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Challenge: Best of 2005 (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Sigma 50-500mm f/4.0-6.3 EX APO RF HSM for Canon
Location: Cape Town
Date: Dec 2, 2005
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/80
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Jan 5, 2006

 Found in the garden. A couple of shots after this one he was attacked by another chameleon which neither he or I saw. And both of them turned black.

Not a perfect picture. The head / face could be more in focus. The chest / abdomen area is way over-exposed because of the beam of sunlight falling on the only white part of the chameleon.

* Conversion from RAW
* Levels
* Hue / Saturation
* A little cropping
* Sharpen using USM
* Save for web
* Sharpen again
* Save for web again (there must be a better way of doing that)

Statistics
Place: 116 out of 833
Avg (all users): 6.4091
Avg (commenters): 7.5000
Avg (participants): 6.3140
Avg (non-participants): 6.8571
Views since voting: 2421
Views during voting: 587
Votes: 440
Comments: 32
Favorites: 3 (view)

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 06/08/2007 12:24:08 PM
Hahaha oh my gosh it got attacked?! poor chameleon, i like the sharpness of the bumps on the animal and the depth of field is just awesome
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 05/04/2006 12:58:06 AM
"WOW" one of my favorite images of yours.....I wish we had these in Australia where I live.....
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 02/20/2006 08:57:00 PM
Great shot! Great colors. Great placement too in this highly contested field ;)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/30/2006 12:03:16 PM
Nice shot.
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 01/29/2006 11:20:02 AM
comp could be better, great color, nice dof, good light, sharp, nice texture, overall ok
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 01/28/2006 07:23:11 PM
You should have cropped out the right side. That would give this great otherwise shot more balance and show the great colors and texture of the lizard more.
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 01/27/2006 05:49:54 PM
Excellent colour, contrast, and DoF here. 9
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 01/26/2006 05:42:49 PM
Awesome! love the lighting.
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 01/26/2006 09:16:42 AM
WOW! I am so impressed! Wonderful, wonderful technicals. Lighting and saturation are beautiful!
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 01/26/2006 03:01:25 AM
I love good macro shots, and this is a very good one.....wonderful textures and color.
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 01/25/2006 08:19:54 PM
Beautiful and crisp. 10
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 01/25/2006 01:04:50 PM
The color here is astounding! :)
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 01/22/2006 09:57:17 AM
He's doing a pretty good job too. You had to go and ruin it by standing him out against the background! ;)
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 01/21/2006 10:43:10 PM
I have come back to this one several times. The detail in this is quite stunning & I really like the depth of field too.
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 01/20/2006 11:30:37 AM
very nice, i'd like to see one from the front of this..whatever it is (reptile?)
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 01/20/2006 06:32:50 AM
Beautiful colors. Good focus, well done.
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 01/19/2006 09:15:48 PM
Fantastic detail and color.
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 01/19/2006 05:31:21 PM
a truly inspiring image... don't know how you pulled it off, but a lizard in pastel... Perfect in every respect... and a very strong front runner for this challenge... well done.
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 01/19/2006 04:33:46 PM
Love the sharpness and the shallow dof.
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 01/19/2006 03:00:33 PM
Great shot! The sharpness and colors really are eye-catching here. I like how the angle of the reptile triangulates the composition.
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 01/19/2006 02:59:36 PM
WOW! Great shot! I would love to know if this was in a cage or actually outdoors in it's natural habitat?
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 01/19/2006 04:43:41 AM
Really nice light and color...this is actually quite pretty.
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 01/18/2006 08:11:23 AM
Wonderful detail.
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 01/18/2006 01:46:50 AM
in SA they are called trapsuitjies... great pic
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 01/17/2006 08:14:57 PM
9 from me...good luck!
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 01/17/2006 04:13:55 PM
Great color and focal point
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 01/17/2006 04:34:45 AM
Everything about this picture is great! The lighting, the colors. I love it. 10
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 01/16/2006 02:06:02 PM
This looks 3D - like I could reach into my screen and touch him! Incredible work!
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 01/16/2006 09:36:49 AM
wow...is she ok? hah great pic :)
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 01/16/2006 08:46:50 AM
Great color and sharp focus on this guy, wish you had his tail in the shot too. Good luck.
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 01/16/2006 07:53:45 AM
Beautiful light, clarity, and saturation of colors!
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 01/16/2006 05:35:49 AM
Amazing color and detail.
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