Just for Craig and Ken....

Mike B in OKlahoma · Post by **Mike B in OKlahoma** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 10:45 am

As requested, here is a crop zooming in on this guy's head. This shows off his colors better. For reasons I now don't recall, I "opened up" from f/32 in the earlier shot to f/29 on this one.

The nasal salt glands many lizards have are pretty evident in this view!

Crevice spiny lizard
controlled situation
180mm macro

MacroLuv · Post by **MacroLuv** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 11:00 am

He got some blue tones on his chin, does it mean he is angry?

Anyway, very well camouflaged.

Mike B in OKlahoma · Post by **Mike B in OKlahoma** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 11:16 am

MacroLuv wrote:He got some blue tones on his chin, does it mean he is angry?
Anyway, very well camouflaged.

I suspect those are breeding colors for the male, but don't know enough about these specific lizards to be positive.

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 11:48 am

Now that's the photograph Mike!

You know I look like that some mornings when I wake up. Especially back when I was in the Navy

crotermund · Post by **crotermund** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 12:17 pm

Very cool, Mike. This is one neat reptile. You can really see the rows of teeth now. I bet they are pretty sharp. He doesn't look like he is a vegetarian.

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 8:54 pm

I heard somewhere that old navy men can shoot salt from their noses also

Excellent close-up Mike