Bearded Dragon

[meltimtiman]

[chauncey]

IMHO, that subject is worth more shooting. Try to increase your DOF while keeping your perfect exposure.

[Kris V]

Beautiful animal! And a great capture!

[Shadowman]

Nice shot.

[meltimtiman]

IMHO, that subject is worth more shooting. Try to increase your DOF while keeping your perfect exposure.

Thanks for your comment, chauncey. This was done at f/9, will reshoot again soon and will try to go f/11 to f/14.

Regards from Manila Philippines

[bnnrcn]

Hi MelVery good subject to shoot, it is worth trying again.Also, cropping most part of the out of focus FG might improve this image .

[chauncey]

Mel, FWIW, if memory serves me correctly those things tend to hold their pose for many seconds...
you might try a photostacking scenario.

[dragon76]

Hi Mel

Did you use Orton effect in your post processing?

Cheers

Dean

[Geoff F]

Thanks for your comment, chauncey. This was done at f/9, will reshoot again soon and will try to go f/11 to f/14.

Regards from Manila Philippines

I normally shoot between F11 and F16 with F14 being a good compromise. But in this case the main subject is perfectly focused; only the foreground is out of focus and improving that will need stacking of different focus points, as already mentioned, providing you have suitable software.

You will need to keep the background soft, as it is now.

Alternatively, cropping away part of the foreground and having a different size ratio would reduce the impact from that out of focus area.

[deetheturk]

Wonderful capture Mel, lovely Dragon!