Mossy leaf-tailed gecko

The leaf tailed geckos are masters of disguise. By day they will sit on a tree trunk and be all but invisible to the human eye. By night they are much more active, and this one when found went straight into a defensive posture.

I have added a little more canvas bottom and left for compositional purposes, but otherwise this is pretty much as shot.

Thanks for looking.

David

Nikon D200, 150mm Sigma, Metz 28C-2 flash,1/250th @f8, 400iso

There is a larger version in the Fauna gallery.

David

Did you give him an ice lolly to suck?

What a handsome looking creature a well captured image.

hi david, really nice. i can see something in the top left not sure what it is, looks like something has been cloned. otherwise spot on

cheers
mark

Hello David.

Very nice and I just love the eyes and the open mouth shot, makes it so much better than a straight shot would have been.

Cracking shot David.

Dale

Love the eyes and mouth, superb shot

Weird looking thing.

Very nice, there were a few night crawler around in Mauritius but they did not let me get close enough for a shot. Only nit is the top left.

David this is a fine shot of this incredible creature really stands out against that dark bg.
Keith.

Cracking shot, really love the feet!

Scott

What a fab creature, look at those feet and love the splash of colour in the mouth

Lovely shot, does look like it is sucking an Ice lolly though!

John

Cracking shot David.

Phil.