Collared Lizard

Gorgeous reptile David. Colors are just grand and you got a nice pose from him as well. The only thing I would have done differently is get a bit more DOF so the rock and all the FG is sharp. Isn't hindsight great? Very nice.

Up close and personal.

Hi David,

Neat colours! And both exposure and image sharpness look great.

I'm in agreement with wishing there was more depth of field in the foreground, but have to admit I wouldn't want to see more in the background - how's that for an impossible request! Those long tails definitely add both technical (in this case DoF) challenges and compositional challenges - would love a little more space to the right but not at the expense of clipping the tail. Compromises! One small nit that would be tough to rectify: I find the brown "blotches" (rocks?) immediately behind and overlapping the head a little distracting (and they prevent the head from standing out as well as it could). Would have been nice if it was possible to re-position yourself slightly to have a bit more uniform green back there (but I have no idea at all if this would have been possible).

Cheers...thanks for sharing this...

Brad

It's really hard to get a good shot of lizards with long tails! This is a really nice specimen! I agree about the DOF, but it is a difficult call..you definitely would not want more of the background in focus. I wonder if this is also a bit oversaturated...

Beautiful lizard! I think you handled the challenges well. Perhaps a small crop off the bottom, about half the distance to the tip of tail, would strengthen it a bit.