Black lizard on bright granite
Sometimes we should remind ourselves just how much better digital is than slide film, especially when it comes to handling a wide dynamic range (pure black to pure white). A lizard shot in mid-day sun on bright granite at 8500' elevation (2600m) is quite a challenge—this lizard looked almost black to my eye, yet the camera captured full detail in both the lizard and the granite. Slide film would have been a disaster not worth attempting.
Canon EOS 1D Mark III, 24-105 f/4L zoom @ f/8, ISO 400
