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Night time frog
Night time frog
jasondelane


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Shallow DOF V (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-450D Rebel XSi
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
Location: Effingham SC
Date: Jul 22, 2010
Aperture: F/5.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 6 seconds
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Jul 22, 2010

Out for a light night walk, looking for a good subject. Come across this guy under the backyard security light. Wanted to try a long exposure, no flash, and wanted alot of green grass and woods in the background.

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08/04/2010 04:59:50 PM
Greeting, from the critique club!

Nice composition and subject matter, I think those are the strong point of the image, but that REALLY hurts the shot is that it is, overall, out of focus. On the frog, the shot would have done MUCH better if the focus had been on his eyes and mouth, rather then his neck and back. All the interesting details of his face are blurred out, while, for some reason, the DOF is directed on his neck/shoulder area. So, it might have profited you better to use something more like f/11, then to adjust your focus manually to get the head in focus.

After the focus, the second thing that hurts the image is the lighting. All of the light is shining on the background, while just a bi falls of the frog itself. Though you probably had no control over this, I must say it would help you a lot to put this into some processing software and get some more light on the subject. Though it's a minor imperfection.

Other then those two factors, the shot is well done. Composition is great, blurred background would really help the frog pop had it been more in-focus, and catching the fog the way you did, peeking through the twigs and leaves, was just pure beauty.

Hope I was helpful!

- Jackson
 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/01/2010 07:45:09 PM
Nice job lighting this. The focus is a little off, but other than that it's a great shot!
07/31/2010 04:25:32 PM
Nice capture, I wish he were more in focus though.
07/27/2010 10:29:12 PM
great job! great detail! and angle!
07/26/2010 06:20:36 PM
Excellent composition and lighting. It's too bad you didn't get that super sharpness in the eye, or it would have been a really great photo.
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