N. Pacific tree frog

Clone out the leaf, drop the lower crop to include the toe pad, and you have yourself a winner. It would be even better if there were more room. A small couple of nits on an otherwise good presentation.

Hi Jeff. I can see why this is one of your favorites. I like the eye level perspective and the detail, and I am amazed how close you got, and the magnification you achieved, with a 60mm lens.Impressive. Yes, if I had my druthers, I would prefer a bit more room at least at the bottom and in front of the frog. As for the leaf, I am not sure that I did or would have noticed the leaf until I read your comment. The leaf sort of blends in with the background, so I don't think it's a major issue. On the other hand, cloning it out should not be too difficult. Thanks for sharing.

Phil, unfortunately I cut the toe off in the initial capture, I only cropped left, right and top. Here's the full frame for reference for any cropping advice. I cropped from the front to deemphasize the leaf and from the back because of the whitish blotch which was the OOF roof of a house across the street, then from the top for balance, but I'm just making all that up so any advice/opinion on it would be great.

Scott - your comment about getting close brings up another question for me I hadn't actually thought about with respect to this picture. While not set up or posed, it's a frog outside my front door that my kids were chasing around in our bushes, that I took a picture of during the course of that when it ended up in nice light. It's very possible I got as close as I did because I wasn't actively trying to net it with a little green net at that moment. It seems like some sort of disclaimer would probably be appropriate for a shot like this of a "fussed" subject. Or perhaps just not posted at all - what do you think?

Jeff, I have no problem with posting the image, and I don't think any disclaimer was needed based on your description. That's a personal thing, of course. I would disclose if it was an actual set up shot and/or used a captive subject, even one captive only temporarily. This one was not "captive," but only chased by your kids. Maybe that's a fine line.

Having seen the repost, I would be inclined to clone from the top and back (right) as you did in the original post, but not from the front (left), and I would clone out the small leaf, leaving the larger leaf as is. However, I think your original works as well.

Thanks so much for the follow-up Scott. I've been playing with the clone in PS5 and clearly my skills are poor, particularly with something like this that has multiple edges impacting other items, but I'll hopefully put up another repost soon with the clone and crop you're recommending. If I get really ambitious maybe I'll try to "add canvas" and give him another half toe :)

Okay, here's a clone attempt. Also slightly more on top and in front, but I couldn't do a good job cloning out the small leaf where it runs into the big one, plus it looked a little odd to me with all that room in front, so I stayed with a crop in front, but without the little leaf. thanks for the comments.

Looks good to me, Jeff! As you make progress, cloning will become easier. The secret for me has just been practice. I called it play, which helped.

Jeff, I like it better without the leaves. Nicely done.

Very good capture, Jeff, and nicely accomplished cloning in the repost. It's fun watching your skills advance and be applied to your photography. You're asking good questions, too, which helps the NPN group to give you targeted advice. Good going!