Not a frog

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Not a frog

Postby colin_12 on Fri Dec 05, 2008 8:42 pm

This fellow was in my yard this morning as my daughter and I went down to water my plants.
She is now two and knew what it was but could not drag herself away from all the temping sticks to look at a diamond python for too long.
Anyway I would like some coment on these, all are the same image, so I want some crit on crops and the like.
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Re: Not a frog

Postby Marvin on Fri Dec 05, 2008 10:17 pm

I like the second one the best. The first is too distracting with the red stuff and the third is just too close for me, I would like to see the whole head including the tongue.
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Re: Not a frog

Postby rflower on Sat Dec 06, 2008 12:07 am

Marvin wrote:I like the second one the best. The first is too distracting with the red stuff and the third is just too close for me, I would like to see the whole head including the tongue.

:agree: Just what I was thinking Marvin.
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Re: Not a frog

Postby biggerry on Sat Dec 06, 2008 12:51 am

I reckon the tight crop would work well if you had all the tongue in the frame, maybe just back the crop off a little?

could be a frog inside? :shock:
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Re: Not a frog

Postby ATJ on Sat Dec 06, 2008 10:35 am

Colin,

I would like the tight crop if the head was a little sharper and you included the whole tongue. Otherwise, #2 is the best.
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Re: Not a frog

Postby colin_12 on Sat Dec 06, 2008 1:16 pm

Thankyou all,
That makes perfect sense.
I orriginally had the head crop a little bigger but it was past our size allowance.
I was wondering if the head being so central in #2 was working for everyone?
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