Rock Agama

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Hi all,Posting something different this time. Found this Agama at a park near my home in Hyderabad, India.7D II100-400 II + 1.4 X III1/250f/9ISO 1600

[Jonathan Ashton]

I like it Sanjeev, I cannot comment meaningfully on composition but the colours and details look very good indeed. (Trouble is I can't see it all at once - the image is far too big for my screen)
The tail wavers off OOF but I think that is fine, in fact I think the sweeping curve and "trailing off" as it were looks good. He looks like he's playing it cool but he is nevertheless watching you intently.

[Rachel Hollander]

Hi Sanjeev - Good to see an agama from India in contrast to the one from Africa that Gabriela recently posted. Colors look good. It seems that posting images at 1600px wide is a good compromise for people to be able to view easier. Please don't forget to include EC info if you know it. I like the detail and texture you brought out on the agama. My only concern is the large amount of oof rock on the rhs perhaps more of an almost square crop like this? Btw were you on a tripod or hh?

TFS,
Rachel

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Hi Rachel. This was hand held! I like your crop option though.

[Rachel Hollander]

Thanks Sanjeev. It looks sharp but I would still go for more ss if hh.

[Joseph Przybyla]

Love the colors, our lizards here are drab compared to this colorful one. Exposure and detail look good. Thank you for sharing, Sanjeev.

[Steve Kaluski]

I like it Sanjeev, with good detail, but I think you are too close again, however you are reluctant to say if your images are FF or cropped so hard to tell. Personally I might have been further back and shot much higher f/16 and had the rock more in focus?

TFS
Steve

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Thanks Steve. This is near full frame. There is a path in this botanical garden where stepping out is not allowed so no chance of going back. Yes more DOF would be nicer.

[Steve Kaluski]

There is a path in this botanical garden where stepping out is not allowed so no chance of going back. Yes more DOF would be nicer.

Then perhaps removing the 1.4 would have been better, IQ would also be a fraction better too, but you could then have used more DoF.