When depth of field is shallow and you are shooting an animal, always focus on the eyes. I took this wild iguana in Costa Rica with a 500mm f/4 Canon telephoto, and because I was hand holding the large lens it was very important that the shutter speed be at least 1/500th of a second -- which it was. Therefore, with the 200 ISO I used for maximum picture quality, I had to sacrifice depth of field. The aperture was f/5.6. That meant that if anything was in focus, it had to be the eyes. I got down close to the ground for this eye-to-eye perspective. I couldn't help but think that if this creature were enlarged 100 times, it would be a fearsome dinosaur!
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