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Oh for goodness sake Rob!  How can I stop laughing at this adorable little Froggie!!!!  

What a wonderful, crazy shot and such superb use of selective focus to pop this little one right out of the image.  Love it!

These are among the most photogenic species in the world, and your photo just supports my claim a bit more. I like your choice of composition as it is quite unique. Most red-eyed tree frogs are photographed on beautiful blooms of brachs or on green foliage, this one is just different and I applaud you for the creative insight.

Nicely done.

Rob, this is fantastic. The comp, the colours, all of it. Love the selective focus, too.
(just added these guys to my bucket list...I'm going to need a bigger bucket...)

I like this one even better than your recent Red Eye Rob, great comp and spot on DOF.

Having a little chuckle to myself as I heard him say "Well hello there" even before I read the title. Wonderful DoF, he just pops right out at you.

Whatta' you lookin" at?
I love the texture in both of the Red Eyes that you have posted.
Not so much flash as to notice, nice work.

I like to call that "The Shot" period!!!! Greetings amigo!

Just delightful!

all been said Robert. just enjoying your shot and want to add my congrats

This is surely class act

Definitely an eye-catching and well-conceived shot. That said, I think it's important for people to be aware that during the day, these frogs are naturally sleeping underneath large leaves above water in order to avoid predation and conserve moisture. To me, being woken up and handled, and placed in a tree branch - as was presumably the case with this photo - crosses a line when it comes to ethics. Just my two cents...

JessFindlay wrote:Definitely an eye-catching and well-conceived shot. That said, I think it's important for people to be aware that during the day, these frogs are naturally sleeping underneath large leaves above water in order to avoid predation and conserve moisture. To me, being woken up and handled, and placed in a tree branch - as was presumably the case with this photo - crosses a line when it comes to ethics. Just my two cents...

Since nothing was said anywhere in the thread about having placed the frog there, I think this is an assumption with no corroborating data.

I agree with E.J. Taking someone to task on the basis of an assumption is decidedly unfair.

E.J. Peiker wrote:

JessFindlay wrote:Definitely an eye-catching and well-conceived shot. That said, I think it's important for people to be aware that during the day, these frogs are naturally sleeping underneath large leaves above water in order to avoid predation and conserve moisture. To me, being woken up and handled, and placed in a tree branch - as was presumably the case with this photo - crosses a line when it comes to ethics. Just my two cents...

Since nothing was said anywhere in the thread about having placed the frog there, I think this is an assumption with no corroborating data.

You're right, E.J. I don't know this for sure, nor do I like to jump to negative conclusions about other photographers. That said, having seen many groups posing these frogs over and over again in Costa Rica, I feel as though my assumption is a safe one. I usually wouldn't say anything in an isolated case, but dozens of this type of image are posted here on the forum. As I said before, though eye-catching and beautiful, these shots make as much sense as a bat flying in the midday sun. I'm surprised to not have seen someone else mentioning the science and ethics before...