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Get Off My Back!
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Copyright: Manyee Desandies (manyee) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3103 W: 234 N: 5930] (20016)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-01
Categories: Reptiles
Camera: Canon Powershot S1-IS
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2005-12-10 3:28
Viewed: 832
Points: 20
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
This picture was taken at the Great Valley Serpentarium in Lodi, California.

Green Iguana
Iguana iguana

Besides the long fingers and claws, green iguanas have many excellent interesting adaptations. Green iguanas have good senses of hearing and smell, and superb vision. Their long tail is also quite sharp, and is snapped in the air as a defense mechanism. The tail can also break off if caught by a predator, but grows back without permanant damage. Green iguana skin is very water resistant, and tough to avoid cuts and scratches. The coloring of the skin helps camoulflage the green iguana, which means that they blend in easily to their surroundings to remain undetected by predators. If they are detected however, and need to escape quickly, these iguanas can dive from trees into water, and swim well. Green iguanas are quite sturdy-- they can fall 40-50 feet to the ground without getting hurt! Male green iguanas have a special flap of skin called the dewlap. Male iguanas can raise their dewlap to appear bigger than they really are, either to intimidate predators, or to impress females. Both male and female green iguanas can store fat under their jaws and in their necks for times when there is not much food available.

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Hi Manyee,
Superb details and very sharp image,
excellent colours, well captured.
Well done and TFS!

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  • jossim Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1674 W: 5 N: 2130] (11898)
  • [2005-12-10 6:00]

Belle prise,la netteté est parfaite et les couleurs sont jolies.

Merci!

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  • dew77 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 5171 W: 297 N: 4050] (13069)
  • [2005-12-10 6:00]

Hello Manyee!
Wonderful capture.Colors,clear details,sharpness,POV,eye contact and composition are excellent.TFS...:-)

Manyee, this is an excellent picture. Great colours, excellent sharpness and POV. A very nice composition. Well done. Thanks for sharing.

Hi Manyee,
Good sharp detail and colours. Great POV.
Nicely composed and good exposure.
Thanks for posting. Enjoy the rest of the weekend.

Hi Manyee,
This shot has amazing colors, textures, and very sharp detail.
I love the clarity and pose!
Scott

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  • klemmg Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 302 W: 40 N: 484] (1719)
  • [2005-12-10 16:28]

Excellent detail, very nice texture.
Positioning of the claws at the lower right RoT position directs more attention to them than you probably want there. They further draw attention due to the complementary colour contrast green on reddish ground. So attention is drawn away from the natural eye catcher - the eye - and the feet on the subject's back, in particular as the BG around the head is a bit busy.
As is, a very good shot, the detail in the scales is amazing!
Regards,
Gabi

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  • Luc Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2052 W: 315 N: 4301] (14719)
  • [2005-12-12 20:42]

Personal assessment of the photo: excellent.
Capacity of evocation in me: strong.
Very strong visual impact.
Personal assessment of the note: complete.
Thank you very much Manyee.
Have a Great holiday season my friend.

An excellent composition of this wonderful iguana, ManYee.

Details, colors, lighting, POV and eye contact are right-on.

Well done and thank you.

My freind had a 6ft one loose inher home. One day I asked where it was, it was behind my head on the couch back.....

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