I caught this little guy clinging to a tree by the lake. Luckily I had my 70-300mm lens so I could grab a shot without getting to close and sending the gecko scurrying away. This is another instance where I got a little ahead of myself and payed less attention than I should have: his tail is clipped. Barely, but it still runs off the top of the photo. I feel especially silly about this because this guy really wasn’t going anywhere. He sat pretty still for several minutes, and I had plenty of time to make sure he was entirely in the shot.
Besides this, I do wish that the gecko had been a bit further up so I could crop the bottom leaf out of the way. I don’t think it really adds anything to this photograph.
I’m not quite sure what else to say about this picture. I think the angle is pretty good, and I like the similarities between the gecko’s color and the tree’s color. I suppose another cool shot would’ve been to zoom a bit more and get a head-shot of the gecko. Maybe another time.
Exposure: 0.008 sec (1/125)
Aperture: f/9
Focal Length: 300 mm
Exposure Bias: 0/6 EV
ISO Speed: 200
I caught a shot of this heron (I hope that’s what it is; maybe a crane?) while walking to the campus center to grab lunch. It was just sitting on the post posing, ready for its closeup. One thing I wish I knew was what type of bird this is, so I could properly title the picture instead of just referring to it as “bird” but oh well.
There are a couple things I wish I did differently with this picture. The first is minor, but I wish I had managed to catch the tip end of the bird’s tail rather than cropping it. A minor nuance for me, but I’ll mention it anyway. The second thing is fixable in photoshop, but I haven’t fixed it yet. Perhaps I will soon. I’d like to see what this picture would look like were the bird more of a silhouette and less of a simply shadowy bird. Maybe that didn’t make sense, but maybe when I upload a fixed version you’ll see what I mean. It’s just a simple matter of changing the picture’s levels. Anyway, here’s the EXIF data for this picture:
Exposure: 0.002 sec (1/500)
Aperture: f/10
Focal Length: 220 mm
Exposure Bias: 0/6 EV
Orientation: Horizontal (normal)
Exposure Program: Shutter priority
Focal Length In 35mm Film: 330
I caught this little guy clinging to a tree by the lake. Luckily I had my 70-300mm lens so I could grab a shot without getting to close and sending the gecko scurrying away. This is another instance where I got a little ahead of myself and payed less attention than I should have: his tail is clipped. Barely, but it still runs off the top of the photo. I feel especially silly about this because this guy really wasn’t going anywhere. He sat pretty still for several minutes, and I had plenty of time to make sure he was entirely in the shot.