p.1 #1 · Glass frog on glass - from above and under
I have been debating about posting 2 particular images from Costa Rica on this board. They are from a so-called glass frog, which is tiny, semi translucent frog and quite common in CR. I posted several images of this frog here previously. While photographing the frog in its habitat, including light coming through while the frog was perching on the leave, I was thinking out loud of getting some images of the frog on a piece of glass pane. Our guide didn't say much and to my surprise he pulled out a piece of glass. Apparently, some folks tried that before and so, he was prepared .
Up to that point, I limited the extent of my photography to capture of what would be encountered under its natural living conditions and maybe enhanced the circumstances somewhat but a piece of glass was definitely not in the repertoire. I figured, this is a rare opportunity and for the sake of photography, the heck why not . So, I did take a few images of the frog from the top and below of a piece of glass. A little of frog anatomy won't hurt, I figured .
Thank you for stopping by and please feel free to C&C,
Joshua
p.1 #2 · Glass frog on glass - from above and under
Absurdly good and really interesting....all well photographed and beautifully presented. There is absolutely nothing wrong with being ingenious and thinking out of the box.
Eric
p.1 #3 · Glass frog on glass - from above and under
Just wonderful images presented in such tasteful manner, Joshua! The glass pane was certainly a creative thought, and glad you were able to execute it in the field. As good as the first two images are, the last two are just stunners and I would expect to see them in a publication. Excellent!
p.1 #6 · Glass frog on glass - from above and under
eyelaser wrote:
Absurdly good and really interesting....all well photographed and beautifully presented. There is absolutely nothing wrong with being ingenious and thinking out of the box.
Eric
Thank you, Eric! Just trying to be sensitive... well, it is a photography forum anyway.
mitesh wrote:
Just wonderful images presented in such tasteful manner, Joshua! The glass pane was certainly a creative thought, and glad you were able to execute it in the field. As good as the first two images are, the last two are just stunners and I would expect to see them in a publication. Excellent!
Mitesh, I appreciate your stopping by and your thoughtful comment.
Ted ellis wrote:
Very cool Joshua.
Thanks, Ted! Tropical frogs are high on my list, too .
morris wrote:
I love the first Joshua and am also found of the last two.
Morris
Morris, I thank you very much for your kind words.
p.1 #7 · Glass frog on glass - from above and under
These are all great Joshua.
I was reading an article in WildPlanetPhotoMagazine from a macro wildlife shooter who wasn't fond of any manipulation of frogs and other small critters that he photographs. I'm not sure if that is a common opinion as I know in CR the lodges collect the frogs to display them in the morning so none of it is truly natural.
Of course this brings up the same sort of debate/arguments we get into if we start to discuss baiting...so I won't start to go into it here.
After reading that article I started to question what I will do for my one day at a "frog lodge" when I'm in CR in April. I'm not sure if the methods practiced at these lodges is detrimental to the frogs or not??
p.1 #9 · Glass frog on glass - from above and under
arbitrage wrote:
These are all great Joshua.
I was reading an article in WildPlanetPhotoMagazine from a macro wildlife shooter who wasn't fond of any manipulation of frogs and other small critters that he photographs. I'm not sure if that is a common opinion as I know in CR the lodges collect the frogs to display them in the morning so none of it is truly natural.
Of course this brings up the same sort of debate/arguments we get into if we start to discuss baiting...so I won't start to go into it here.
After reading that article I started to question what I will do for my one day at a "frog lodge" when I'm in CR in April. I'm not sure if the methods practiced at these lodges is detrimental to the frogs or not??
Thank you for your "thumb" and intriguing input, Geoff
I always strive not only to get best possible images but also to render my images to look different, at least somewhat but the realm of possibilities for doing that is fairly limited. The way I look at it, I wouldn't mind doing some kind of enhancement or increasing the odds as long as it looks natural or it occurs naturally in nature. And this, at least the first two images do not. Hence my hesitation and it is surely borderline, even for me 😁. Just for the sake of photography.... ✌️.
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p.1 #10 · Glass frog on glass - from above and under
p.1 #13 · Glass frog on glass - from above and under
A beautiful set of images! The glass images are unusual and interesting. Clever idea combined with a well prepared guide. The 90mm lens looks good and the noise performance of the camera at 1600 ISO looks very good. Did you do any noise reduction?
Dave
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MedicineMan404 wrote:
Amazing photography. I don't know what else to say.
Robert, I am flattered - thank you!
dclark wrote:
A beautiful set of images! The glass images are unusual and interesting. Clever idea combined with a well prepared guide. The 90mm lens looks good and the noise performance of the camera at 1600 ISO looks very good. Did you do any noise reduction?
Dave
I appreciate you kind comment, Dave! I did run the images through dnoise, a noise reduction plugin from Nik Software or Google now.
canon.eos30d wrote:
That is insane, Joshua. Crazily awesome shots.
-Tam
Tam, thank you so very much for your flattering comment!
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