Glint of Light

Hi Thomas,

I can't speak for anyone else, but I like shots like this (and this one!) very much. Very simple and very striking - and there's NO doubt where 100% of the viewers eyes would go first. Besides being appealing in its own right, it also prevents the "there's not enough DoF" comments you would no doubt have received if the image was more fully lit.

When you say "...but I'm sure there's not enough there...". To me that's the idea and what makes it work.

It's my view that while there is nothing wrong with pure documentary wildlife photography, these type of creative shots really stand out owing to their uniqueness.

Thanks for sharing this one...

Brad

Thanks so much for your thoughts Brad, and I completely agree with your last comment . Although I can appreciate it, i've never been drawn to standard documentary photography, but instead to attempting to portray a subject in a new way that better conveys the "magic" and intensity of the natural world. Thanks for the reminder.

A very unique image. The eye gets your attention and keeps you in the image to see what is happening. Good job.

Works for me! In fact I would like to see the right side a bit darker. Certainly gives this toad a sinister look, which goes with their behavior. Thanks for sharing.

Different. And sometimes different is good.

Ooh i really like this the light on the eye and theres just enough light to show the outline of the mouth. Very cool and the eye is great. I saw you in Nature's Best magazine congratulations!!!

Thomas, this works great for me. If you were to print, you might consider desaturating a slight greenish tint on the blocked side. Impact is excellent as posted.

Stunner, Thomas! Love what you've done here. Beautifully executed in the field and in post. This is not a suggestion for improvement as much as variety, but it is kind of cool cropped 1:1 or even vertical on my phone, with the point of the toad's nose being the right edge. But I genuinely think what you've presented is the stronger image...just "zoomed" in too far by mistake and noticed it was pretty cool that way too! Two thumbs up to say the least on this one.

Thanks so much for the comments. John, you're so right that there are so many ways I could crop this one. Vertical is really interesting. I've already cropped it down about 30%, but regardless it's interesting. Hope you and your family are well.

This is very nice. It didn't pop at the thumbnail size which is one of my usual tests of whether I like an image but it really works at the larger sizes. I might crop a bit off the left side to emphasize that there is more to the image than just the eye. That might get people's eyes moving from the left to the right to see the whole toad.



Clinton

OUTSTANDING !!!!!