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Marine Iguana
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Marine Iguana

by Carol Nichols

Gallery: WildlifePosted August 18, 2013600 views2 comments
A Marine Iguana basking in the late afternoon sun somewhere in the Galapagos Islands.

Critiques and comments are very welcome and appreciated. Thanks for looking!

Canon 5D3
300mm f/4L IS
1/800, f/5.6, ISO 400
7-7-13; 5:52pm

Comments

2 comments
Comment posted by scott lanz on August 18, 2013 at 12:21 PM
Unique, interesting and fun image, Carol. I love the way you caught him laying with his heading resting on the edge, the arm draped over the edge, and a contented look on his face. Excellent.
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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on August 18, 2013 at 12:38 PM
Hi Carol! I like this for the expression and the sense of a "draping" arm. I feel you framed it well, too. Detail seems difficult to distinguish in the small version, but is much better in the larger view, so I suspect we are just seeing some size conversion effects. Only suggestion I can note is that given you were working with an infinity, featureless background you might have added some more depth of field to keep the entire back line in focus with a tighter aperture. Still, the critical focus is where it should be and this is pleasing as posted.
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