Yemens Chameleon
Luna, our yemens chameleon.
Luna, our yemens chameleon.
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Location
In my garden, we normally try to get her out in the sun when it's hot so she can sunbathe and eat any bugs stray too close. She's standing on a blueberry plant, brought especially for her to run around on during the summer.Time
It was about midday on a weekend, bright and hot enough for her stay warm with enough bugs flying around to keep her occupied.Lighting
Nothing but sunlight, which helps the picture look as natural as possible. I opened up the aperture enough so that I could take the picture without a tripod and still have the finished product sharp enough to keep.Equipment
Taken with my Nikon D50, which was my first camera, with a standard 18-50mm lens. I was just beginning to get into photography so I didn't have any extra equipment.Inspiration
The animal itself, chameleons are amazing and fascinating creatures and every part of them has something worth looking at, from the configuration of their toes to their colour changing skin and those intriguing eyes. It's only through pictures like this that I noticed the beautiful golden iris inside her eyes and pattern of her scales.Editing
Yes, I use a program called CameraBag 2, it's brilliant for the price and very easy to use and I'd recommend it to anyone. I usually limit my tweaking to a bit of sharpening and bringing out colours. Sometimes I delve into other areas like black and white or a little selective colouring, it's all about experimenting and finding what looks best and adds to the feel of the picture, I tend to just go with my instincts.In my camera bag
I'm currently using a Nikon D3100, it's a good and easy to use camera that does everything I've needed it to, but I'm looking to upgrade so I can experiment a little further. I prefer to travel light so I've only got the standard 18-55mm and a 55-200mm with various macro and wide angle attachments and a small JOBY Gorillapod, so I've tried to get most of the bases covered with as little equipment as possible.Feedback
My only advice is to just keep taking pictures, I think my photo stands out for me because of the way Luna looked down the lens, eye contact can be a powerful thing even between a human and an animal, so my photo is more a capture of a moment than a picture of an animal. I captured this because I took a lot of pictures and tried some different techniques and eventually got lucky, this seems to be the case with most of my favourite photos. So my advice is to take a lot of pictures and experiment as much as you can, play about with the settings on your camera, get down low or up high to get a different perspective, let your creativity take control and I guarantee you'll get some amazing photos.
