Little Lizard

ForeheadForehead Registered Users Posts: 679 Major grins
edited September 23, 2006 in Wildlife
Well whaddya know: something crawling on my wall that was NOT a bug for a change!

This little fella was less than 2 inches long and, though normally very skittish, somehow allowed me to get just three inches away:
Steve-o

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  • Awais YaqubAwais Yaqub Registered Users Posts: 10,572 Major grins
    edited September 22, 2006
    eek7.gif wow great expressions
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  • Ric GrupeRic Grupe Registered Users Posts: 9,522 Major grins
    edited September 22, 2006
    Cute little guy.:D

    Here is an edit of your shot. I brightened the orangish hue...sharpened the area in focus...masked just the eye and raised the gamma 2 points and used the unsharp mask with a radius of 4 at 25%.

    97196639-L.jpg

    Oh...and I added 3, 1 pixel dots with the brush for a little catchlight in the eye.
  • jwearjwear Registered Users Posts: 8,013 Major grins
    edited September 22, 2006
    I wish it had a little more light in the eye but it still works --nice shot
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  • ForeheadForehead Registered Users Posts: 679 Major grins
    edited September 22, 2006
    Nice job!

    If only I could afford Photoshop or some other REAL MAN'S software (and a better camera), I could be a real man, too! rolleyes1.gif
    Ric Grupe wrote:
    Cute little guy.:D

    Here is an edit of your shot. I brightened the orangish hue...sharpened the area in focus...masked just the eye and raised the gamma 2 points and used the unsharp mask with a radius of 4 at 25%.



    Oh...and I added 3, 1 pixel dots with the brush for a little catchlight in the eye.
    Steve-o
  • Ric GrupeRic Grupe Registered Users Posts: 9,522 Major grins
    edited September 22, 2006
    Forehead wrote:
    Nice job!

    If only I could afford Photoshop or some other REAL MAN'S software (and a better camera), I could be a real man, too! rolleyes1.gif

    Steve, you can bet that some of these "good" shots that you see posted have been manipulated. It's just that I've taken so many poor shots with a good camera that I've become more adept at editing techniques.

    I don't have Photoshop and never will.....it's a money pit that I have no use for.

    Hope this was useful to you...that was my intent. :D
  • ForeheadForehead Registered Users Posts: 679 Major grins
    edited September 22, 2006
    Well,I do have a bunch of ArcSoft stuff, as well as IrfanView, XnView, and others way too simple for my liking.

    That Unsharp Mask seems to be of such potential utility, but I can't seem to get the results I want more than 20% of the time.

    I did save your edited version in my Dgrinners folder for further study.

    Just so you know!

    Enjoy the Fall colors up there! They should be starting up any minute now!
    Ric Grupe wrote:
    Steve, you can bet that some of these "good" shots that you see posted have been manipulated. It's just that I've taken so many poor shots with a good camera that I've become more adept at editing techniques.

    I don't have Photoshop and never will.....it's a money pit that I have no use for.

    Hope this was useful to you...that was my intent. :D
    Steve-o
  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited September 23, 2006
    Hey Steve,

    Nice capture. I'm amazed that you could get so close to the bugger. We have tons of lizards running around here but the keyword is running. :D

    There are lots of imaging software programs out there that don't cost a ton of $. You might want to look at some of them.
    Harry
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  • Dick on ArubaDick on Aruba Registered Users Posts: 3,484 Major grins
    edited September 23, 2006
    Lizards are nice to photograph, the most of them have nice complex skin / color structures and their expressions are awesome.

    You little crawler came out very nice.

    Thanks for sharing.

    Dick.
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