Adam Paul

Posted in Nature, Photography, Travel, Wordless Wednesday | 16 Comments

16 Responses

1. on 6 May, 2009 at 07:13 | Reply montucky

   Great photo! That’s another thing I really miss about living in the southwest.

   
   
   • on 6 May, 2009 at 17:24 | Reply Adam R. Paul

     Thanks – we got a kick out of seeing a good variety of interesting herps. The ones we have here are teeny.

     
     
2. on 6 May, 2009 at 07:15 | Reply Donald Kinney

   Super — that little guy really knows how to strike a pose…

   
   
   • on 6 May, 2009 at 17:24 | Reply Adam R. Paul

     Not so little – was at least 8″!

     
     
3. on 6 May, 2009 at 16:23 | Reply Tom @ Ohio Nature

   Adam-

   As you may or may not know, there is a special place in my heart for herps. One Sceloporus, the eastern fence lizard, makes it into southern Ohio, but I have never had the opportunity to photograph them. What a great looking lizard, and I love that silky smoooooth bokeh.

   Tom

   
   
   • on 6 May, 2009 at 17:25 | Reply Adam R. Paul

     Glad you like it! I have a handful more herp photos coming (Chukwalla, Desert Iguana (I think), and a couple others that I haven’t IDed yet)

     
     
4. on 6 May, 2009 at 23:04 | Reply Thomas

   Stunning colors and details. WOW

   
   
   • on 7 May, 2009 at 07:39 | Reply Adam R. Paul

     Thanks, Thomas!

     
     
5. on 6 May, 2009 at 23:07 | Reply Mary Carlson

   Adam, the title of your post had me wondering! I actually was thinking you were referring to your own backyard here in the Bay Area. Well, now that I realize it was from your trip, I can relax. Great photos — don’t you wish our little lizards around here had such a beautiful color?

   
   
   • on 7 May, 2009 at 07:41 | Reply Adam R. Paul

     The post title is a reference to an old Dead Milkmen album I took these photos through the living room window of the house we stayed at. Fortunately the window was very clean!

     
     
6. on 7 May, 2009 at 16:43 | Reply Red

   Very nice Adam… don’t you just love how lizards are great at posing?

   
   
   • on 8 May, 2009 at 07:56 | Reply Adam R. Paul

     Yep, especially when they do push-ups (this one didn’t, but others we saw later did)) – they look so funny, although I’m sure it’s for thermal regulation or mate selection or something.

     
     
7. on 12 May, 2009 at 11:03 | Reply aullori

   what a good looking guy; his stance says he knows he’s the stud of the lizard world! Cracks me up! I never knew that lizards had eyebrows until now!

   
   
   • on 16 May, 2009 at 08:29 | Reply Adam R. Paul

     Yeah, whoda thunk? He certainly is the master of his little patch if rock.

     
     
8. on 19 May, 2009 at 14:37 | Reply ankush

   beautiful portraits!

   
   
   • on 23 May, 2009 at 15:01 | Reply Adam R. Paul

     Thanks, Ankush!