I love everything about this photo. The angle of the light relative to my camera, the camera's height and angle, the bokeh in the foreground and background, the lizard's pose and position in the frame - all of it.
Too often people shoot small wildlife and flowers from above. I prefer to get down low, much closer to the subject's height. For this shot, I got as close to the lizard as he would let me (they spook easily), zoomed in to about 100mm, and held the camera down and away from me. I've been shooting this way for a while, and am getting pretty good at knowing what's going to be in the viewfinder. Even still, I'll take several shots to ensure one of them is a winner.
