Eastern Water Dragon photographed at the Canberra Botanic Gardens, Australia.
Canon 7D, EF 70-200 f/4 IS + 1.4x @ 280mm, handheld, ISO 400, f/6.3 1/250, slight crop for composition.
Eastern Water Dragon photographed at the Canberra Botanic Gardens, Australia.
Canon 7D, EF 70-200 f/4 IS + 1.4x @ 280mm, handheld, ISO 400, f/6.3 1/250, slight crop for composition.
Killer BG Simon, nice and sharp with fine detail. One suggestion maybe to tone down the OOF rock.
TFS
Fantastic looking lizard, agree with Marc's comments and would definitely try to reduce the effect of the OOF rock.
Hi Simon, well it ticks all my boxes for colour, clarity & detail, with an excellent BKG which helps separates the subject.
Personally I find it a little too close to the RH edge and would like to have had more DOF to include the front leg/claw, but then your SS would have become an issue and ISO increased. With hindsight I might have zoomed out a bit more based on the posture. To me, having both front legs in view, albeit one OOF would help convey that feeling of clambering up and the head peering over, as if he/she had just scaled a small cliff, if that makes sense. I assume this was HH (Hand held)?
TFS
Steve
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Thank you all for your comments. He wasn't hand held, there is quite a population at the gardens that are fairly used to people, and sometime allow a close approach.
Sorry Simon, I was suggesting it was the camera rather than the DragonI assume this was HH (Hand held)?as I missed it in the intro text.
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Hi Simon,
superb IQ and lovely BG.
VPN
sweet pose, angle and details here, not to mention the colours...
got to love that eye! I agree on wishing for a hint more space on the RHS?
Very well taken...... beautiful details and color.