted by Skip Layman on March 22, 2017 at 5:26 PM

This is a really cool shot. I love it. Humor in wildlife is one of my favorite things. Well seen and captured.

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Comment posted by Hisham Atallah on March 25, 2017 at 11:26 AM

Hi Ed,
Fantastic. It's hard to humanize a horned lizard but this does it.

Cheers,

Hisham.

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Comment posted by Brad Hill on March 25, 2017 at 4:34 PM

Hi Ed,

This one is really cool! Really good work on the exposure and the subject really pops off the background. And - like Hisham said - great job in almost "humanizing" a reptile! There is a little softness in the lizard's right lower leg but I see you were already stopped down to f14...so not much you could have done about that (and it would only be noticed by a picky photographer critiquing the image anyway!!).

Well done...thanks for sharing it...

Brad

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on April 8, 2017 at 11:41 AM

The large view's excellent Ed! Striking details and the direct eye contact works just fine..
Like the title, parted mouth and interesting pose as well. devil

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