Lemme catch him!

[mara-nootie]

Canon SX30is
f/5
ISO 400
Focal length 60 mm
8/30/11

My first post, so yall be nice. I know that I tend to like darker photographs and any picture with this baby in it is a keeper for me...that being said it seems like the frog is about the same color as the tree. Just wondering what yall think. I'm new to photography dont really know what to do but live and learn!

Thank you

[ishootRAW]

Hi and wecome to dps. Defiantly Look around the technique threads and participate in the weekly assignments, and you will get better.

Your composition is actually rather good. Although perhaps a bit wider crop. The thing that kills this photo for me is the lighting. Was this taken at night? On what mode? The use of on-camera flash has caused the hand to be overexposed while the frog in underexposed. I would suggest that a little post-processing lighten the frog would help a lot.

[mara-nootie]

Thank you for your input...I forgot what mode it was taken in...oops and it was almost dark. I love the site...I stay on here for hours at a time..lol

[rokclmb]

If you look through the EXIF info on flickr you can find the mode the camera was set. According to Flickr it was set: Aperture-priority AE