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Common Frog

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Posted by Robert Lawrence on March 13, 2008 at 6:04 PM
Common Frog
Taken in the garden last summer.
Canon EOS 30D
Sigma 100-300mm
F4.5 @ 1/180
400 asa
Posted by Paul Gibbs on March 13, 2008 at 6:23 PM
Nice shot nothing common about that. I like it, Which 100-300? The f4? Ifso did you use an extension tube?
Posted by Paul Inglis on March 13, 2008 at 6:51 PM
Hi Robert,

Lovely capture! Love the intensity of the subject! It really pops!
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Posted by John Robinson on March 13, 2008 at 7:05 PM
Great vibrancy about this shot. Same lens as I have too Great !! Great !!
JohnR
Posted by Mike Smith on March 14, 2008 at 3:03 AM
Sorry I am being pathetically thick here, is it a toad or a frog - the skin looks very warty to me :confused:

I know bugger all about amphibians living on top of a railway bank, I get toads, but not frogs in my garden so haven't seen a frog for ohhh 20 years or so!

Nice definition in the subject, but on a critical basis the setting of garden grass is distracting
Posted by PhilH on March 14, 2008 at 4:01 AM
Hi,

Tis definately a Common Frog (Rana temporaria)....

Nicely done

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Posted by Paul Thomas on March 14, 2008 at 4:48 AM
Sadly not as common as they used to be :frown:

Super image.

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Paul
Posted by Robert Lawrence on March 14, 2008 at 4:57 AM
Hello all, thanks for all the comments. Yes it is definitely a common frog and yes they don't seem as common as they once were. However we have a very small stream near us and so far I have found frog, toad and common newt in the garden, so consider myself very fortunate. The lens is indeed the sigma 100-300 f4 (one I rate very highly) and if my memory serves me correctly I used a 12mm extension tube.
Posted by Paul Gibbs on March 14, 2008 at 5:19 AM
Ahh thought as much as i think the 100-300's minimum focus distance is a fair distance.
Posted by Matt Cole on March 14, 2008 at 5:47 AM
a very nice shot, good detail and composition.

Matt
Posted by John Chapman on March 14, 2008 at 6:07 AM
Nice one Robert. :toast:
John
Aberdeen
Posted by Helge Sorensen on March 14, 2008 at 7:21 AM
Great low angle, very nice shot!
Posted by Paula Graham on March 14, 2008 at 1:24 PM
I do have a 'thing' about frogs and toads, just love them.
Gorgeous shot , well done.
Posted by Magnus Hird on March 14, 2008 at 2:24 PM
Really like this, especially the detail in the skin texture and eye
Posted by eric weight on March 14, 2008 at 2:53 PM
Great detail. the eye is especially nice, but the grass is maybe a little bit intrusive for me.

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Posted by David Taylor on March 14, 2008 at 7:25 PM
With frogs and toads in the vicinity could it be a "Froad" an intergeneric hybrid? If there is such a thing. The skin does look very warty for a frog. Very nice shot.

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