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    An Osteocephalus species of Tree Frog as it emerges from it's breeding pond to begin life in the canopy of the Amazon Rainforest near Tarapoto, Peru. This is a fairly common species that will be encountered during my 2019 photo tour in Peru. Check out the Workshop forum for details.

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    Lovely image! nice diagonal composition that leads to the eye with sharpness throughout.

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    Very cool to see this with the tail still present! Good sharpness and lighting. Did you have to remove a lot of flash-generated specular highlights? (Looks great as presented.)

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    Very nice. The flash is well balanced and the detail is great. The only thing i would suggest is a little more room behind.

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    Thanks folks for the comments!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Steve Maxson View Post
    Very cool to see this with the tail still present! Good sharpness and lighting. Did you have to remove a lot of flash-generated specular highlights? (Looks great as presented.)
    Thanks Steve...yes I did have to remove a few flash highlights and also a considerable amount of dirt from the tail :)

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    Wicked with a wicked eye. Will it lose the tail?

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    Thanks Arthur! Yes it will absorb the tail for additional nutrients as it completes the metamorphosis. This was about one inch in length. It will grow to a 2-3 inch adult.

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    Whoa Andrew how did I miss this one! What a super image, I usually dislike black backgrounds but in this case it works very well indeed. The image is rendered very well focus is bang on and detail is excellent. I do have slight reservations over colour balance, i have attached a repost for your consideration WDYT?

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    Thanks for the kind words Jonathan. I think the colour balance in your repost may have gone a bit too far off of the natural tones of the tadpole. I will revisit the RAW file and double check that compared to my optimized file.

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