Looking Under Rocks

Apologies for my silence of late. I have been taking photos, but not uploading them to here due to an inundation of parents visiting the Pilbara. Now to share the memories of times with family and friends.

My father is a nature guy - I grew up on an acre property which over the 15 years I was there grew into middle earth, banana plantation, orchard and mulberry heaven (just to name a few). My Dad loves the outdoors, loves to grow things, catch his own food and just generally be out in amongst the wild side of life.

So when we took him and my mother traipsing around the Pilbara, my Dad, being so far away from home, started to identify plant species, inspect the fish in the rivers, the bugs in the grass and the flowers that were blooming. He also decided that it was fun to throw rocks off a hill and see how far they could roll down.

Upon lifting one of these rocks destined for a fast trip to the bottom of the hill, he discovered another love of nature - a lizard. A gecko to be more precise. A little one. As fate would have it, the macro was on my camera, and the poor guy was so stunned to find himself in daylight he sat obligingly for a good two minutes.

This one is for my Dad.

Canon EOS 50D f/3.5, 1/200. ISO 100, 100mm Macro Lens