Baby Dragon

[Samsonite]

I took this shot whilst camping last week, the lizard was on a wall in an awkward position, so I have had to crop the picture, I then played around with shades / highlights and detail / clarity.

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Comments and Criticisms?

 

[Hminx]

Hi Sam I think this would have been a much better composition had the lizard been facing you and the eyes sharp, but I guess such are the trials and tribulations of dealing with wild life. The sharp boundaries between the in and out of focus areas look very artificial and seems a part of your PP work. this doesn't really work for me as is, perhaps you could try feathering the boundaries a bit.

 

[Samsonite]

Ye the blend is very visible, i guess that I get for trying to rush it in Lightroom....

 

[Rexer John]

Just had a look at the exif data. f8, 400th shutter speed.

The shutter speed hasn't maxed out so you could have (should have) used a larger aperture.
Creating bokeh should only be used if the shot cant be taken with a large aperture, not always possible when a qick photo oportunity presents itself though.
Nice lizard and texture.

 

[wud]

What a cute little guy!

The blend needs to be feathered more out, I agree very much. And then I would use a dodge tool on the head and on the eye, its too dark and that is the part you wanna have focus on.

But a nice picture, and I like the position. Would have been better if you have asked it to move so it faced the sun, but not sure he would have done it Hope you saved the original image, so you can try editing again.


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[Samsonite]

I use Lightroom, don't think there is a dodge tool?


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