Baby House Lizard Candid Shot
Saw this baby lizard struggling in a puddle of water in my bathroom. I helped him out from the mess and out him on the micro fibre cloth. Surprisingly he didn't...
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Saw this baby lizard struggling in a puddle of water in my bathroom. I helped him out from the mess and out him on the micro fibre cloth. Surprisingly he didn't run away, I was tempted to take out my camera, mounted the macro 100mm lens with the round flash mounted onto the speedlite. I guess that already took me a couple of minutes and when I got back, he was still at the same position. I thought he was dead, so I pushed him a little and he started to wag his tail and opened his mouth to challenge me. Without hesitations, I started to see what he is up to from my camera and He seemed like posing for me and gave me this smile...
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I took this photo in my room.Time
Saw this baby lizard struggling in a puddle of water in my bathroom while I was bathing in a hot afternoon. I helped him out from the mess and out him on the micro fibre cloth. Surprisingly he didn't run away, I was tempted to take out my camera, mounted the macro 100mm lens with the round flash mounted onto the speedlite. I guess that already took me a couple of minutes and when I got back, he was still at the same position. I thought he was dead, so I pushed him a little and he started to wag his tail and opened his mouth to challenge me. Without hesitations, I started to see what he is up to from my camera and it seems like posing a shot for me with this smile...Lighting
I just bought the round flash recently and I thought, it will be an opportunity to try it out on this house lizard. Another reason of using this round flash is because it is quite easy and fast for me to set it up on the speedite before the lizard decided to run away from me. The rim light produced from the round flash does give me a soft warp light over the subject and giving me the contrast due to the fall off of the light to the background. There is a half circular catch light on it's eye instead of a full ring is because I'm shooting macro and going very low to the microfibre cloth, the catch light in it's eye brings out the emotions.Equipment
Canon EOS 5D Mark II with a Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L IS USM mounted with a mitros speedlite and a round flash attached to it.Inspiration
When the lizard stays there and refused to leave, without a second thought I knew that was a chance to take a shot of it.Editing
I usually shoot on Raw file and process on adobe lightroom, I'm very particular with the white balance because I want the colours to be true. And other than doing some minor adjustments to the exposure, highlights and shadows, I also push a bit on the vibrance and clarity of the image.In my camera bag
I always carry my Canon 5D Mark III body and 5D Mark II as spare body, a 70-200mm lens, tele cooverter, 100mm macro lens, 17-40mm lens, 1 speedlite, memory card pouch with a couple of CF and SD cards, extra batteries for camera and flash, light meter, ND filters, blower and lens cloth.Feedback
Whenever you see something just take the opportunity to shoot it, if your camera is near you, but your movement shouldn't be too big to scare this little reptile away, keep a distance with your long lenses and shoot at various angles. If the reptile is still there, then try something else to improve your shots quality i.e. changing to a macro lens, introduce flash lights when you think it is possible because most likely you will just scare off the little creature. You might not always get that shot, but at least you tried, it will be just that possibilities of 1/1000 shots that could catch you a surprise with that "wow" shot!
