A frog meets a green heron

[Jeff Nadler]

http://www.jnphoto.net/gheron-n3374.jpg

Canon-500mm f4 IS, 1.4x, 40D, ISO 400, F8
Location: wetlands along Old Erie Canal, NY State

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the eye contact, soft light and details. Looks like a pretty bad day for the frog. I might blur the BG a bit more.

[Tony Whitehead]

Nice pose with the captured frog. A slightly tighter crop may be an option to reduce some of the surrounding "busyness". May be worth trying to recover some of the highlight detail on the frog belly and generally brighten the image (even just moving the mid tone slider to the left lifts the image quite a bit IMO). Very nice colours and feather textures.

[Charles Wesley]

Jeff,

Looks nice as presented. Love the colors, feather detail and composition. A slight brightness & contrast boost as Tony says just might give it more snap IMO.

Thanks for sharing...
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Charlie Wesley
St. Augustine Beach, FL

[Fabs Forns]

Very interesting moment. I find the contrast too high, making the surroundings more obvious. Maybe it would have been a good time to go f/5.6