Blowing bubbles - female green frog

[Randy Stout]

Taken this evening in my pond. This is a female, although hard to tell from this angle! She was sitting on a ledge in the pond and the waterfall generates lots of bubbles, which often stick to the frogs. I generally try to avoid shots with the bubbles, but thought this one was too funny to pass on. I was also struck by the various scratches she has, under her left eye, and on the right snout.

Olympus EMF 60m Macro f/10 1/40s ISO 1600 handheld ( kind of, I was resting my hand on the ledge in the water)

Post: Full frame, cleaned up several specular reflections, selective sharpening.

Thoughts always appreciated.

Cheers

Randy

[Jonathan Ashton]

Lovely quality to the image very little noise and lovely natural colours.

[Diane Miller]

I love it!! The arms and hands (do frogs have arms and hands?) are wonderful, and of course the bubbles are amazing -- could almost be OOTB!

[Ron Conlon]

Very cute, looks like she is enjoying herself.

[Steve Maxson]

This is a pretty unique shot, Randy! Cool bubble and interesting distortions of the front feet! You might consider a little more selective sharpening around the frog's right eye. :S3:

[OvidiuCavasdan]

Really nice! Clean image, good colors and details, the bubbles are great. I like this!