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Shy Tree Frog

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted September 6, 2017160 views7 comments

This was from my usual spot in Jean Lafitte NP yesterday morning. Calm, cool, dry conditions in soft light were perfect for macro. Unfortunately this was the only one I found worth imaging, and this guy posed for several frames, luckily still active before settling into its usual daytime torpor. Some other poses were better, but the colors and variation of the defocused surroundings appealed to me, although technically not particularly good. I left it full frame with only selective sharpening of the frog.

7D2 100-400 Manfrotto 410 on GT2531, ISO 400 1/250 f8 0.0EV manual focus

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7 comments

Comment posted by Wayne Jones on September 6, 2017 at 8:55 PM

Great title for this composition. I think the view from this angle works well to illustrate the resting habit of this little creature. I agree that the OOF background highlights the frog, but not so much that it spoils the "hiding" effect. Including the soft parts on both sides makes a nice natural frame, too.

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on September 7, 2017 at 11:36 AM

Bill, I agree that the colors and the series of soft and sharp vertical lines looks great here. I think that cropping to 4x5 entirely from the left also looks good and moves the frog off center to add a bit of tension to the view.

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Comment posted by Igor Hoveijn on September 7, 2017 at 3:13 PM

Perfect DOF to guide the eye to the frog. I agree with a crop from the left to 5x4, cropping to square might also work. he green frog against the yellow background works well. Glad you didn't try to clone out the brownish spot on the leaf.

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Comment posted by Jim Zablotny on September 8, 2017 at 1:32 PM

Hi Bill,

Go with the crop as others suggested. Everything else in the image looks pretty good.........................Jim

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Comment posted by Bill Leggett on September 8, 2017 at 4:10 PM

Thanks gang. In terms of comp I'm in total agreement, I'd considered that anyway. I noticed a touch of flare over there so I cropped to 4:3 aspect which left part the LH leaf for context. Here's my cropped version.

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Comment posted by Daniel & Loana on September 9, 2017 at 11:08 AM

I like the composition and the lines a lot.
D&L

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Comment posted by Igor Hoveijn on September 10, 2017 at 4:10 PM

Yes the repost is even better than the original: the frog slightly off-centre and the left OOF leaf counter pointing the OOF leaf on the right. Very nice.

Registered on November 2, 2015, 18 Posts, 192 Comments