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    Hello everyone !

    A bull frog mating ritual at the onset of Monsoon in India .
    Canon 1D MK 4 , Canon 300mm f2.8 IS II with 2x T.C. , cloned out a frog on the LHS , cropped 20 % and straightened,
    f /8.0, SS 1/1250, iso 1250 evaluative metering.

    Location: Umrer Karhandla wildlife sanctuary,Maharashtra,India.
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    Hi Haseeb, Peter has address the real issue and it makes all the difference. Love the bright yellow, not going to miss these guys in a hurry.

    If you add a slightly darker background from top to the middle using a Gradient, I think you may find the image has more depth and separation???

    TFS
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    Fascinating behaviour well captured Haseeb. Excellent advice from Peter and Steve. I would also like to see how it looks with a little trimmed off the bottom to put the main water highlight about one-third up from the bottom. There is also just a hint of fine-grain noise in the background which I would remove. Regards, Ian.

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    Hi Haseeb - nice to see something a bit different and with some action. You've gotten good suggestions above. I do find myself wishing for a bit more dof or the focus to be more on the jumping frog but I'm sure the action was quick and not easy to capture.

    TFS,
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    Hi Hasseb, love those bright colours of the frogs, and although not falling in the DOF, I do like the jumping pose of that frog. The repost has sorted the rotation,

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    Hi Haseeb very nice to see something different , priceless low angle which is great for Froggie shots .
    I like the overall action and i am fine with the DOF as presented . Lovely colors and tones .
    The RP with the rotation is looking better .

    TFS Andreas hope to see some more .

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    They're really yellow!
    Agree with the rotation - I always try and use the water level at point of entry for the in focus subject if there's no clear shoreline to work from.
    Nice moment and angle!
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    Thank u everyone for all your suggestions and kind words !

    Thank u peter for the RP it has sorted out the actual glitch . will work on the image while trying to implement all the suggestions i received ! :)

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    And may I add, this was really fun to view and truly a lovely behavioural shot!!!

    Really enjoyed this Haseeb - unusual sighting, well seen and captured, love the POV and Peter's RP deals with the need for rotation... whew I just love the colours, not to forget the expression on the subjects' faces, LOL!!!

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