Thanks, Frank. I like the photo, but is it far from what I want it to be. I posted it here for comments, so I could get some ideas of how to make it stronger before I put a lot more time into it.
There are a few things about the image that make it hard to work with: It was taken early in the4 morning. The frog was in the shade. The frog is under several inches of water in my pool. Since the pool filter was off all night, there are a lot of bits of pollen, dust and hair on the surface of the water, that detract a bit from the enlarged image. Therefore, the ISO is extremely high, and the focus is not quite sharp enough. I had to play around a lot in PS with levels and contrast to make it even slightly presentable. I intend to start all over again, perhaps in LR4. BTW, the background is one of the steps into the pool. It is patterned and a bit rough, in order to make it less of a slipping hazard. Thanks again for your helpful comments. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 8:30 AM, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > Very cool! What surface is it walking on? Almost looks like a mattress or > something? Whatever it is I think it really adds to the photo - not so strong > as to distract but visible enough to be a subtle yet interesting element. > > Very good photo but two little nits: Might crop a bit off the top and an even > tinier bit off the left to get the frog a bit more off-centre and make the > photo a bit more dynamic. > > And I find the photo a bit dark, but since I am looking at it on my android > you may take this criticism as worth a grain of salt. > > All in all, though, a wonderful photo! > > cheers, > frank > > "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- > Christopher Hitchens > > --- Original Message --- > > From: "Daniel J. Matyola" <[email protected]> > Sent: September 27, 2012 9/27/12 > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Subject: PESO: Frog > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16474954 > > Comments are invited. > > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
