Chorusing Gray Treefrog Finds Friend

[Andrew McLachlan]

A chorusing Gray Treefrog with a small Caddisfly resting on its head.

Cloned out numerous flash generated highlights.

The only reason I can think of for using ISO 400 was that I forgot to set it back to 100...I always use ISO 100 for my night-time frog photography as I am using flash.

Nikon D800
Nikon 105mm Micro
ISO 400
f22 @ 1/60 sec
SB400 on a Wimberley F-2 Macro Bracket

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[Jonathan Ashton]

Whoa this is special! Great exposure and colours the potential prey of course really enhances the image. My only criticism - and this is almost universal in frog shots, the DOF is just a tad short. If the feet were sharp I would be running out of compliments!

[Gabriela Plesea]

Stunning image Andrew! At first glance I thought this was a frog with a proboscis! Then I put my glasses on and saw what was going on:bg3: Love the colours, and I do not really mind the OOF bits. Great capture!

Kind regards,

[OvidiuCavasdan]

Very nice colors, good sharpness and very nice detailas within dof. The fly makes this special. Very good job on exposure and flash. I like this a lot!

[Jerry van Dijk]

Very special situation (that fly is a true daredevil!) and very nice details on the frog. I agree with the comments on the DOF. I'd consider toning down the bright piece of wood in the BG.

[Steve Maxson]

Hi Andrew. This is a very nice photo of a singing tree frog - but the caddisfly takes it up another couple notches and makes it unique! Nice job, as usual, removing the flash-generated spectral highlights. I would agree with Jerry about toning down the stem in the URC - a minor tweak. Very well done!

[Andrew McLachlan]

Thanks for the comments folks, much appreciated and will do on the stem.