Redeye Frog - Jump

WOnderful shot.....

Mark,I looked around in your folders......there's only one thing i can say....I have a lot to learn!.thank you for sharing this wonderful work!

I'll come back if i have more time.

That's a great colletion of images you present here! You nicely show these frogs' impressive colors. If I had to suggest someting... I would be adding a bit more ambient light, that more of the frogs immediate environnement becomes visible. But those pictures are great! I would be curious to hear some more details about how you took them.

Maybe a little distracting background on the right, compared to the black on the left, BUT: Lighting, sharpness, dof, colours, timing: all wonderfull!

Very good work. There's only one thing i don't like that much.

The lighting diference between the front of the frog and the back is too much!!

Get more ambient light or use other flash units.

 

Nevertheless, very good work!!

Thanks for all your comments. This particular shot was one in million. What is your chance to catch frog jumping straight at you and be prepared to take a picture? This is a typical night animal, so you have to spend hours in very little indirect light to watch their movement and wait for a chance to get a good shot. If you wake them up during the day they behavior is very unnatural and they will find the spot to hide and sleep as soon as possible. The same thing if you turn the light on. So photo in ambient light is not going to be very interesting. I don't like to use a flash if I don't have to (here is an example 1 sec with light temperature adjusted ...http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=654669).

Specially on frogs strong flash produce too much reflection on their wet skin, so using stronger flash won't help the quality. I could adjust levels in this picture and blend the background to be more even but for some reason I wanted to leave this photo "virgin" for critique. I don't have these frogs any more (too sad story to tell) but I know I will have them again in future when I will have more free time. It takes a lot of time to maintain their "living quarters" and to keep them healthy and happy. Only then they are active every night and even getting ready to breed.

 

The best red-eyed green frog ever

This looks like a paparazzi (sp) photo of a celebrity who doesn't want to be photographed. Except of course the celebrity is a frog. Well done.

I have never given a 10/10 before, this is excellent work. I shoot a lot of wild life too and I am aware of the challenges. This is about as good as it gets.

Now that is a poster shot 10/10 a first for me. eem

Wonderful picture Love the sharp colors

You take Great photos.

I look forward to learning more about taking great photos like this one.

 

You see so many of these dang frogs these days, in calendars and nature magazines and such. This, however, is the most original shot that I've seen of one. Great!

And action!!!!!

what a great subject! nice shot!

I really enjoy all your work a great deal. This picture is just fantastic though. It is one of your definitely a great photograph. Great composition, wonderful color, and contrast. I really do enjoy all your work. You work is an inspiration.

I mean: Wow ! Woooow ! W... :-)

This is really different from the usual animal macro shots...there's action and the frog's literally "in your face"! Ever consider making it a postcard or something for children? I bet kids would love it. It even looks like the frog has an expression on its face and is looking at you. Great job!

Excellent picture!

Great job!

beautiful

very very beautiful

fantastic ... wow

A+

Great shot!

kudos to a fantastic shot

Amazing colors & excellent timing

This frog series is so colorful and vibrant. The clarity is amazing. Very nice work.