Portrait of A Bagmoya Golden Tree Frog

[Stuart Dahne]

Thank you so much for your honest critiques!!! I would not have corrected those points, in my excitement of my work I did not even see them! Please let me know what you think of this now. I did not see a way to post this without removing the original, if there is, please let me know.
Thanks Again!!!


This is another from my series "Frogs, Canaries of the Coalmines".

Camera Canon EOS-1D Mark III
Exposure Time 0.0166s (1/60)
Aperture f/32.0
ISO 200
Focal Length 100mm (130mm in 35mm)
Flash flash fired, compulsory flash mode
Exposure Program manual
Exposure Bias 0 EV
Exposure Mode manual
White Balance auto
Color Space sRGB

[Robert O'Toole]

Like this image a lot Stuart, it brings a smile to my face.

The crop and the comp is great and I love the frog's smirk.

Oh no , you clipped the right hand petal! If you added a small strip of canvas to the right edge it would be great.
On a more minor level I would do a selective USM on the frogs face. Also the left side of the flower is a little hot.

Robert

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hi Stuart,
This image works very well for me. Since you did clip the right petal.............I might like to see it cropped from the right (edge of small petal, between two large ones) and top proportionally. This would emphasize the frog even more. Other corrections Robert mentioned but very a very striking image!
Roman

[Stuart Dahne]

Thanks Robert & Roman, I really appreciate your help!! Here is the re-worked version.

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hi Stuart,
Perfect! On the quick reply there is a tab to go advanced.....hit that and you can attach another version to this type of message.
Looks great on my monitir,
Roman

[Don Lacy]

I did not see the original but the reworked image is wonderful, I am not Ia big fan of all black back grounds but I think it works nicely here along with the yellow of the flower.

[Vincent Grafhorst]

Neat photo Stuart.It could still use a bit more sharpening on the head though IMO. Further I can clearly see the added canvas strip on the right. Iit is not as black as the rest of the BG.

[Mike Moats]

Hey Stuart, another cool froggy shot. great experession.