Thread: Post your fauna shots

Blue Banded Bee...

That is a nice photo. Never heard of a blue banded bee but its a nice looking one.

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The last post was just over a year ago so it is time to remove the cobb webs in this thread
Yellow Spotted Monitor Varanus Panoptes (juvenille)

Nikon D300s, Nikon 70-300VR

some brilliant photos in all of these photography threads thanks for sharing them.

For some reason some of my images have been lost in this thread. Perhaps was when I have done some maintenance in one of my internet pages.

Here is one of my favorites because the light, pose and turn of the head
The color of the dragons in this location is awesome and I have a good collection of male and female dragons from there.
Eastern Water Dragon, Physignathus lesueurii lesueurii female
Bundaberg Botanic Gardens
Nikon D300s, Nikon 70-300VR
Program manual mode
SS 1/125 second
Aperture f/5.6
Focal lens @ 300mm
ISO 250
I selected a wide aperture to have a clean BG
PP denoise BG, unsharp mask (selective)

Perentie Varanus giganteus

It is incredible how this reptile have changed its colors with the red soil in the environment.
Nikon D300s Nikon 70-300VR
Program: exposure priority @ F/9
SS @ 1/250
Focal lens @ 300mm
ISO 400
Guys I saw a Nikon 70-300VR for sale in the markets section, if someone looks for this awesome lens go and get it