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Common Toad (wee man!)

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Posted by Andy Astbury on September 13, 2008 at 4:06 PM
Tiny tot from the other day.

It had just stopped raining and the puffball was wet so it looks a bit 'loud'!

D2Xs
180mm f3.5macro
Full frame
ISO 100
1/5th sec f8
9 shot stack

Tanks for looking folks :toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by PhilH on September 13, 2008 at 4:31 PM
Andy :confused:

Sorry, you set a high standard and I think you may have slipped slighty here.... love the concept, but the toad looks 'placed', also I know my eyesight aint what it used to be, but master toad isn't looking too sharp.... I think....

Speak soon

Phil

:wavey:
Posted by Justin on September 13, 2008 at 5:00 PM
Nice one Andy. :smile:
Posted by John Robinson on September 13, 2008 at 8:09 PM
Been done many times before, and will always look
a little -err "set up " Like moles coming out of the ground.!
Toads don't often sit on fungus when you think about it.
Conveys the idea behind image though I suppose
Cheers
JohnR
Posted by Paul Gibbs on September 14, 2008 at 5:47 AM
Tis the season to get the macro lenses out again. While out with the 500 i noticed alot of shrooms about, and toads. Nice combination Andy, I like it, the toadlooks sharp on my lappy screen too.
Posted by Alan Bryant on September 14, 2008 at 7:53 AM
"Set up" or not, it's still a apppealing image to view.

Nice one Andy :toast:
Posted by Guy Rogers on September 14, 2008 at 8:07 AM
Hello Andy.

Its all about the picture for me and this works fine. Nice composition and detail. :wavey: :wavey: :wavey:
Posted by David Taylor on September 14, 2008 at 9:54 AM
Why don't you see fairies on mushrooms? Because they don't like sitting on toadstools. :biggrin: I suppose it's the same for toads. It's all about the image and this would be appealing to many people, including me. Very nice.

:toast: :toast:
Posted by Andy Shepherd on September 14, 2008 at 2:36 PM


Nice shot Andy, think it needs a touch more canvas on the left.

Andy... :smile:
Posted by keith mitchell on September 14, 2008 at 3:07 PM
Nice shot Andy,looks really sharp to me,like it.
Cheers Keith.
Posted by PhilH on September 14, 2008 at 3:51 PM
Just gone back and read a little more :biggrin: , noticed its a stacked image.... my original comments still stand but it looks like it could be the stack, its quite a large subject for the software to deal with, always the biggest problem was compensating for the different mags as the focus was varied through the subject, Helicon is certainly getting better with this....

speak soon

:toast: :toast: :wavey: :toast: :toast: