Desert Spiny Lizard

Gallery: WildlifePosted June 1, 201680 views6 comments

Early morning at Sweetwater Wetlands, Tucson, Arizona.

See new version below with modifications suggested by Ken Watkins and Jim Hansen. Thanks to both.

Fujifilm XPro2 handheld
XF 100-400mm f4.5 + 1.4TC @ 560mm
ISO 200
1/75 f11
Cropping and adjustments in CaptureOne and Photoshop

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Ken Watkins on June 2, 2016 at 6:01 AM

John,
A very interesting capture, in particular the colours.
Whist I do not find the blue area above the neck at all distracting, I wonder if it would be worth trying to darken it?

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Comment posted by Jim Hansen on June 2, 2016 at 5:00 PM

Wow, this one really jumps out at me! Very nice portrait of this beautiful creature. Love the colors and scaley (and spiny) texture of this lizard. I agree with Ken regarding that blue area.

Registered on May 5, 2011, 161 Posts, 908 Comments

Comment posted by John Willemsen on June 2, 2016 at 6:13 PM

New version with blue area behind neck darkened and with brown tone like rest of background.

Thanks to Ken Watkins and Jim Hansen!

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Comment posted by Jim Hansen on June 2, 2016 at 8:17 PM

Nice job on the repost John!

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on June 3, 2016 at 2:17 AM

John,
You have done a very fine job on this devil

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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on June 3, 2016 at 6:48 PM

John, the re-post turns a good capture into an excellent one. Nice work.

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