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    Emerald basilisk - female
    Costa Rica

    One of the neat things about photographing in rainforest is how "alive" it is. While photographing a boat-billed heron, I noticed this basilisk watching me from a nearby palm leaf. These are the lizards that can walk (run actually) on water which is a common sight while hiking near creeks.

    Camera Model: Canon EOS 5D
    Date/Time: 2008:03:24 04:467
    Shutter speed: 1/60 sec
    Aperture: 5.6
    Exposure mode: Av
    Exposure compensation: -2/3
    Flash: External E-TTL
    Metering mode: Evaluative
    Drive mode: Continuous: frame 1
    ISO: 640
    Lens: EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
    Focal length: 400mm
    AF mode: AI Servo AF
    Image size: 4368 x 2912
    Image quality: Raw
    White balance: Auto

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    Van Hilliard
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    I love this. Great color and detail on the basilisk. That eye is incredible. I've seen video of these as well as some classic photos of the lizard running on water. A fascinating species.

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    Great looking image. Works for me all around.

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    Love it. Good color, contrast, sharpness, and composition.

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    Very nice. Based on your settings, it looks like flash was pretty much required in these circumstances.
    It certainly encourages me to get out and learn how to use mine.

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    I am no expert with flash but there are many practical applications for it in wildlife photography, especially when shooting in forest. As you can see in my techs, I underexposed the ambient exposure by dialing in -2/3 EC (this created the darker background) and used flash as main light (ETTL at 0 or no flash exposure compenasation) to illumintate the lizard.

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    nice use of flash.
    sharp & well composed image.

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