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I photographed these today when I went for a walk. I didn't have a tripod, so these photos were taken handheld, and from a bit of a distance away.











Here he is jumping off a stump. If I knew he was gonna do that, I would have used a faster shutter







Here's a young one. As soon as I took the photo, it jumped away into the bushes, so unfortunately I couldn't reshoot a sharper photo.







I'll just post one more in case dialup users are getting upset with me. I've got several more though.

Nice stuff Doug C. They are quick buggers

You're right, Jethro, they're quick when they get moving. But they can be as still as statues too. Otherwise I'd have no hope of a clear photo with my super slow telephoto lens.

My 12 year old son and his mates catch them with the aid of one of his mates dog. They are beautifull animals, usually full of ticks, easily removed nevertheless to quick for me.

Nice shots Doug, dont see a lot of these down here at the bottom of SA so yeh good to see well done.
Cheers
John

Nice stuff.
Have not seen a frilly necked lizard for a long time.
A shot with frill out would be sensational

thanks

Just had another look realized it was not a frilly necked lizard but a water dragon
Enjoyed the shots though

Thanks John and 01 for your comments.

Wow that last one seems so sharp and detailed... Don't see many of these, thanks for sharing... Couldn't get exif, how far away was he (ooops, or she?)

Hi Andrew, thanks for your comment. For some reason my exif is blank in the "focal distance" of these shots, I don't know why that is. The exception is the photo of the young dragon where the focal distance is 2.21m. I remember I was quite close to that one. It ran away quickly when I came across it. The others were around 6m away. I'm comparing to the length of my loungeroom wall, they were a similar distance away. If only I could be about 2 meters away... with a tripod... and I could ask them to just turn their heads a little to get a bit more light on the side of the head... if only I had a faster lens with VR..

Thanks for the info... I could just picture you in the camo gear, stalking, stalking...