This little lizard is perhaps nine inches long from nose to tail, but he is explaining to me that he is the boss, and he gets all the girl lizards around this particular tree root!
The red flap you see is normally tucked neatly under the chin, but these guys pull it out for dominance displays. Shot on Gumbo Limbo Trail in Everglades National Park with a 180mm macro lens. I could do without the blades of grass, but don't feel good about trying to PS them out.
Mike Broderick
Oklahoma City, OK, USA
Constructive critiques of my pictures, and reposts in this forum for purposes of critique are welcome
"I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul....My mandate includes weird bugs."
--Calvin
Bruce Williams wrote:Nice shot Mike. Has this fellow lost the end of his tail do you think?
When you say you don't feel good about PS'ing the grass out...is that on principle or just the amount of work involved? Just curious
Partly principle, partly the work involved, partly my skill level with PS (I could handle the background grass, I think, but not sure I could do the grass on the log convincingly). I was so caught up with getting an Arthur Morris-style background when shooting this, I didn't even notice the grass!
His tail is still there, just curved away from me (following the run of the tree root he is using as a throne). It's still there, though doesn't look obvious in the photo.
Mike Broderick
Oklahoma City, OK, USA
Constructive critiques of my pictures, and reposts in this forum for purposes of critique are welcome
"I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul....My mandate includes weird bugs."
--Calvin
great shot i like the red flap on this one too never seen that before. only thing i dont like is the twigs coming out of his back wish they werent there.
