Raul Duke , Action shot! - Baby Panther

[Ryan Jarosek]

First pic I thought was pretty cool. I just got lucky.

 

[Justin Carl]

I love tongue shots!
What type of camera are you using?

 

[Ryan Jarosek]

WOW that is an awesome pic, I am blown away.

I am using a canon rebel XTI SLR.

How about you?

 

[Justin Carl]

Thanks!
I'm using a Nikon D40

If you want to get those kinds of shots you need you camera to react when you tell it to.
Trust me- I think it took about 10 crickets that day to get a full extension picture of the tongue.
What I mean by getting the camera to respond when you tell it to, then you will need to put the lens manual focus.
That way you can set you self up by focusing ahead of time, and when the chameleon goes to shot you snap the picture.
If your in auto focus the camera focuses, beeps, then shots and by then its already gone.
I like to shoot in Aperture Priority, so you can bring your F/ to around 9-16 for more depth of field.
The more focus you have the better your chance of having the whole picture in focus.
You will need to use you flash because the picture will be very dark without it.
If your outside in good light you can use Shutter Priority and control how fast it opens and closes.
I think the XTi goes to 1/500 of a second which is plenty to stop almost any motion.

 

[Ryan Jarosek]

Nice! thanks for the info.

 

[Kat77]

Ryan he looks great! What a cool shot!

 

[Kat77]

i Love Tongue Shots!
What Type Of Camera Are You Using?

Holy Crap!

 

[Pashka]

Here are some of pics that I posted before:

I literally have about 100 more of them, but I'm obviously not going to post them all.

 

[Ryan Jarosek]

Amazing. I am going to try and get some. This is going to be fun

 

[royden]

I think the XTi goes to 1/500 of a second which is plenty to stop almost any motion.

xti goes up to 1/4000, but your flash only works up to 1/200 unless you have a speedlite flash 430 or better.

1/500 is good for a lot...but not fast enough for these guys...

 

[Angeleyes2]

Tongue shots are great!

 

[chamlover]

Pashka,

I think that boy need some Viagra! lol Great shots...

Debby

 

[Justin Carl]

Cool shot Royden!
That looks pretty good if you ask me, but.....
Why did you have you ISO that high?
1600 or H1?

 

[royden]

thanks Justin,
at 1/4000, even direct sunlight is barely enough light, that's why the ISO was cranked - 1600.

 

[FOREVER ENDEAVOR]

awsome pics fellas...