{"id":2047,"date":"2011-05-02T05:40:23","date_gmt":"2011-05-02T10:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/p4td.lightshedder.com\/2011\/05\/02\/522011-green-anole-ft-matanzas-fl\/"},"modified":"2011-05-02T05:40:23","modified_gmt":"2011-05-02T10:40:23","slug":"522011-green-anole-ft-matanzas-fl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=2047","title":{"rendered":"5\/2\/2011: Green Anole, Ft. Matanzas FL"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When I shot this Green Anole at Ft. Matanzas National Monument in Florida, I was assuming it was one of the non-native Anoles\u2026escaped pets which breed all over Florida\u2026but 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.) <\/p>\n

Part of the success here is the new camera with its longer zoom and rapid fire mode\u2026but mostly this Anole was just much more cooperative.<\/p>\n

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. <\/p>\n

Processed lightly in Lightroom, mostly for clarity and sharpness. <\/p>\n

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