Hi y'all,
It's been forever since I had the time (and subject) to post an image in our galleries
This itsy, bitsy lizard crawled up on a rock next to me to catch the last rays of sunshine while I was waiting to photograph some songbirds. I couldn't resist making his portrait. I used my Canon 300mm f 4L non-IS lens with the 1.4x teleconverter attached. To focus close enough I added a 25mm extension tube between the lens and the teleconverter. This is still a 50% crop from full frame, however. It was just minutes before the sun set and I was using ISO 800 on my 20D and I used the on-camera flash to provide some fill flash to lighten the shadows. With the teleconverter and the extension tube I had to set the lens wide open which made for a very shallow depth of field. As you can see, the foreleg, auditory meatus, and eye are sharp but I lost the tip of the nose due to the shallow depth of field. It was fun and a challenge, though
Enjoy, my friends
