[x]

Browse More Like This

Shop Similar Prints
This Print Not Available more ▶

More from ~SublimeBudd

View Gallery · View Prints

Featured in Groups:

#Animal-artist-united

Details

Submitted: September 19, 2009
Image Size: 3.9 MB
Resolution: 3101×2592

Link

Thumb

Statistics

Comments: 229
Favourites: 532 [who?]
Views: 6,253 (5 today)

License

Some rights reserved. This work is licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.

Camera Data

Make:NIKON CORPORATION
Model:NIKON D60
Shutter Speed:10/2000 second
Aperture:F/5.6
Focal Length:48 mm
ISO Speed:100
Date Taken:Sep 19, 2009, 5:10:33 PM

Shop For This Camera

[x]

Turtle Turtleby ~SublimeBudd

Photography / Animals, Plants & Nature / Reptiles & Amphibians

a turtle me and my wife found
while out and about lake kickapoo today

:thumb115488489:
:thumb117709110:
:thumb124296608:
:thumb130791419:
:thumb136036974:

see more of our work here..
VanD Photography
[link]

Critique by ~peterpazucha Oct 16, 2009, 4:12:48 PM

What a cute little guy and a nice capture at that.

The "pose" of your friend guarantees that he/she is not going to whiz out of frame in a big hurry. Therefore I really wish you had given consideration to Depth of Field. You used 1/200 sec @ f5.6 w/ 100 asa. So there was no need to shoot that wide open, and narrowing down your aperture would have given you a little more depth of field.

It wouldn't be necessary to have the whole turtle in focus -- I quite like the bokeh on the upper portion of shell -- but the focal point seems to be from the tip of the nose to about the back of the eye. I would have loved to have had the legs and claws in focus also.

It's a nice image that could have been stronger. I comment about the depth of field because the red spots on the legs are fighting for attention with the turtle's head which is a lower luminosity. The fact that they are out of focus leaves the eye a little dissatisfied.

As I said -- A nice image -- but a little more thought could have made it even more wonderful.

What do you think?

Fair Unfair

The Artist thought this was FAIR

4 out of 4 deviants thought this was fair.

4 Replies

Devious Rating

Vision

Originality

Technique

Impact

Critique by ~Zeke2040 Sep 22, 2009, 6:40:59 AM

Quite an interesting and beautiful capture. The composition works well as there is no where for the eye to focus other than the subject. While the body of the turtle is out of focus, I believe this works well for the shot since it again brings further attention to the more interesting features of the turtle's head and front legs. The toes could be a little sharper but that is a minor detail and does not detract from the shot. The vivid oranges in the legs and the red in the eyes look great and work well in contrast to the out of focus green grass in the top of the picture. Overall, this an awesome close-up shot of a very neat little creature!