My frog and reptile workshop is this weekend, and here is one of the amazing creatures we have to photograph. This is a panther chameleon. I used a ring flash as the only source of illumination, but I held the flash off-camera to emphasize the texture of the reptile's skin. At first I tried holding the flash to the right of the chameleon, but the bulbous eye created a shadow I didn't like. When I held the flash on the left side, I liked the way the shadows fell much better. My lens aperture was f/32, the shutter speed was 1/200 (to sync with the flash), and the white balance was daylight. I used a 50mm macro lens and hand held the camera. My next frog and reptile workshop will be at the end of the year. I will post the date in the next few days.
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