When I shot this Green Anole at Ft. Matanzas National Monument in Florida, I was assuming it was one of the non-native Anoles…escaped pets which breed all over Florida…but it turns out to the only Anole actually native to North America. An interesting creature. This one was after the husk of a bug of some kind which had fallen on the rail of the boardwalk at Matanzas. Interestingly, I attempted, without success, to photograph an Anole (not the Green) at this very bend in the boardwalk last year when I visited the National Monument. (Oh, I got pictures of it, but nothing I kept.)

Part of the success here is the new camera with its longer zoom and rapid fire mode…but mostly this Anole was just much more cooperative.

Nikon Coolpix P500 at 810mm equivalent field of view. 1) f5.7 @ 1/200th @ ISO 180, 2) f5.7 @ 1/320th @ ISO 160, 3) f5.7 @ 1/160th @ ISO 220. User program for rapid fire and continuous focus.

Processed lightly in Lightroom, mostly for clarity and sharpness.