Chameleon

[Ken Watkins]

Just for a change, taken in Makola NP, Northern Cape South Africa.

I needed to get out of the car for this and needless to say someone came along.

EOS 1D MkIIn (bang goes my WPTY entry) 28-300mm at 300mm, F7.1, 1/1600, ISO 400, EV-0.33

[Stu Bowie]

Ken, good sharp detail on the little guy, and love the curled tail. Lovely contrast in colours between the chameleon and the sand. Well captured.

[Paul Taylor]

Love the colours and the curving pose and especially that it seems to be keeping an eye on you. I even rather like the bit of stick. The markings are beautiful. If I could I would wish for the front of the head/eye to have been further illuminated to really bring out the detail there, but that's not something that jumped out at me (and of course it might have required a second sun!). Well worth getting a telling off - assuming you meant the someone who came along was wearing a uniform.

[Steve Kaluski]

Certainly different Ken, with striking colours:)

Guess you couldn't creep up with those eyes. :D

Steve

[Alfred Forns]

Hi Ken ... I guess that animal does not depend on stealth :)

Would only take the one stick intersecting the tail !! Love it !!

[Marc Mol]

Beautiful contrast of colors here Ken, nice and sharp also, with good detail in the skin.
TFS

[Harshad Barve]

Excellent image Ken , lovely colors and nice details , agreed with Alfred here
TFS

[DanWalters]

Really like the vibrant colors. Nice capture!

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Ken,
I like it. We have similar ones in India, albeit with a deeper colour.

Mark IIN and WPTY entry. :D:D Only 10MP camera allowed. :D

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[peter delaney]

excellent image...

that always happens to me ,the minute i open the door a couple of inches ... someone comes along:D

[Ken Watkins]

Thanks for all of the kind comments and suggestions, I missed the intersecting stick! The car coming along did not contain a uniformed person, strangely the game warden there uses a motor bike!. But I have been reported by other travellers before so no chances taken, I was intending to lay on my belly (not that that would get me very much lower) I had to make do with kneeling.

What puzzled me is that it was green with no attempt to change colour crossing the road. The last one I saw this close changed colour walking up my arm!

[Betsie Storm]

This one is worth getting in trouble for!
1D MkIIN rules. (I am waiting for all the 1DMkIIN wannabee WPTY entrants to sell theirs so I can pick a 2nd one up cheaply:)).
Well captured, Ken, while keeping an eye out for dangerous lifeforms sneaking up on you, like the sharpness & pose, only noticed stick because of comments.

[arash_hazeghi]

amazing creature, just look at the texture and colors!!!