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hey lemme know what you all think, i'm pretty new to photography, my dad gave me his old minolta srt-202 and a coupla lenses

this shot was taken with a vivatar 75-205mm lens with a uv-haze filter on it (just to protect the lens), natural light coming in through the window, 400 speed fujifilm, copied straight from a kodak picture cd

yea lol, wasn't sure if you guys usually request all those goodies

so yea lemme know what y'all think

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my animals
1.0.1 leopard gecko (goliath, gebco)
0.1 hypo red bearded dragon (puff the magic dragon)
0.0.1 schnieder's skink (ghandi)
0.1 white's dumpy treefrog (un-named)
0.0.1 red eared slider (carl)
0.0.1 fire belly toad (escaped..)
1.0 lop eared wabbit (oreo)
0.0.2 pink toed tarantula (mambo mambo, and un-named)
0.0.1 green iguana (iguanadonatello)
0.0.1 fantasy frog
the rest of the animals in the hizouse
1.0 westie puppy (gabriel)
1.0 plain ol' outdoor alley cat (joey)
0.1 indoor rag doll kitty (tinkerbell)
2.0 goulian finchs

I like that the eye area of the gecko is the most in-focus part of the photo, and the fact that the main subject is off center. Thanks also for the photo information. That’s always helpful. Did you happen to notice what focal length was used for the photo, aperture size, and shutter speed? Let me know if it’s unclear what I’m asking and I’ll be happy to explain further.

Things I think that would improve this shot include decreasing the area of the bark a little (will focus attention more strongly on the gecko), and perhaps flipping the photo orientation across the horizontal axis so we “see” the gecko from neck to nose left to right. I think the fact that our brains are trained to read left to right makes that orientation a little more pleasing to the eye. Also, the picture seems to have blue overtones. I took the liberty of adjusting these things I mentioned with a photo editor and reposted the resulting pic below.

Overall, I’d say you’re off to a good start with your new equipment.

Cheers,
WK

yea the focal length was 75mm i don't remember shutter speed and i'm gonna guess that th aperature was either 3.8 or 5.8, i'm pretty sure it was 3.8 put yea not positive and i'm gonna guess that the shutter speed was 60 cuz thats what i usually shoot at in my room yea, thanks for the advice the cropped and edited picture looks a lot better
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my animals
1.0.1 leopard gecko (goliath, gebco)
0.1 hypo red bearded dragon (puff the magic dragon)
0.0.1 schnieder's skink (ghandi)
0.1 white's dumpy treefrog (un-named)
0.0.1 red eared slider (carl)
0.0.1 fire belly toad (escaped..)
1.0 lop eared wabbit (oreo)
0.0.2 pink toed tarantula (mambo mambo, and un-named)
0.0.1 green iguana (iguanadonatello)
0.0.1 fantasy frog
the rest of the animals in the hizouse
1.0 westie puppy (gabriel)
1.0 plain ol' outdoor alley cat (joey)
0.1 indoor rag doll kitty (tinkerbell)
2.0 goulian finchs