Still a Frogby
briandsdComment by purpleflutterby13: Greetings from the Critique Club.
Aww, what a cute image! I think it fulfills the challenge in two different ways - the frog is obviously very still (especially since you managed to get that picture with a 1.3 sec exposure), and there's also the sweet fairytale take on it - the little guy looks sort of sad, and longing, and he's staring into the distance as if waiting for someone to turn him back into a prince... So if any of the low votes are dnmcs, I think they don't know what they're talking about.
Technical stuff:
-The lighting isn't great. Most of the image appears to be in shadow, which doesn't work well. Understandably, you didn't actually have control over this, but it would've brought the mark down. (where's a flash with a softbox when you need one...)
-I think the composition works well. I like how the frog forms the diagonal of a square crop. As has been commented on, the OOF leaf at the bottom does act as a distraction. Also, I think it might have worked better without the big second leaf which covers up the flower petals at the bottom right. Also, as someone commented, it would have been nice to see the frog's face, but I do think the image works well as it is.
-Not sure about the aperture. In a way it's nice to keep the entire image sharp, but a part of me thinks this might work pretty well as a bokeh. No idea really (just a thought).
Anyway, hope this helps, and well done on a great capture!
Jelena
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