Green Tree Frog-0001
Green Tree Frog about the size of a nickle.
Green Tree Frog about the size of a nickle.
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akhtarkhan
October 01, 2013
Very green and graphic, nice detail, good composition and superb capture. Like the shallow DOF in the backdrop. Congrats on the feature.
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davidrelph
October 01, 2013
Good f-number, the whole frog is sharp against the blurred background, great shot
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Location
This photo was taken in the garden at our home in Upstate New York. We have many small visitors as the garden includes a small pond and over 25 different types of plants.Time
Early morning and late evening are the busiest times in the garden. This photo was taken about an hour before sunset during the time of day of the golden light. Soft but still bright enough to shoot at a better depth of field.Lighting
With the evening light reflecting off the plant and the fact that it was a little over cast gave me some of the softest and even lighting to capture this image.Equipment
This little guy was photographed using a Canon 5D Mark III. Because the subject was about the size of nickle I used a Canon 100mm Macro lens. The setting were 1/160 sec, f11, ISO of 640 and I was able to hand hold the camera for the image.Inspiration
I love macro photography and because of that I spend a lot of time looking for the small things. I had never come across a tree frog this small. I have a lot of frog photos, but this one just went right because of the light, the plant it was on, and it was very content just sitting there.Editing
The image was processed in Photoshop. The only real changes that I made was to bump up the contrast a little and vignette the top part of the frame.In my camera bag
Today I am shooting the Canon 5Ds. my go to lens is the Canon 24-70mm f2.8. It's on the camera all the time. I also carry a Canon 70-200mm 2.8 and my Canon 100mm Macro. I photograph a lot of landscapes so I have also started bringing along a Canon 15mm f2.8. I use a Manfrotto MT055CXPRO4 Carbon Fiber Tripod with a ball head for almost all landscape work.Feedback
The best advise I give anyone that ask me, is to have patience and spend time looking for your subject. Sometimes the best things are the ones you have to look for. For this image I was looking for tree frogs, I was just looking through the garden. be ready, take your time and get it right. You may only have the chance for one shot. Someone once told me that "most people go through life looking through a 50mm lens, but you see the world through a 200mm lens" I believe this is true for most photographers.
