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Published: 2011-09-22 12:29:29 +0000 UTC; Views: 1734; Favourites: 14; Downloads: 0
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Lesser Antillean Iguana on St Eustatius in the Caribbean. These are critically endangered.Related content
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Some more info: this is a juvenile, the adults turn totally grey.
They are endangered due to inter-breeding with other Iguana species. On St Eustasius, there are only the Lesser Antillean.
They are quite hard to find. I was on holiday there, as my son was working for the National Park, and was able to talk to a researcher who spent several weeks searching for his first one. They stay deep in the trees and are very difficult to spot.
Fortunately for me, this one was an occassional visitor to this tree over the lunch table at the Park HQ. The staff knew this because it used to 'dump' on their lunch! After a few days he showed up and climbed into a nice spot for a pose.
I say he, I think it is male but I am not sure.
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Thats an incredible shot! What camera do you use?
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Canon 7D. This was with a 70-200mm F4 L series lens with image stabilisation. Also used a polarising filter to reduce specular highlights.
Key factors were background selection, good light, accurate focus and minimising camera movement by bracing (no tripod) and IS.
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The way she's looking at the camera seems like a movie character that is about to say something.
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