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After some stern 'urging' by Rel, thought I would post this.

Not entirely happy with this due to the fact I had to use magnifying filters and consequently the sharpness and quality of this little guy is not fantastic. But what can you expect with a 2.5 cm subject and no macro.

C&C most welcome...

Soup? Indeed!

Ain't gonna get much of a feed from those little legs!!

Great shot LB, the filters will never be as good as a dedicated macro (or even extension tubes) but you've put them to very good use here. A little soft around the snout but overall a really nice composition. Good exposure given what looks like pretty dark conditions. Did you use a tripod for this one?

More please. (Add me to your growing list of 'urgers')

Ladybird, great shot and more so without macro. Great use of DOF

Ah,

they need to be at least 3cm before a Frenchman would consider its legs

Great pose, background, lighting. As Simon said, you just missed the focus for its face, but stilll a great photo, I'd be happy to have it.

well done,

André

Glad to see my 'stern urging' worked  LOL

Hip Hip - another post !!!
Well done, and of a frog - even better
Nicely done - and bloody great for the gear that you took the shot with !! You should be proud of your efforts, it's a lot easier with a macro.

Ok - I know that the eye is slightly out, and has all been covered, but had a quick play (I know, can't help myself), and if you do just a little doge here, and a little burn here, and then do a little noise removal - you can trick your eye into thinking that the shot is in focus on the eye As I say - this was done pretty quickly, but it is still your shot - just bumped up a little in the 'digital darkroom' - same as they would have done in a normal darkroom in the past

If you don't like, I'll remove it (as always)

Again WELL DONE

Rel & Damo

Nice - it's hard enough trying to find a frog, let alone trying to get it to sit still .

I think your magnifying filters should be fine for this task. To me it feels like image contains motion blur which has been sharpened, although it's a little hard to tell without the original.

The EXIF data shows 70mm, 1/30, f/5.6, ISO200. Your image would probably benefit greatly from a much faster shutter speed. Depending on your technique/steadiness a shutter of at least 1/125 would be good for 70mm on digital. Given how close you are to the subject (macro) 1/250 would be more reasonable. I'd recommend going for shutter speed first and increasing your ISO to match. If you've got some room to play, then an aperture around f/8-11 would be good too. In this case I probably would have picked something around 1/250s, f/5.6, ISO1600. A tack sharp image with some noise often better than a blurry image with less noise. Balancing these variables for the best result can be quite tricky at times.

If you use a tripod then 1/30 is in the danger zone for vibration - especially with cheaper tripods (cameras with mirror lockup can partially work around this problem).

Another option is off camera flash, but the frog might not appreciate that very much .

Thanks for the comments everyone, all much appreciated!

Rel, of course I don't mind you playing with my images. When I become a super fantastic photographer that has been published 16 times or more, then I might change my mind!

Xorl, thanks heaps for the feedback. I've since done some reading and had some handy tutorials by a fellow DSLR member (thanks Simon!) that has helped me understand a bit about what shutter speed I should be using. But what you've said has definitely added to my increasing knowledge of the skilled art of photography. I really appreciate the time you took to write your message. As for the motion blur, I did use a tripod but it's an el cheapo variety (a good tripod is on my list of things to buy). Thanks again for your comments!

Given the circumstances, a great image of a nice little fella!