Another Collared Liz.

From Monument Canyon Trail again in CNM.
These guys are fun to shoot (photos). It's hard to get a catch light in their eyes except right around sunrise or sunset.
I think he was watching a bird here.

This one is going for the "leopard head" look.

Thanks for looking.

Who needs a catch light when there's all that inherent color! This is another great shot, Chuck.

What Todd said.
Perfect pose! Love the tail position, and the blurred background is neat.

What a gorgeous guy! Beautiful DOF Chuck Was hoping to see some at the Comanche grasslands but no luck. Did see some cool lizards but they moved like lightning so no pix

Just lurking over on this forum (as usual) and I noticed your shot here. This is a great photo of a collared lizard. I agree that these lizards make great subjects. As long as you approach carefully, they seem to like being in front of the camera. I photographed one lizard one night for at least 30-45 minutes and it actually walked right up to me.

The only improvement that I might suggest would be a slight shift of the camera to the left to allow more room in front of the lizard. Even so, that is a very minor nit. This is a great shot.

Great capture Chuck! I really like the lizard's pose.

So how much did you pay him to pose like that? :)

Great shot! Like the low angle and the light. Nice clean background as well.

Nicely done! I love the depth of field.

Thanks for the comments.
Bert, I threw a couple of grasshoppers his way (well, I would have if I had them).

Very nice shot.

I hope you got a model release. Looks like a bit of a diva.
Beautiful shot.

These guys are so colorful. Nice shot.