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shane shacaluga
11-24-2014, 04:32 AM
One of the many amphibians I came across whilst trekking in the Peruvian jungle

This one was quite calm and let me take a few shots. I wanted to get just the eye in focus so opened the aperture a bit

D800e
50mm f1.8 with 12mm ext tube
f11
1/250
ISO 80
Inbuilt flash fired

Cleaned up some debris on the leaf and cropped slightly for composition. Also cloned out some highlights from the flash

Thanks for viewing

John Robinson
11-24-2014, 12:00 PM
Hi Shane
Goes against the rules I suppose but it works well for me. Just that eye looking down does it. You achieved what you wanted to do and thats the point.
Good stuff.
JohnR

Jerry van Dijk
11-24-2014, 04:28 PM
Good use of selective focus Shane, but I would have preferred a little more DOF. I love the inquisitive look of this little frog!

Steve Maxson
11-27-2014, 12:47 PM
Hi Shane. I like the pose with the head tilt and you did a good job of achieving your stated purpose. Also, it doesn't have that "flashed" look - the lighting looks very natural. Well done!

Anita Bower
11-27-2014, 07:27 PM
This one made me smile. :-) Excellent job!

shane shacaluga
11-28-2014, 03:31 AM
Thanks for the comments guys

MiroslavMaric
11-28-2014, 04:55 AM
Great pose, light and natural colors. Like the limited DOF and composition of focus points. TFS.

Cheers,
Miro

Phill Luckhurst
01-08-2015, 12:45 PM
I really like the shallow DOF there. Sometimes people use too much and images loose depth because of it. Lovely composition that tells a story.