Motif: Wood frog

Posted by Wil Hershberger on Mon Mar 14, 2005 7:55 pm

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This wood frog was photographed last year at this time. It has been too cold here for them to be out yet this year. I can't wait.
I used two flash units and cross polarization to reduce the reflections from the frogs wet skin.

Canon EOS-1DS
Shutter speed: 1/200 sec
Aperture: 22
Exposure mode: Manual
Flash: On
Metering mode: Center-weighted average
ISO: 200
Focal length: 180mm
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by D7avid on Mon Mar 14, 2005 11:00 pm

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This is excellent.The frog stands out nicely

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by Dennis Olivero on Mon Mar 14, 2005 11:21 pm

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Awesome Wil. I love the lack of reflections by your set up. The green stuff upper right adds alot.. Fine work..

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by Tom Whelan on Mon Mar 14, 2005 11:44 pm

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A bright eye and excellent details - impressively free of reflective highlights.

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by Ilde Noval on Tue Mar 15, 2005 2:13 am

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Nice lighting, Wil. And great technique too. Very well done.

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by Davidw on Tue Mar 15, 2005 7:22 am

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Great shot, detail super. My only nit - IMHO - I might have lowered the angle a little more.

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by Wil Hershberger on Tue Mar 15, 2005 7:39 am

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Davidw wrote:Great shot, detail super. My only nit - IMHO - I might have lowered the angle a little more.

David,
I had thought of that but, I wanted to show the patterns on the back as well as the face. I guess we have to compromise to get the shot we want.
Thanks,

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by Skip on Tue Mar 15, 2005 8:27 am

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I love this shot! Great detail on the frog and wonderful habitat.

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by Larry Kaufman on Tue Mar 15, 2005 9:00 am

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Great Image Wil. Cracks me up as it looks like he's got a watch band on! Given your comments that's one timely frog

I also have a child hood quilt to admit. I would capture frogs to use as live bait for Large Mouth Bass fishing - but with no photo's were involved.

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by Trevor Quested on Tue Mar 15, 2005 2:02 pm

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A very nice frog shot. I have trouble getting them to stand still.

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by Mike Moats on Tue Mar 15, 2005 7:26 pm

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Hey Wil, Very nice sharp image. Well done.

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by Davidw on Tue Mar 15, 2005 8:55 pm

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Hey, I missed the watch! Pretty darn cool!!

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by Fero on Wed Mar 16, 2005 3:25 am

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Very nice!

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by jorgedelucca on Wed Mar 16, 2005 2:46 pm

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Awesome shot Will! I agree that the grass adds a lot to this. Excellent details!

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by Carol Clarke on Thu Mar 17, 2005 4:57 am

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Excellent shot Will! Great light and detail - right down to the wristwatch!

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