Dog Serves Dinner

This is the one and only shot I have taken of my cham eating off of my

dog. Maybe I will try again later because I wasn't planning on having

my hand in the picture. He just seemed totally uninterested when down

lower and off it. Maybe the hornworm will have to go on my dog's nose

next time.;)

technically, this is pretty amazing. Unless your lizard friend has a very slow tongue, it's incredible how you could have caught that split second, do you use burst mode? strobe flash?  Also, your other Friend,  must be unfathomably patient and immune to flash. Very enjoyable shot.  Even the hand matched the upholstery  :)

Thanks. I have to use flashes to freeze the tongue, so no burst. The chameleon tongue is the fastest muscle on the planet, so the timing is incredibly difficult. I usually miss several times before I get a good tongue shot. Especially, on the short distant shots like this. It's actually a whole lot easier to nail the long tongue shots. This was the only attempt I have made with him eating off my dog, so I got lucky. My dog about had his eyes closed and his ears down, so right when my cham was getting warmed up for the shot I whispered a secret word to make my dog perk up his eyes and ears, but I had to be careful to judge the correct tone and volume, so he wouldn't raise his head up. We were moving around a little right before the shot, so I had to do a quick manual focus and move the flash with no confirmation shot and those were nailed too. So technically speaking, this was probably the most difficult shot I have ever done to make it all work with one take. Too bad it's just an average picture.:) I will probably do it again without my hand and some other kind of setup.

I don't think this is an average photo, Scott. I think it is incredible! The timing is perfect, and I like all the elements together: dog, cameleon, bait and your hand. Excellent!