Leaf Tailed Gecko (copied from Wildlife)

[Bob Miller]

Saw this guy in Australia and backlit him with some off camera flash
Nikon d-300
Tamron 90 mm Macro
1/250 sec at f16
ISO400
All comments welcome!

[Hilary Hann]

I've always liked these kinds of images, well seen and executed. Would have been almost perfect if you had a little more leaf in the bottom rh corner, but a pleasing image all the same.

[Steve Kaluski]

An interesting concept Bob, and I like the departure of what we normally see here.

I would agree with Hilary about having continuity of the leaf bottom RHC as you eye does get drawn to the black/darker area. I might also suggest perhaps lightening the leaf only a bit, in Levels and giving the leaf a bit more vibrancy perhaps, although this might not convey the same feeling? If you get another chance would also try the leaf at more of an angle so the main stem creates a stronger diagonal as the Gecko crses it as you have it.

TFS
Steve

[Dumay de Boulle]

Not sure if this is the correct forum for this type of image, maybe 'Out of the box'...But its pleasing on the eye all the same!

[Bob Decker]

A well thought out and nicely done concept. I'm wondering if it might've been a tad stronger if the stem of the leaf ran from Lower LH corner to Upper RH corner. Maybe, maybe not.

[Rachel Hollander]

Bob - I also think of this as a more OOTB image but agree with the above comments about more leaf in the lower rhc and the position of the leaf stem.

TFS,
Rachel

[Morkel Erasmus]

This is very creative Bob, like it! Might need to copy it to the OOTB forum too, will check with my fellow mods.

To me the silhouette seems not as sharp as the leaf, might be due to motion?...I can imagine it being tricky as you can actually only focus on the leaf in front of you. Was the gecko moving? :2

[denise ippolito]

Bob, I really, really like this one. How do I know? I looked at it for about 20 minutes! Very cool. The leaf looks like it has a filter effect applied, sharp yet soft and full of what look to be interesting swirls. The gecko crossing the center stem is nice. Is this full frame? If you have a little more room around this one I might rotate it clockwise slightly to make the stong stem more of a diagonal and to give the tail some wiggle room. Way cool Bob and I would love to have this one in my files! Great OOTB thinking!!

[Bob Miller]

Thanks everyone!
Denise.....Thanks for your thoughts...It is not full frame and Unfortunately it doesn't work to rotate and crop