Just Hanging

andymillsonandymillson Registered Users Posts: 147 Major grins
edited January 10, 2006 in Wildlife
OK I know it needs cropping, I just haven't come up with one I am happy with yet. The branch crossing in front of the frog is causing me problems

Taken at the reptile house at Dallas Zoo.

Thoughts/Comments etc on the picture otherwise?


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  • digital faeriedigital faerie Registered Users Posts: 667 Major grins
    edited January 9, 2006
    wow, what color! It's almost blindingly flourescent.

    with regards to cropping, how about this? (thought it'd be okay to show an example of the crop since it's hard to describe that)

    frog_crop.jpg
  • vandanavandana Registered Users Posts: 373 Major grins
    edited January 9, 2006
    WOW - Great color !! I haven't really looked at frogs closely ( ok, just kidding ! i have dissected less colorful ones in the remote past, I don't want to scare you off now !!) - but the underside is brown and boring is it ??! Cool ! I like digital faerie's crop - the black in the back is not contributing at all ..
    thanks for sharing !
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  • Frog LadyFrog Lady Registered Users Posts: 1,091 Major grins
    edited January 9, 2006
    I have to reply to this one...
    nice shot - dumpy green tree frog?

    I love the way the color stands out against the browns of the background. I think you are right about the cropf and think digital faerie is on the right track, but I also like the feel of much of the background. Maybe just crop off the dark stuff on the right?

    cheers,

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  • RohirrimRohirrim Registered Users Posts: 1,889 Major grins
    edited January 9, 2006
    Nice colors. I like the crop by d. faerie.
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  • wholenewlightwholenewlight Registered Users Posts: 1,529 Major grins
    edited January 9, 2006
    Love the colors!!! Cool frog.

    Fairie's crop helps and I thought of anther thing that might help. If you use photoshop (and other tools probably have similar tools) you might use a gradient to tone down some of that distracting background. I played around a bit with your shot (but might have used a little too much of my recommended idea) Here's my take:

    51755128-M.jpg

    My .02
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  • andymillsonandymillson Registered Users Posts: 147 Major grins
    edited January 9, 2006
    Thanks for all the comments and the idea on the crop. I know I'll be trying some things tonight :):

    I iwll also investigate that PS effect, it definitely has some possibilities

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  • digital faeriedigital faerie Registered Users Posts: 667 Major grins
    edited January 10, 2006
    wholenewlight wrote:
    Love the colors!!! Cool frog.

    Fairie's crop helps and I thought of anther thing that might help. If you use photoshop (and other tools probably have similar tools) you might use a gradient to tone down some of that distracting background. I played around a bit with your shot (but might have used a little too much of my recommended idea) Here's my take:

    My .02

    I like the lighting effect, I agree about toning it down. It really is a great shot to work with.
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