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Giant Leaf-tailed gecko on the hunt, Nosy Mangabe, Madagascar
I'm happy with this photo for two reasons. Most importantly, it shows a Giant Leaf-tailed Gecko on the hunt. It's a creature that is beautiful in itself, but you'd typically see it during the day, where it is static. Here you see one high up in the tree, actively moving around.
The 2nd reason I am happy is because of the technical challenge. The gecko is about 10 meters away, high up in a tree, in complete darkness. It's quite unusual to use a tele lens with flash, but I figured to just go for it. Maximum focal length, maximum flash power, and there you go. I wasn't expecting it to work, but it did.
"Uroplatus fimbriatus" is a gecko which is found in eastern Madagascar and on the islands Nosy Bohara and Nosy Mangabe. These geckos live in tropical rain forests. They reach a total length of 330 mm.
A large nocturnal gecko, by day it plasters itself to a small tree trunk and rests head down. If disturbed it will raise its tail and head, open its mouth and scream.
