Here's Looking at You Kid... by Genma
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No AI - This artwork was created entirely by hand or with traditional digital tools.
Description
Well, not quite looking at you (he had been a few seconds before the shot was taken), but he certainly can. This cute little fellow is a Veiled Chameleon (and yes, he is little, only about 8 inches long). Like most members of the chameleon family, his eyes can rotate 180 degrees, and independently so. He was just relaxing, apparently untroubled by the 3 year old that had just been beating on the glass (an act that would have got the young fellow a swat on the hand and stern talking to by his father, once he had caught up to him...). A rather tricky shot since I had to shoot through a sheet of Plexiglass (about 1/2 inch thick) and the glass of the tank that he resides in. Thankfully all the extra layers of glass did was filter the light a bit so that I had to do a slight color balance in Photoshop to bring things back in line.
Shot was taken with my Olympus E-300, using the 18-180mm Zoom Lens (actual focal length 65mm), ISO set to 800 (noise reduction filter switched on as well), 1/8 shutter speed at F5.4.
Comments and crits are welcome, as always. Thanks to all for stopping by and having a look. Bee good to yourselves and each other, remember, it's Monday... somebody is bound to be watching.

Comments (8)
Very nice colors. Good dof. You only lost a slight bit of color saturation on the subject through the plexiglass, that definitely gets my props. How do you like your olympus e300, btw?
Beauty and brilliant portrait!!!Bravo!V:DDD.Hugsxx
excellent shot
Great capture of this wonderful creature! Love to see them, wonders of nature!
Awesome shot, especially taken through glass! Love his pose!
agree awesome love the light and colourings..excellent macro:)
Amazing photo thru the glass. Funny little creature with the moving eyes, and you have made a very good picture. HUGS!!!
Sweet little critter. Great DOF there, buddy.