Bearded Dragon - Up close and Personal

darkdragon

Debated on posting this in macro or here. I guess it could go either place really, but here is better since most of these shots are not true macro but are close-up.

Nevada Camera Club had "macro workshop" last night were there were a lot of stations set up for us to be able to take shots of different items intended to be macro and closeup shots. One setup was this guy, a bearded dragon borrowed from a local pet store. His name is Barney and he was a wonderful model.

Hope you enjoy the shots, they are mostly uncropped (some cropped to 8x10). Shot with Canon 40D, 70-200 f/2.8L, Kenko extension tubes. C&C welcome also.

1. Uncropped


2. Cropped to full 8x10 (so just cropped off a little on the side)


3. Cropped to 8x10

nrmdisk

Very nice Lisa....if I can offer a bit of a critique, though, I'd like to see #3 with the focus on the nails/claws, not on the area mid-toe.

Doug Solis

Very nice! I prefer the uncropped version-he has such a gnarly head/neck.

darkdragon

Thanks for the comments. I agree that would have been nice to have some focus on the claws, I was really wanting to focus well on the scales though and the dof was just too narrow.

Harryb

I'm glad you posted them here, outstanding set.

Love the last image.