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Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted June 30, 2011250 views9 comments

Amazing what exists in nature so darn tiny you would miss it in a blink. This I assume is a baby tree frog or toad. (anybody know?) I had to be so very careful handling it as it was only 1/8" or so small. I thought a penny would be a good gauge to show the size but the colors were too close so I used a dime. i released him out back. This is about 50%crop
Canon 1DMIII
Sigma 150 mm 2.8
No time for the tripod so I upped the ISO
ISO 800 f9@1/320

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9 comments

Comment posted by Pete D on June 30, 2011 at 9:33 PM

wow - that's a small animal. Use a tripod next time (this is a personal joke regarding, ah, nevermind).

Pete D.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 590 Posts, 1794 Comments

Comment posted by Verdon on June 30, 2011 at 10:21 PM

Where did you get that big dime, awesome I would try maybe slightly different angle.... anyway amazing catch and I have to admit you got some serious eagle eye.........
and to my picture, I had set ISO on 400, thank you for your comments

Registered on June 10, 2011, 147 Posts, 1444 Comments

Comment posted by Luke Ormand on June 30, 2011 at 11:02 PM

I like this a lot - the dime gives it great scale and the placement next to "In God We Trust" is fitting. It's almost certainly not a toad (once they leave the water they don't tend to stay in upland. Doesn't look like a tree frog either (which would probably be more "plump" and have more pronounced suckers on their "feet" and "hands". It may be something akin to a Spring Peeper which would be this small. . .

Registered on February 4, 2009, 1093 Posts, 7035 Comments

Comment posted by John Tobias on June 30, 2011 at 11:10 PM

Neat image! (Is the lens you used a macro lens? Considering getting one myself) Not sure what frog this is but I could go along with spring peeper. Thanks for sharing.

Registered on September 12, 2009, 2120 Posts, 6455 Comments

Comment posted by Charlie Baugh on June 30, 2011 at 11:34 PM

I'm no help with the ID, Cheryl. Never have seen any frog or toad this small. What are of the country? Florida?

Registered on April 18, 2011, 329 Posts, 1985 Comments

Comment posted by Howard Cheek on July 1, 2011 at 11:19 AM

Excellent use of the dime to give scale, this little froggy must've just made the transition to land..So tiny :)
Interesting & creative comp with great details at the head Cheryl..
Looks like the president wins by a "nose"

Well done!

PS - Probably a Southern Leopard Frog, they're the most common..

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Comment posted by Fabio Giarrizzo on July 1, 2011 at 12:08 PM

A true close-up shot- Very nice idea and well executed- Ciao, Fabio

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Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on July 4, 2011 at 6:55 PM

Thanks

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on July 4, 2011 at 8:53 PM

Cheryl:
Very good idea to use the dime to give scale to this creature. We have a very small variety of a brown tree frog in HK as well which is slightly bigger than this one measuring around 1 cm.

Registered on September 1, 2009, 588 Posts, 8184 Comments