Lizard to play with.. I have no clue as to what to do with this. Edit it however you like, even the weirdest edit you might think of. Have fun.

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Lizard to play with...

Apr 1, 2021 21:04:32 #

Rongnongno Loc: FL

I have no clue as to what to do with this.

Edit it however you like, even the weirdest edit you might think of.

Have fun.

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Apr 2, 2021 06:26:41 #

gwong1 Loc: Tampa, FL

Ron,

This may be it. Gary https://www.animalspot.net/southeastern-five-lined-skink.html

Apr 2, 2021 07:51:21 #

Rongnongno Loc: FL

Great but I am looking for edits to make it more than a lizard on a brick wall...

Apr 2, 2021 08:03:50 #

David Martin Loc: Cary, NC

Rongnongno wrote:

Great but I am looking for edits to make it more than a lizard on a brick wall...

Well, you could do what every self-respecting 21st century photographer does - replace the sky!

Apr 2, 2021 08:05:15 #

Rongnongno Loc: FL

David Martin wrote:

Well, you could do what every self-respecting 21st century photographer does - replace the sky!

Great comment and good idea.

Apr 2, 2021 11:43:07 #

tommystrat Loc: Bigfork, Montana

Well, you asked...

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Apr 2, 2021 11:46:24 #

Jim-Pops Loc: Granbury, Texas

Rongnongno wrote:

I have no clue as to what to do with this.

Edit it however you like, even the weirdest edit you might think of.

Have fun.

Thanks for letting us play.
I downloaded the background from DeviantArt

Castle door V - grinmir-stock.deviantart.com

I tried several things in photoshop to mask the Lizard. Started with Select subject then went to the Magnetic Lasso tool. It seemed to work the best around the toes.
So I have my Base Castle Layer
Next I placed the Lizard layer
Now I added a blank layer in-between the lizard and base.
Went to the lizard layer and selected it. Command Click while I had the Lizard layer chosen.
I went to Select>Modify>Feather 5 pixels.
Went to the blank layer and Edit>Fill>Black This now will be my shadow
Next - Filter Gauissan Blur 7 pixels.
I made 3 additional layers of this Shadow layer.
Made a black mask for all these Shadow layers.
Now on the first one I went over the mask and hit shift click and turned off the mask.
Moved the mask around for the first area to get the shadow correct. I worked on the tail first changing the opacity to 78%. Now re-activated the mask. Shift click after selecting the mask. Opened the area I wanted to use.
I did this 3 more time selecting the feet, head, & body.

Other steps were made with color balance, hue/saturation, and curves to control the lighting and coloring