Osteocephalus Tree Frog

[Andrew McLachlan]

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An Osteocephalus species of Tree Frog as it emerges from it's breeding pond to begin life in the canopy of the Amazon Rainforest near Tarapoto, Peru. This is a fairly common species that will be encountered during my 2019 photo tour in Peru. Check out the Workshop forum for details.

Nikon D500
Nikon 105mm Micro Lens
ISO 100
f22 at 1/60 sec
Nikon SB400 on a Wimberley F-2 Macro Bracket

Looking forward to comments and suggestions.

[Ravi Hirekatur]

Lovely image! nice diagonal composition that leads to the eye with sharpness throughout.

[Steve Maxson]

Very cool to see this with the tail still present! Good sharpness and lighting. Did you have to remove a lot of flash-generated specular highlights? (Looks great as presented.)

[John Mack]

Very nice. The flash is well balanced and the detail is great. The only thing i would suggest is a little more room behind.

[Andrew McLachlan]

Thanks folks for the comments!

[Andrew McLachlan]

Very cool to see this with the tail still present! Good sharpness and lighting. Did you have to remove a lot of flash-generated specular highlights? (Looks great as presented.)

Thanks Steve...yes I did have to remove a few flash highlights and also a considerable amount of dirt from the tail :)

[Arthur Morris]

Wicked with a wicked eye. Will it lose the tail?

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[Andrew McLachlan]

Thanks Arthur! Yes it will absorb the tail for additional nutrients as it completes the metamorphosis. This was about one inch in length. It will grow to a 2-3 inch adult.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Whoa Andrew how did I miss this one! What a super image, I usually dislike black backgrounds but in this case it works very well indeed. The image is rendered very well focus is bang on and detail is excellent. I do have slight reservations over colour balance, i have attached a repost for your consideration WDYT?

[Andrew McLachlan]

Thanks for the kind words Jonathan. I think the colour balance in your repost may have gone a bit too far off of the natural tones of the tadpole. I will revisit the RAW file and double check that compared to my optimized file.