Leopardess

Gallery: WildlifePosted May 29, 2017234 views4 comments

This is a female long nosed leopard lizard from the California City area of the Mojave Desert. It was one of the biggest lizards I have ever seen in any of the Southwest Deserts. Probably 14-15 inches long. Just sunning on a rock in the bright afternoon sun. She was very patient with me as I circled a bit to see if I could get a better angle. When I called my son over, that was a bit too much and it dashed into the bushes behind it. Canon 5D3, f16, 1/500 sec, iso 640, -1 EV, 100-400 IS 4.0-5.6 with 1.4 TC, at 560 mm, Slight CCR and small crop to 90% of original, HH, I lifted th shadows a lot, and applied a bit of Gaussian blur to the brush behind. Thanks for any suggestions for improvements.

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on May 29, 2017 at 8:51 PM

What a great finding, even if the harsh light it just shines. You have excellent detail from head to tail due to the large depth of field. I could see trying to run a bit of a blur on the background. Very cool Ed! devil

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Comment posted by Jim Zablotny on May 29, 2017 at 9:54 PM

Hi Ed,

Colors are awesome and the lizard is sharp from head to tail. I think that you handled the lighting very well. The BG also has some ideal colors that go well with the subject and foreground elkements. Well done.......................Jim

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Comment posted by Richard Teller on May 30, 2017 at 11:06 PM

I agree with the comments on the sharpness and color. I personally wish the back ground was a different color. The lizard tends to blend in to the gray background.

Registered on August 23, 2010, 1162 Posts, 6692 Comments

Comment posted by Ed Williams on June 3, 2017 at 12:44 AM

Thank you for your kind comments. I agree it would have been nice ot have a bit more contrast to the BG Richard. I tried to get around to a different angle to get some other views. Still processing those. If I use one of those angles the rock blocks the view of most of the tail.

Registered on December 28, 2010, 636 Posts, 3499 Comments