Early this morning, I was out in the garden taking more pictures of plants I’ve already obsessively photographed, when this tiny lizard yelled at me from inside my Concord Grapevine and asked about doing a photoshoot. This was a very unusual thing: these lizards are often skittish around humans and typically scurry out of camera range, but this one wanted to hang with me and pose for a few shots. He said he was after a greater social media presence and for some reason thought I might be able to help.
He was a little shy about the camera at first (aren’t we all?) but quickly got into the swing of things and watched me, warily, as I moved around the vine, got closer and closer, and click-click-clicked. I was experimenting with an inexpensive (but very functionable) LED unit attached to my camera’s flash shoe, and his eyes kept following the light. He may have been a bit dazzled… you know: bright lights, big city, fifteen minutes of fame, and all that jazz….
Anyway… he stayed among the grapevine leaves for close to an hour and I took about fifty photos. He approved these nine for public release. Now he wants to be on Instagram….
A. Stound. Ing. Beau. Ti. Ful.
Thank you!
Beautiful shots Dale! Incredible detail and color! Looks like he really enjoyed his photo-op! Thank you so much for sharing these!
Thank you! Me and the lizard had a great time … lol! … glad you enjoyed the photos! 🙂
Great shots, he’s sure to be a star. Usually I’m not that crazy about Ziggy Stardust pale blue eye shadow, but this lizard carries it off beautifully.
Thanks! He does have a way with color … I’m making him a tiny feather boa for the next shoot.
Haha! 🙂
Really great writing too!
Thanks again!!
Seems like the lizard grew to enjoy being a model for a while. Great job on the photos.
Thank you! I think he did enjoy it; he was out there again today, but by the time I gathered up my camera whatnots, he’d scurried away … playing hard to get, I guess!
I am sure he will be back.
Fun! And what a beautiful creature!
Thank you! Lizard thanks you too!
These are amazing shots, so crisp! How fun 🙂
Thank you! It’s great fun (and VERY convenient) when “wildlife” just shows up in the back yard for a photoshoot! 🙂
Fabulous photos served with a great dose of humor – thanks for visiting so that I could you track you back 🙂
Thank you very much! And thanks for following my blog also!