Gray tree frogs like my deck. This one I have now and the one in NH. While I often hear these little guys in the “wild” I’ve never seen one in more natural surroundings and since I don’t want to handle them, I leave them where I find them and this one was smack in the middle of the floor.
The whole scene is basically colorless to begin with, so I cranked everything to the right in processing and I think it works. I hardly ever do this kind of thing so it’s cool that it fits with this weeks’ theme. It was taken in 2020.
PS. I don’t handle amphibians unless I have to. Not because they’re slimy or gross, but because their skins are highly permeable and I don’t want them to absorb stray toxins that could be on my hands like bug spray or cleaners. Plus it stresses them and who needs more stress?
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Ideas, impressions and opinions are good.
Technical Details
Is this a composite: No
Handheld (the camera, not the frog, lol) but basically resting right on the floor
Lr for the high-key look & B&W conversion, and a bunch of texture & clarity. A tiny crop. That’s about it.
Nice job Kris. When I zoom in, the frog’s texture has a 3D feel to it. Nice job capturing that. I think the high key processing probably emphasizes the 3D effect. I can see why he is hard to spot “in the wild” since he can be so superbly camouflaged.
thanks @David_Bostock, @kelly_cole & @Mark_Seaver - they camouflage very well and can even turn nearly completely green. Their trilling song is always a welcome sound in the spring.
