Lizard eye

ksproul · Mar 27, 2007

I was playing around with my new Canon 100mm macro lens today, shooting some close-up shots of my pet bearded dragon. I just thought I'd share one of them. Comments and criticism are welcome. Thanks!

Kris

JamesD · Mar 28, 2007

This is pretty cool. How close was the lens from his eye, and how long did he sit still? I never realized that their eyes were so different from ours.

shorty6049 · Mar 28, 2007

its a great pic, but i wish bearded dragons were green or something..... i'm not fond of that dirty yellow color...

pamcakes · Mar 28, 2007

wow, i love that! cool lizard...

pamcakes · Mar 28, 2007

wow, i love your pic. cool lizard!

gizmo2071 · Mar 28, 2007

shorty6049 said:
its a great pic, but i wish bearded dragons were green or something..... i'm not fond of that dirty yellow color...

lol, but then they'd stand out a mile in their natural environment :greenpbl:

Cool shot

I'll have to take some of mine and my chameleon.

ksproul · Mar 28, 2007

JamesD said:
This is pretty cool. How close was the lens from his eye, and how long did he sit still? I never realized that their eyes were so different from ours.

I was just about a foot away, which is the minimum distance for this lens (and the 1:1 point). When he sits still, he's perfectly still, so that helped, but he did turn his head to look around every now and then, so I had to keep refocusing/recomposing. This particular shot is cropped also. It's only about a quarter of the original shot.

ksproul · Mar 28, 2007

shorty6049 said:
its a great pic, but i wish bearded dragons were green or something..... i'm not fond of that dirty yellow color...

He actually is mostly green. Not a bright green, but still green. He's just got yellow patches around his eyes (lately anyway).

JimmyJaceyMom · Mar 28, 2007

Oh he is neat! I like that a lot. I like the yellow color personallly.

dbyrd · Mar 28, 2007

Great job. Would look good as an abstract wall art.

ksproul · Mar 28, 2007

By the way, do you guys like the "sparkle" in his eye? It's actually a reflection of the skylight in my living room (which is what provided most of the light for this), and it wasn't intentional, but I think I might kind of like it there. What do you think? Would it better without the reflection? Thanks.

perylousdemon · Mar 28, 2007

It doesn't really add to or detract from the image, in my opinion. It's one of those things that's just "there." It's not distracting in the least bit, though.