Gray Treefrog

[Andrew McLachlan]

One from this past spring. I generally don't like to shoot at this angle due to the increased number of flashed highlights that appear throughout the image, but I really liked how the frog was positioned among the dead cattail stems and the duckweed. Spent a considerable amount of time cleaning up the highlights. Photographed in a vernal pond in the abandoned cattle pasture behind my home.

Look forward to comments.

Nikon D200
Nikon 105 micro lens
ISO 100
f22 @ 1/60 sec
SB400 on home-made flash bracket

[Arthur Morris]

Neat animal, great flash technique, and enough d-o-f where you needed it. I like it!

[Steve Maxson]

Hi Andrew. This a beautiful frog - the patterning on the inflated pouch is amazing! Once again, you did a great job cleaning up flash-generated spectral highlights. Very nice diagonal comp and good sharpness where it matters most. In a perfect world, I'd like to see more DOF on the frog's body and legs, but since you're already at f/22, that's not in the cards. Overall, this is a very strong image!

[Andrew McLachlan]

Thanks guys, much appreciated!

[Bob Miller]

Andrew...love the frog skin texture and the pouch is amazing! The bg is too busy for my tastes but you probably could do very little about that!

[Ken Childs]

Wow! That's the greenest Gray Treefrog I've ever seen! You did a great job with the PP work.....no sign at all of those nasty flash highlights.

I think I see a flip hiding in this shot.

[Andrew McLachlan]

Thanks Bob and Ken for the comments, much appreciated!