Asian House Gecko

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Asian House Gecko

Postby xerubus on Thu Apr 10, 2008 10:15 pm

Evening all.

Hemidactylus frenatus ... famous for their chuckle or laugh.

Tonight I managed to get up close and personal to one of these little lizards. Extremely friendly, and was rewarded with a nice fat moth for his/her cooperation. :)

I had an absolute ball photographing this critter... C&C most welcome and appreciated. Hope you enjoy.

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Image PS: Resized the shots a little bit larger then normal due to constant requests. :)


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Re: Asian House Gecko

Postby surenj on Thu Apr 10, 2008 11:16 pm

amazing photos...is it correct to assume u are holding camera in one hand?
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Re: Asian House Gecko

Postby xerubus on Fri Apr 11, 2008 6:48 am

thanks mate.

Yes.. one handed macro photography. You'll like this... with off camera flash also :)
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Re: Asian House Gecko

Postby sirhc55 on Fri Apr 11, 2008 10:17 am

xerubus wrote:thanks mate.

Yes.. one handed macro photography. You'll like this... with off camera flash also :)


Presumably using your teeth as well Mark :lol:

But seriously, very nice pics of a skittish subject.
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Re: Asian House Gecko

Postby xerubus on Fri Apr 11, 2008 10:31 am

sirhc55 wrote:
Presumably using your teeth as well Mark :lol:

But seriously, very nice pics of a skittish subject.


cheers mate :)

My wife said I looked a bit like gumby :) using my chin to change focus on lens, and gently kicking the tripod with the flash on it. :)
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Re: Asian House Gecko

Postby gstark on Fri Apr 11, 2008 7:33 pm

Mark

xerubus wrote:and was rewarded with a nice fat moth


I hope that you enjoyed the moth as much as I'm enjoying looking at these images. :)
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Re: Asian House Gecko

Postby xerubus on Fri Apr 11, 2008 8:19 pm

gstark wrote:Mark

xerubus wrote:and was rewarded with a nice fat moth


I hope that you enjoyed the moth as much as I'm enjoying looking at these images. :)


Warm and juicy Gary :)
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Re: Asian House Gecko

Postby ebarra8 on Sat Apr 12, 2008 2:55 am

Awesome shots all of them. I love the 3rd pic of the gecko's eye as it's very sharp and a big thumbs up :up: to you using 1 hand to capture all the pics.
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Re: Asian House Gecko

Postby xerubus on Sun Apr 13, 2008 8:58 am

Thankyou ebarra8....

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Re: Asian House Gecko

Postby CoryH on Sun Apr 13, 2008 1:59 pm

Very very cool indeed, no 4 is my fav. I love the detial in the skin. DOF is excellent
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Re: Asian House Gecko

Postby jdear_89 on Mon Apr 14, 2008 9:46 pm

GREAT SHOTS! what lens did u use?
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Re: Asian House Gecko

Postby xerubus on Mon Apr 14, 2008 9:48 pm

Thankyou Cory and JDear.

JDear... tamron 90mm.
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