The Observer Photo

Photographer’s Note

This photo was taken in Ecuador. I was visiting a friend's house when he pointed to his window. The iguana just starred at us for about five minutes; never moved. So we continued what we were doing. About an hour later, it was gone.
A normal day of a Green IGUANA: Iguanas wake up when the sun comes up, move to an area in the sun to bask and warm up enough to get going, and then begin to forage for food in the mid-late morning. They feed on a variety of leaves, flowers, soft fruits and young plant shoots. They are strict herbivores. After eating, they will find a warm, sunny place to bask while their food digests. Then, in the evening, they will find a safe place to settle down and spend the night. It sounds like quite the relaxing life, doesn’t it?

Vasylis, polter, Koopman, mpsf, Griet, Vanni has marked this note useful

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Vasylis (1408) 2007-07-20 4:44

That's a genial photo.
Perfect sharpnes and colors. Nice POV.
TFS

r021251 (3917) 2007-07-20 5:52

Comment tu fais pour penser à ce genre de pose. Belle photo, beau scénario. La netteté et ;e montage super. bravo. j'apprends à tes dépends ..

go2stones (40) 2007-07-20 13:18

Iguanas love to soak up the sun. Nice contrast of white and black. Nice completmentary colors of green and orange. Well done. Reid

polter (6170) 2007-07-22 3:54

Hi Michael
Very interesting composition well framed and really nice note. That green iguana looks like very friendly and sympathetic creature :)). Greetings T.

Koopman (915) 2007-07-22 4:40

Hi Michael,
What a lovely animal> Photographically strong points to my opinion: sharp framing, interesting lines in the background, reflection in the eye of the animal, two good matching colours: green with brown in the background.
Regards Henk

zumalife (185) 2007-07-23 4:16

I love the green. It goes really well with every other color in this shot - brown, black and white. If "The Observer" was already written in the window, then, great job catching that too!

mpsf (731) 2007-07-23 14:08

Hola Michael, tengo que reconocer que te ha quedado muy bien, aunque no me gustan estos bichos. Bien enfocado, buena luz y color. Un afectuoso saludo desde España.
Pilar.

rminkow (1566) 2007-07-23 22:12

Hi Michael..I like this shot...the iguana's color and clarity are great in the composition. The web site is not allowing me to put in the two points...sorry.

Roger

Griet (506) 2007-07-24 5:12

Hey Michael,

Very bright color of green! You framed him nicely in the window. I like it very much.
Tfs
Grtz
Griet