Had lots of trouble photographing this little bloke. Let's call him "Jeremy".
Where : Turramurra, New South Wales
When : Tuesday, 23rd October, 4-30pm
Weapon : Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ3
Well, Jeremy is not so little. He would fit in your hand, but only just. I am sure he is just a common garden frog, but I am not sure what sort.
We have lots of "Jeremys", noisily "bock-bock"-ing away all night, attracted by the numerous little pools and water collections in our garden. Jeremy was in a bucket ... and could not get out.
He is beautifully marked and camouflaged as you can see. This is great for him, but makes a photograph very difficult to capture when he is sitting in the environment that complements his markings, even to the dappling of the afternoon sunlight.
I could get within macro distance, but his breathing rooted the focus; this was taken at about 1 metre on 10x zoom. No flash. Some of the light is real slime reflection and glisten. I am using Photoshop - but a novice - what image adjustments would you make to this original image (I have only resized it).
Anyone know what variety of frog he may be - location, east coast of NSW, Australia ... and of course we are in Spring here, not Autumn.
Oh yes - how did I get him out of the bucket ? Didn't want to touch him, as they give you warts {grin}, so I just tipped the bucket over, and ran.
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