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Hello Thank you for viewing my photo. This little guy was hopping around

behind my house and I grabbed a few photos of him. I found it difficult to

take photos of him because he was very fast.

Please view larger, and also take a look at the other two photos of him I

uploaded and let me know which one you like best.

I am new to macro so any tips, tricks, or suggestions are very welcomed.

Best regards Kyle!

PDE

Hi Pierre,

I am grateful that you took the time to view my photo and leave a kind comment. I am happy to share my experiences with the world of macro and it is even more fulfilling when someone appreciates the photos I take. Hopefully it stays somewhat wet here in the desert this summer and I see more of these little fellows hopping around. 

Cheers,

Kyle

I'm a big herp photographer myself.  I haven't had much opportunity to photograph Western species myself. Is this in your hand?

I like the critical focus.  I know this is going to sound REALLY picky, but I think it somehow would be nice if the catch-light were further down or in the middle of the eye.  It would look a touch more animated that way IMHO.

Douglas,

Thank you for critiquing my image. I really appreciate your comment. I can see what you mean about the catch light, I agree with you that it would have been nice to have it lower on the eye. I really struggled when adjusting the exposure for this photo as I found either I got really good eye detail lower on the eye and the rest of the frog was over exposed or I had good exposure on the body of the frog but his eye was a little bit darker than I wanted. 

I was not holding this guy in my hand, that is actually my wife's hand. She is very patient with me when I see something amazing to photograph and will help me out. 

Cheers,

Kyle