Little Lizard

[Forehead]

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:

[Awais Yaqub]

:huh wow great expressions

[Ric Grupe]

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%.

http://rickay.smugmug.com/photos/97196639-L.jpg

Oh...and I added 3, 1 pixel dots with the brush for a little catchlight in the eye.

[jwear]

I wish it had a little more light in the eye but it still works --nice shot

[Forehead]

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! :rofl

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.

[Ric Grupe]

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! :rofl

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

[Forehead]

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!

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

[Harryb]

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.

[Dick on Aruba]

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.