An Unexpected Neighbor

One day we discovered this rather large iguana sunning herself the on tile walkway just outside our cabana in Isla Mujeres, Mexico. This was the mother who was more than 3 feet long (1 meter). She lived with her brood under the tile walkway.

[Melissa Pike]

Awesome capture! I love the folds in her skin and the detail in her scales.

[Debbie Hartley]

Beautiful detail, awesome capture!

[Toni :)]

fantastic shot :)

[Ramesh Chand]

good neighbor..........awesome capture! !!!!!

[Hudd]

Great capture, must be wonderful to see them free!

[Nicole Campbell]

Wow - that is impressive.

[Margaret Tryon]

What a nice visitor. Great shot.

[Mrs. Smith]

Wow! Great shot! The texture is captured perfectly!

[elkehochban]

great detail of her skin!

[Mags]

Oh, wow! What amazing texture and tones this guy has! Excellent capture, Denise!

[Colleen]

Well hello to her! Nice!

[robinwarner]

oh wow...that is great....

[Mike Warren]

Cool capture.

[Devrin Wimberley]

Great texture! I love to watch the Iguanas.

[scooter]

Cool find!!

[Anne ❀]

wow, amazing details, very cool find!

[Helge Erik Storheim]

Great shot Denise. I saw lots of Iguanas in Santa Marta, Colombia but never got a good shot of them.

[SouthChelsea]

OMG!

[davide]

fantastic capture! I would probably die if I saw something like that...

[santina]

fantastic capture

[Sue Wilde]

This is fantastic

[Rick Schies]

She is a beauty

[Jen Pearson]

Ha! talk about a change from your usual subject matter! Love all those skin folds--almost petal-like but now quite floral

[Sharon]

Wow!! She is pretty fantastic!

[Danielle Greenwood]

great capture!

[mittens (Marilyn)]

He is so cool looking. Excellent shot.

[michelle mcintyre]

Beautiful capture ...excellent shot - hope she didn't freak you out!!

[Carolyn White]

Yikes! Awesome pic!

[Terry]

they are sure ugly, good shot

[tony j sisti]

He does look somewhat challenging, nice capture!!

[Princess Fairlane]

Awesome capture Denise! :D

[Dione Giorgio]

Wow, one metre long, you said? Must have been frightening. Fantastic capture, Denise.

[Robin]

Great capture; she reminds me of our goannas that always interrupt our picnics by trying to steal our food.

[Diane]

Great photo! Three feet long--wow!

[Tabbycat]

Gorgeous! Looks like she has tiger stripes?

[Zoe Ferrie]

Fascinating visitor, love the detail in her skin!

[Helene]

your picture is so gorgeous with the light and the textures

[Julie]

Yikes! Great shot though