Happy Snappy
by redmoon

Comment:
one of my favcourites this challenge. just to nitpick, it's a bit overexposed on the camera body

Look it's me your 350D!
by bigj

Comment:
nice. sharp image, and i like the fisheye effect (or you got one hugeass lens on the end of your camera :P

Say Cheese
by Blue_Moon_Cat

Comment:
haha awesome idea. just wish a little more of him was in focus, otherwise excellent idea

I choose to take this photo Now
by owen

Comment:
I can see mirrors were involved... but i really want to see how you did this one :)

technically, i just wish the camera was a little sharper... and i think its time to blow out the dust :P

shooting me shooting you
by hopper

Comment:
Love the sharpness, and the idea. very well done

As Silent as a Painted Ship, upon a Painted Ocean.
by raish

Comment:
not sharp, and a lot of detail lost on the camera

Rising Sun
by lambie83

Comment:
photo is too small, and i'd have preferrd to see whole camera. also obvious you used a mirror

Final Resting Harbour of Yesterday's Transport
by diablo2097

Comment:
Since i can't figure out how to edit my initial comments, i'd really like to say thanks to everyone who gave me a vote, and it's my best finish by far, and i'm very happy :)

initially i wanted to remove the guy and other distracting elements, but in a way i guess its lucky it was a basic editing challenge, and now i know that the dude might be something to keep for a final version.

RRRRRibbit!
by mimsydotes

Comment:
Critique Club

Composition
Excellent composition, placing of the frog is perfect. i really like the contrasting shadows and light, but the only thing is i'd have really liked to get rid of the shadow covering the backside of the frog. Also, i like the leading lines of the leaf. The texture of the frog shows up really nicely.

Technical
DOF is good, but the back of the leaf is a bit oof in a distracting way, not najorly, but just a little. Lighting is great, bringing out frog texture. Picture is overall technically quite nice.

Post processing
Firstly, i have to say... the DPC size limit is 640!!! please use all 640 pixels, as I think you would have lost a lot of votes because of this. Love the colours, you've got those down really nice. Personally i used to like borders, but i'm not sure if this would be better with or without. Personal taste i guess. In terms of sharpening, i'm not sure if you went a teensy bit overboard on the frog, as he's looking a little bit pixelated near his head, but thats just nit picking.

Hope this helped, and i think the biggest 2 things to improve shot would be, a) bigger photo, b) no shadow on frog's butt.

Enjoy, and feel free to pm me

Salt n Pepper Combo
by diablo2097

Comment:
thanks for all the comments guys, especially the one about sea salt crystals... i was too busy thinking how to use something other than pepper thats smaller to match the salt, but didn't think of using rock salt instead and keeping the pepper :(

Ah well, my best finish so far, and hopefully there'll be better finishes to come :)