A day in the woods

[andabata (Kees Guequierre)]

Just for fun, a day in the woods. Actually just 4 hours wondering about.

Dronefly

Common frog

Common toad

Musk beetle

Slow worm

Darter

Musk beetle

Grashopper

Slow worm

The woods

[paperdigits (Mica)]

Very nice (and a bit creepy!). The grasshopper photo has a very interesting frame & crop to it.

For the common frog photo, you might consider desaturating the bokeh or changing the color, as I find it to be too similar to the color of the frog.

[Morgan_Hardwood]

Nice!
It seems to be snake season - yesterday while running I almost jumped on a grass snake.

The forest photo has clipped highlights which are not white, which makes it look a bit murky. Was that intentional? http://i.imgur.com/89lBbSr.jpg

[RawConvert (Andrew)]

Interesting photos. How did you take the slow worm ones? - I thought they made a hasty exit once they realised you were nearby?

[andabata (Kees Guequierre)]

@paperdigits

Very nice (and a bit creepy!). The grasshopper photo has a very interesting frame & crop to it.

Thanks!

For the common frog photo, you might consider desaturating the bokeh or changing the color, as I find it to be too similar to the color of the frog.

I just gave it a go, not sure if i like it. It looks that it reduces the tonality of the overal image when i try that.

But ofcourse you are free to give it a go
http://shell.kees.nl/pixls/IMG_2064.CR2

[andabata (Kees Guequierre)]

@Morgan_Hardwood

Nice!It seems to be snake season - yesterday while running I almost jumped on a grass snake.

Thanks! Still haven’t managed to find a snake here in .nl. The slow worm is the closest to a snake sofar (but is a limbless lizard)

@Morgan_Hardwood

The forest photo has clipped highlights which are not white, which makes it look a bit murky. Was that intentional? http://i.imgur.com/89lBbSr.jpg

Not intentional, hadden’t even noticed it. I did push the exposure a bit to make it a bit brighter as it was very darkish, and had no tripod with me to create a multi exposure shot.

[andabata (Kees Guequierre)]

Thanks! I found the slow worm under a log. I always peek under logs as they are favourite hiding spots of toads, newts and this slow worm. It is a juvenile one, it might not realised what was happening. I hold it in my hand for a couple of minutes before it decided it had enough and slithered away. The last shot was taken whilst holding it. Had it in my right hand and had to focus+shoot with left. Not the easiest to do with a dslr

[Morgan_Hardwood]

@andabata

I did push the exposure a bit

Can’t say for sure without knowing your settings, but I would guess that its your highlight preservation tool settings (Highlight Compression if you used RawTherapee) which are a little too strong and lead to that.