[Digitalis]

A challenging macro subject to work with, hard to get these to sit still. I found him on my window eating bugs, I set up the studio and brought him in. He took a liking to climbing all over my softbox.

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Last edited by Digitalis; 11-28-2010 at 05:43 AM.

[Canada_Rockies]

You nailed the focus and the exposure. I'm jealous!

[Digitalis]

for those who are interested this is the lighting set up I used. The softbox was used as a fill, I used the strobe with the snoot to bring definition to the texture of the lizards skin. The only thing that ticks me off is the reflection of the softbox in the gecko's left eye. And the softbox seems to be generating a warmer colour tone than the primary flash.

The gecko was on a plate of glass suspended over the main surface of a recurve table that had black velvet draped over it to absorb any stray light.

[jlsa05]

Thanks for the making-off !

[keruili]

Yeah, thanks for the lighting layout. This is a great capture.

[Canada_Rockies]

Thanks for the diagram, digitalis. Very helpful to know how others do it.

[Ash]

Well done with the result and thainks for sharing your lighting technique.
It needs little in the way of critique - my only issue being the focal point is very close to the border of the frame, but otherwise beautiful.