You have to admire them !, full blown passion in water that had ice on it last week and is still only 4 to 5 deg , I take my hat off to them. About 30 or so have emerged from the bottom of my pond with one thing on their minds so over the next week or so the activity will grow along with gallons of frog spawn, happy days, it’s almost spring.
50D ,300/f4.160th/f8,ISO 400. Resting on flower pot (6 inch ).
Posted by Brett Lewis on March 14, 2010 at 6:27 PM
I think there is going to be a mass breeding explosion this week.. Everything has started late and this sudden change in Temp will set everything off.. Nicely done.
I find that when I photograph frog/snakes in the water it often helps to use a CP filter to help reduce the glare from the water and might have helped you here. Just a tip that's worth a try.
Kind regards,
Brett
Posted by Andy Shepherd on March 14, 2010 at 6:32 PM
There's a caption in there somewhere Bob nice image and some good advice from Brett.
Andy...
Posted by Mark Davies on March 14, 2010 at 6:41 PM
Advice well noted here too. Nice behavioural shot.
Posted by John Robinson on March 14, 2010 at 6:52 PM
Different approach and it works.Good one.
They have all spawned here and most of it got frosted.
JohnR
I like this very much. I agree you could use a CP but I disagree that it would improve it.
What I think is key to the success of this image is the contrast between the out-of-water frog and the activity lurking indistinctly beneath the surface. Remove that 'veil' of surface sheen and you kill this image stone dead.
The mystery of the world beneath the surface really comes over in this image simply because of its indistinct rendition. As it is, the emphasis is firmly placed on the top animal and its eyes, and if the lower portions were more clearly shown that whole aspect of the image would be lost.
Discussion
10 replies50D ,300/f4.160th/f8,ISO 400. Resting on flower pot (6 inch ).
I find that when I photograph frog/snakes in the water it often helps to use a CP filter to help reduce the glare from the water and might have helped you here. Just a tip that's worth a try.
Kind regards,
Brett
There's a caption in there somewhere Bob
Andy...
They have all spawned here and most of it got frosted.
JohnR
Good pic Bob but it would be interesting to try it again with a polarizing filter.
Tim
Nice caputre
Calum
What I think is key to the success of this image is the contrast between the out-of-water frog and the activity lurking indistinctly beneath the surface. Remove that 'veil' of surface sheen and you kill this image stone dead.
The mystery of the world beneath the surface really comes over in this image simply because of its indistinct rendition. As it is, the emphasis is firmly placed on the top animal and its eyes, and if the lower portions were more clearly shown that whole aspect of the image would be lost.
This is a lovely image (as it is imho).