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Toads give you warts
Toads give you warts
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Challenge: Superstitions & Urban Legends II (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z10
Date: Jun 25, 2006
Galleries: Animals
Date Uploaded: Jun 26, 2006

 During another shoot, we came across 4 toads sitting on a set of stairs in the darkness. I was able to capture a few decent shots. This is one of them. It's not as good as I'd like but considering I was not even going to enter this week until 2am Monday morning. It's not too bad.

Statistics
Place: 51 out of 97
Avg (all users): 5.2500
Avg (commenters): 5.3333
Avg (participants): 5.1778
Avg (non-participants): 5.2606
Views since voting: 1018
Views during voting: 485
Votes: 352
Comments: 25
Favorites: 1 (view)

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07/04/2006 11:43:10 AM
Technical: 2/3
Aesthetic: 2/3
Personal Tilt: 2/3
Wow!: 0/1
 07/02/2006 07:09:20 PM
I didn;t know this
 07/02/2006 12:59:18 PM
That's a good legend - nice subject for the challenge. The lighting is somewhat extreme. Some fill flash would have brought more detail out in the toad and opened up the deep shadows some. If possible, set your flash to a negative EV value for a nice fill. Best of luck to you.
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 07/02/2006 02:30:30 AM
Ack...I don't like these creatures so bonus points for your bravery.
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 06/30/2006 11:44:40 PM
Good shot. A little fill in lighting would have made this great.
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 06/30/2006 02:58:21 PM
Great idea and well captured. Removing some noise and using the full size available (640xsomething) would help this photo a lot.
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 06/30/2006 02:35:49 AM
love this picture. how'd you get the toad to sit there?
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 06/30/2006 12:27:23 AM
I would have liked to see more detail and light to the toad
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 06/29/2006 06:49:57 PM
Ew! lol.
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 06/29/2006 06:37:23 PM
Not sure if it is my view...but this is quite dark otherwise I would have rated much higher.
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 06/29/2006 05:37:43 PM
He's so CUTE!
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 06/29/2006 03:50:30 PM
Cute shot, nice angle. Lighting could have been brighter on it's face but I'm assuming you had to act quickly.
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 06/29/2006 11:48:21 AM
The lighting highlights the warty nature of the skin, giving it texture, but I think I would prefer the subject to have better lighting from the front.
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 06/29/2006 10:13:11 AM
The toad seems a little dark
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 06/28/2006 10:42:22 PM
Very nice detail on the toad. Great dof and nice pose by the toad.
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 06/28/2006 10:28:20 PM
Great idea and nicely done, although perhaps it is a little dark? The texture of the toad's back is good though, and you might have lost some of this I guess if there was more light. It would be nice to see the eye of the toad a little better though to add more interest to the shot.
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 06/28/2006 06:51:31 PM
toad could be a little lighter.
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 06/28/2006 06:23:18 PM
Excellent the way you have caught the texture on his back there - even though it makes me feel a little ill! ;P
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 06/28/2006 01:16:07 PM
Good shot, but I think it would be nice to see a little more focus on the wall in front of the toad. Also, this shot was probably taken pretty quickly and on the spot, but there is a great deal of noise in the shadows.
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 06/28/2006 01:10:01 PM
Great composition! :) It may just be my monitor at work, but the toad seems a bit dark though. I wish I could see this awesome image with the toad better-lit.
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 06/28/2006 12:33:58 PM
Seems way underexposed. Even though the background would have been whited out, if you had compensated exposure by +1 or so, the toad would have come out much better.
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 06/28/2006 11:48:42 AM
Very cute image. If you had something reflective to give more light to this dark sise of the toad I think you would have had a much better image.
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 06/28/2006 11:39:53 AM
It's certainly an odd perspective of a toad since we usually see them sitting horizontally. Very contrasty, which IMHO cuts down on the detail on toad's skin.
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 06/28/2006 10:03:57 AM
A bit noisy. also some added light on the frog would have helped it pop more. that may have avoided the noise too.
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 06/28/2006 02:16:22 AM
Good framing. The quality is a little suspect.
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