Nearly all of the iguanas I've seen on my travels have been tree dwellers - are they all like that? - usually in swamps, where there is water below. This makes for a pretty easy escape path in case of danger - just drop out of the tree and into the water. That is what we had this day when we took a small boat out into the swamp and water channels. We heard the loud splashes of beasts ditching all around us.

After a few hours of hearing splashes, I was about to resign myself to not getting a single iguana photo when we came upon this guy. Unlike his iguana friends, he seemed okay with us maneuvering our little boat nearly under him, where I got my shot.

They're quite colorful, in a subdued sort of way.

Location: Los Llanos, Venezuela

Lens used: 100-400mm f4.5-5.6 IS

Nearly all of the iguanas I've seen on my travels have been tree dwellers - are they all like that? - usually in swamps, where there is water below. This makes for a pretty easy escape path in case of danger - just drop out of the tree and into the water. That is what we had this day when we took a small boat out into the swamp and water channels. We heard the loud splashes of beasts ditching all around us.

After a few hours of hearing splashes, I was about to resign myself to not getting a single iguana photo when we came upon this guy. Unlike his iguana friends, he seemed okay with us maneuvering our little boat nearly under him, where I got my shot.

They're quite colorful, in a subdued sort of way.

Location: Los Llanos, Venezuela

Lens used: 100-400mm f4.5-5.6 IS