I have been shooting for about 2 months now, and I wanted to see how I could improve.The picture is of a Northern Spring Peeper on a mossy rock, and I thought it looked like a frog's version of a forest, so I focused on the area around the frog.So critique away, and don't hold back I won't take it personally.
Thanks for looking and hopefully critiquing,
Gabrial.
Hey Gabrial awesome start! Little frogs like that are pretty difficult to photograph because they usually blend in with environment. In any case this is an interesting subject. 1. I would change the name from "forest" to "rock" or "world". The moss doesn't look like the forest to me though I'm not a frog either. I would give the picture a little more pop to start. You probably can't reshoot this one, but if you could showing more of the rock shape would tell the story a little better. Getting down on the frog's level could show more of a forest.
If you want a frog's forest, it's more important to get down to a frog's eye level than to simply include more surroundings. Also, for an image such as this, it's critical for the frog's eye to be very sharp. In this shot it's eye is outside the plane of sharp focus. Also, be sure to get maximum depth of field - as much in sharp focus as possible if you want to simulate a grog's eye view. For this sort of image you'll need extra light and a fairly small aperture.
alex108-Thank you for the reply. I agree world does make more sense.
AuntiPode-Thank you for the reply.I shoot frogs rather frequently, and I will make sure to do that in the future.
. I would give the picture a little more pop to start. You probably can't reshoot this one, but if you could showing more of the rock shape would tell the story a little better. Getting down on the frog's level could show more of a forest.