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Mandrake
Wish this was the Geico Gecko lol. Unfortunately it’s just a rather small lizard
living at Butterfly Gardens here in Victoria.
Dale.

Thank you for the kind comments Oksana! I owe a lot to you for all the hours you have put into
making those fantastic tutorials! Can’t tell you how many times I’ve watched – and learned from them.
I really like colour images but I think that B&W can be as interesting and even more so with the right
subjects.
Dale.

Rama
Thank you for the wonderful comments. I took the picture from about 18 inches or so away.
The lizard was housed in a glass enclosure. To avoid reflections I put the camera lens against the
glass and used manual focus to get the shot. I then cropped it in post processing so it would fill
the frame. The 35mm 1.8 is a great, sharp as a tack inexpensive and light little lens that I use a 
lot. I also have an 18-55mm inexpensive lens that came as a kit bundled with a lot of mid range
and lower end Nikons. The D7000 is an awesome camera and I used it so much that I eventually
wore out the shutter. Bought a D7100 to replace it. Still have my 7000 and might spend
the $300 or so to get it fixed. The D7100 is also an awesome camera and I’ll probably wear it out too lol!

Dale.