Met Herb (that’s what JD calls this lizard). Herb climbs out on this flower every evening and surveys his kingdom. Actually, he sits there and waits for flying bugs to get close—after all, a guy has to eat!
To me, this photo is more about the complementary colors of green and orange than it is about Herb and his perch. So, I chose an aperture that would only allow Herb’s face to be in focus. I wanted the rest of the photo to be about muted shades of orange and green.
Enjoy.
Camera settings: Nikon D3, Nikon 300mm f/4 with a 1.7x teleconverter (effectively 500mm), ISO 800, f/8 and 1/60th of a second on a tripod.
Post Processing:
Lightroom 3—Set black and white points, added clarity and mid-tone contrast and adjusted hue and saturation of green and orange.
Photoshop CS5—sharpened Herb’s face using the high pass filter method.
The colors work well together. Nice sharp focus on the eye is all important, which you've done here.
ReplyDeleteHerb's cool. He looks like he is king of the flower. Nice shot.
ReplyDeleteDebbie
I like the pose and the color combination. I wish you had done a little dodging and burning on Herb so that his face was the brightest part of the image. Good nature photo.
ReplyDeleteThe Professor
Great colors and focus.
ReplyDeleteTed
Nice. I do agree with the Professor. A little dodging and burning would take this one to the next level.
ReplyDeleteAndrea
yep the professor is right need to darken the light area
ReplyDeleteTaylor
Herb is surveying his kingdom. Nice composition and use of colors.
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