Anole Lizard Displaying

[Joel Arrington]

Canon 40D, 1/85 @ f/18, pattern metering mode, ISO 200, focal length 220 mm, flash fill

[D. Robert Franz]

Nice capture getting the anole displaying... I think this image lends itself more to the horizontal format. Seems a bit awkward as a vertical. I would have tried to achieve a catchlight in the anoles eye by positioning myself a bit more to the right. By doing this the subject would be closer to parallel to the plane of the sensor which would give you greater DOF on your subject so you could have gotten the tail in focus as well....

[Joel Arrington]

Looks to me as though a horizontal ratio would snip the tail. Nevertheless, I will, when my time comes around again, post one of the other dozen or so frames from yesterday afternoon, including a horizontal one of another anole, It sports a catch light.