This guy goes by many names — orange spotted gecko, sun gecko, South American clawed gecko, spot-nosed gecko, Trinidad gecko, and bridled forest gecko (which seems to be the most common so I’ll go with it). This is the male of the species — females are more uniformly brown in color — and he couldn’t have been more than three to four inches long. Photographed in northern Peruvian Amazon. Nikon D850 with Nikkor 105mm macro lens, ISO 1600, f/5.6 at 1/40th of a second, Godox V860iii flash with Westcott soft box.
Kudos for getting a ground level close-up of a creature that I assume is very fast at darting away. I’m with Rachel: the focus is perfect on the face and that gorgeous orb of an eye!
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This guy goes by many names — orange spotted gecko, sun gecko, South American clawed gecko, spot-nosed gecko, Trinidad gecko, and bridled forest gecko (which seems to be the most common so I’ll go with it). This is the male of the species — females are more uniformly brown in color — and he couldn’t have been more than three to four inches long. Photographed in northern Peruvian Amazon. Nikon D850 with Nikkor 105mm macro lens, ISO 1600, f/5.6 at 1/40th of a second, Godox V860iii flash with Westcott soft box.
No matter what name he goes by this guy owes child support all over South America.
3-4″ long really puts this shot into perspective! Great detail especially where it counts: in the face and eye. and catchlight to boot! Love this!
Thanks Rachel, yes really had to get close with the macro lens but he was surprisingly accommodating.
Kudos for getting a ground level close-up of a creature that I assume is very fast at darting away. I’m with Rachel: the focus is perfect on the face and that gorgeous orb of an eye!
Thanks Laura. Yeah, I was surprised he didn’t scurry away when I slowly inched closer with the macro lens.