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I took this picture of one of my little brother’s toads. Any thoughts?
Canon 7D
105mm
F/4.0
1/1000
ISO 500- This topic was modified 54 years, 9 months ago by .
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The composition is nice and the toad did a good job posing for you 🙂 I think you should have used a narrower aperture to get a little more of the toad in focus.
Great photo! I agree with @DanCope, Having the nose in focus, as well as the eyes with slightly sharper focus is what I would have changed. I may have composed it a little differently, here is the cropped example. I gave it a little noise reduction, and also ran a adjustment brush over the line of gravel that was in focus. This is just what I like/ may have done. Have fun! Macro is my favorite.
Hmmm, the file did not come through, I’ll try again. This size has more grain than the full size image I just tried to post.
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I looked back through my photos, and found a toad that I shot last year with an old Nikon D40x. I found some filtered light in a meadow, and set the toad on the moss. I liked the lighting on the shot to give it some depth of field, and highlight the subject. Toads are very good subjects, because they will often sit still for a while. Keep experimenting! Think outside the box.
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Thank you, all. I think the consensus is that I should have used a narrower aperture. I agree, and hope I remember next time.
Fantastic shot! I feel like going out and finding a toad to photography myself now. 🙂
Your shutter speed was definitely fast enough for this subject to move your ISO down a bit. 100 or 200 is what I would have use probably.
And great idea, @thefarmhand, to move the subject out into the light. Natural vignetting is very attractive.
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