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Description
Wood Frog mating season has come and gone, although there are 3 - 5 males still lurking… I went out to photograph their eggs and found this interesting scene, mixing the reality of the eggs with some striking reflections.
Specific Feedback
I set this up and cropped it to get the “V” of colors, the tree reflections and a few clear looks at some eggs. If you look closely, you’ll notice that the eggs are starting to grow (elongate). A close look also will show you some small orange critters, springtails. They live in the pond year round and are even seen walking on the ice.
Technical Details
R5, 180 mm macro, 1/10 s, f/14, iso 1600, tripod, polarizer and AI noise reduction in Lightroom. A 30 image stack to get the eggs in the lower right corner sharp.
Wow Mark what a fabulously cool and imaginative shot . Love the distorted reflections of the silhouetted trees in the spawn and water. For me, that is the shot. Whilst the tadpoles and frog spawn is I suppose the genuine subjec , it is what the camera isn’t pointed at that makes this nature shot fascinating.
What a dynamic and intriguing image. I assume the dark oblong things are the eggs. The combination of those and the bubble shapes and reflections is wonderful. The V shape of color adds a lot of pop and moves my eye through the image. This is just super!
Holy cow, that is so cool! Well done. I’m not sure what are the frog eggs (the darkest little blobs? The larger rounded shapes?). Doesn’t matter. This is truly abstract.
Mark, a wonderful & wild looking collage of pond elements. Not sure which are designated as the actual eggs but hardly matters and it brings out the “egg hunting” for all the viewers overall. The overhanging tree reflection adds to the unique view even on an individual item scale…
This is just one of those images you see and just say “Wow!”. The underlying color , the eggs, and the tree reflections just adds layer upon layer to the abstraction, well seen and masterfully executed!
@Ian_Cameron, you’re right. While I left the house to take “frog egg” pictures, when I saw those tree reflections, I knew eggs were no longer the prime subject.
@Chris_Baird, @Bonnie_Lampley, the black “lumps” are the growing tadpoles. They are in the center of a clear jelly (which is what’s doing the reflecting).
Wow, what a neat shot, Mark! I am enjoying your images taken around water about as much as I enjoy your ice photos! So much detail in the bubbles with reflections, yet the frog eggs below the surface are readily seen. Great shot!
I got behind here and didn’t get a chance to comment on this but the thumbnail caught my attention right away. I think this is an absolutely outstanding image!! The tree reflections and the distortions that are reflecting them are just wonderful!! The colors are appropriately subtle with the shape of the green and gold adding a very compelling feature. Simply wonderful!!!
This is super cool! I love all the little details and the muted blues and patches of color scattered throughout the picture. I never knew frogs’ eggs looked like this
This reminds me of another image from last year: ice over leaves with these interesting orangey and olive colored shapes. Really nice, Mark. I don’t have anything to add to what was said above except that I’m glad someone mentioned the tree reflections. I was briefly distracted by the reflected light, and then I looked into the reflections.
I don’t know how I missed this but I’m glad I came across it again, Mark. This is such a good composition using the reflected trees colors and the “V” that you talk about. Each. of the divots or rings has such interesting veins coming out of them. They feel so alive. I love the orange/yellow mixed with the green and the blacks to create a colorful and high contrast scene. I find the black in the ULC pulling my eye a bit as that corner feels a little bit heavier than the rest of the image. You might dodge that a little bit…or not. Gorgeous image and something I’d likely frame up.
