Angle-headed Dragon

[wigz]

During a bushwalk in Lamington National Park we came across a photographer pointing his camera at something on the ground at the edge of the track. A closer look showed he was photographing this Angle-headed Dragon.

They live high in the trees and normally only descend to lay eggs and is very rarely seen on the ground. This is a female digging a hole for her eggs. He seemed quite excited to find her. She didn't move while we were there so I hope all of the attention didn't disturb her too much.

When I mentioned that he seemed very knowledgeable he told me he was a reptile keeper at Australia Zoo, so I learned a bit about Angle-headed Dragons.

Nikon D800, Nikkor 24-120 f/4 @ 120mm. 1/160 f/5.6 ISO 640.

[Isac]

Great catch Alan. Good detail on the dragon. Are you going to get creative and make him pop?

[wigz]

Thanks Isac. Not very creative but I will enhance her a little and darken the background slightly to give better subject separation.

[MJ224]

Lovely find. And so well camouflaged........

[wigz]

Thanks.

[AlfandBen]

Nice detail and well focussed on the head and eye. Personally I'm not sure I would adjust this as it shows the superb way the animal merges into it's environment.

[wigz]

Thanks. I won’t be going overboard, just some minor tweaks to brightness and contrast.

[Ozzie_Traveller]

+1
Phil

[David_MC]

Excellent shot. Quite a nice looking animal.

[wigz]

Thanks David.