Warming

Gallery: WildlifePosted October 5, 2010667 views8 comments

This frog (EDIT : Pacific Tree Frog I think) was sitting on some rocks as the fog lifted at Moran State Park on Orcas Island, Washington. It was pretty inactive, so I assume it was trying to warm up, with not much sun out. I thought the setting was pretty unique - at least from what I'm used to for frogs.

The DOF is intentional, and I actually took some with less DOF, but I think I like this best.

Thanks for looking!

Olympus E-520
Zuiko 70-300 @ 215 mm
f/6.3
1/80s
ISO 100
Handheld
PS CS4 for conversion, sharpening, web prep

Comments

8 comments

Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on October 5, 2010 at 10:01 PM

Well composed and good detail. The colors seem accurate.

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Comment posted by Gary Gulash on October 5, 2010 at 10:28 PM

I agree with Philip, nicely put together photo. Very attractive green with black stripe frog.

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on October 5, 2010 at 11:04 PM

David:
A very nice capture. I like your choice of DOF keeping just the face in focus. Pose and placement of the frog are just perfect.

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Comment posted by Steve Canuel on October 5, 2010 at 11:09 PM

I like your choice of DOF. The colors look good as does his surroundings. I realize he was at an angle but I keep wanting to rotate hi to level out the line on his jaw.

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on October 6, 2010 at 10:11 AM

David, I love the colors and comp on this...however, personally I would wish for a tiny bit more DOF. I don't need to see the whole body in focus, but would have maybe liked a stop or two more so the fingers and toes on the front feet were sharp. Nice work though!

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Comment posted by Vincent Grafhorst on October 6, 2010 at 1:42 PM

Cool setting indeed David. I too vote for a bit more DOF and certainly not less, but as always there is a trade-off between detail on the subject and detail in the BG

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Comment posted by Andy Shepherd on October 6, 2010 at 3:08 PM

Love the comp on this one, David. The way the frog is positioned on the diagonal is very good.

Andy...

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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on October 7, 2010 at 12:09 PM

Good discussion on this one already, so I will just add the "ditto" that my main reaction is identical to what Andy said!

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