Green Iguana Turned Orange – Costa Rica

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As the name implies, green iguanas are frequently some shade of green. However, during the mating season, males can turn from green to bright yellow or orange. Green iguanas are common in much of Costa Rica. They tend to be found near bodies of freshwater either on the ground along the banks or up in the trees.

Green Iguana Turned Orange – Costa Rica

Marsh Crocodile-Gir India

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The Mugger crocodile is a medium to large crocodilian species; an adult male may reach up to 4.5 meters (18 ft) in length and weigh 450 kg (1000 lbs). It has a distinctive aspect, and is the most alligator like of all crocodile species. While juvenile’s generally have a light tan coloring with some black cross-banding on the body and tail, adult specimens are generally gray to brown.

The Mugger is a hole-nesting species, with egg-laying taking place during the annual dry season.

Found this crocodile on than bank of a small river at Gir National Park, also known as Sasan Gir, a forest, national park, and wildlife sanctuary near Talala Gir in Gujarat, India.

Marsh Crocodile-Gir India

Land Iguana Nibbling

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There are three types of land iguanas to be found in the Galapagos Islands which are considered to be endemic to the islands.

Land iguana – the land iguana is the most ubiquitous of the three species of land iguanas, and this is the type that you are probably most likely to see on your visit to the Galapagos Islands. Caught this iguana nibbling on a piece of fruit.

Land Iguana Nibbling

Nile Crocodile Up Close

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Although Nile crocodiles resemble armored tanks with huge, teeth-filled mouths, these reptiles are unusually attentive parents. Large, lizard-shaped reptile with four short legs and a long muscular tail. The hide is rough and scaled. Juvenile Nile crocodiles are dark olive to brown with darker crossbands on tail and body. Adults are uniformly dark with darker crossbands on tail. Size averaging approximately 5 m (16 ft.) with maximum size of roughly 6 m (20 ft.) Weight adults of both sexes may easily exceed 225 kg (500 lbs.) Diet Up to 70% of the adult diet is fish. Other prey items may include zebras, hippos, porcupines, pangolins, and migrating wildebeest. Here is a Nile Crocodile captured in Ngorongoro National Park in Tanzania.

Nile Crocodile Up Close

Cottonmouth Snake Florida

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Our Catawba Valley Camera Camera Club had a competition on “Reptiles” this week, but I could not submit any entries. So I am posting my images on reptiles from my library this week for your review.

Reptiles are a class of vertebrates made up mostly of snakes, turtles, lizards, and crocodilians. These animals are most easily recognized by their dry, scaly skin. Almost all reptiles are cold-blooded, and most lay eggs—though some, like the boa constrictor, give birth to live young. Instead of possessing gills like fish or amphibians, reptiles have lungs for breathing.

Here is a Cottonmouth snake in a preserve in Florida …..

Cottonmouth Snake Florida

Pigeon on a Branch Silhouette

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We end our series of unusual images of shooting against the light creating traditional silhouettes or a combination of black foregrounds and colorful backgrounds. Here is a normal black silhouette – an image of a person, animal, bird, object or scene represented as a solid shape of a single color, usually black.

Pigeon on a Branch Silhouette

Watery Silhouette

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An unusual composition of shooting against the light with a lighted sky, but creating silhouettes of domed buildings and a lamp post in Munich, Germany. The splashing naturally lighted water in the foreground adds an interesting element to the image.

Watery Silhouette

Shooting Against the Sun

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Backlighting goes against conventional wisdom which says ‘Keep the sun behind you.’ A common belief in photography is that your subject should be perfectly lit from the front to capture good photographs. While it may be true in many cases, you should remember that you can move away from the norm and utilize backlighting to create some stunning images. You may be surprised at the results you obtain after doing so. Experimenting, as always, is the key to add to your understanding of the concept.

We will be presenting this week our experimental photography of shooting against the sun. While all the images are not technically silhouettes (a silhouette is a solid, dark image of a subject against a brighter background, generally black), these images are interesting. This image is of church and tower shot against a bright light.

Church Silhouettes