Glass frog

This photo won the 1º prize in the Portuguese National Geographic magazine
Hyalinobatrachium valeroi
Costa Rica
I used backlight to capture this transparent frog.
Nikon D200

Comments and faves

  1. mymediaeric, pintavelloso, tr1307, supaho06, and 127 other people added this photo to their favorites.

  2. guyscoop [deleted] (67 months ago | reply)

    Green and beautiful, a master piece .

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  3. mtchm (67 months ago | reply)

    wow - excellent !

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  4. Passerine (67 months ago | reply)

    WAY cool, Luis!

  5. Ricardo Alves (67 months ago | reply)

    High Five
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    mais uma excelente LUIS.
    PARABENS

  6. Beefus (67 months ago | reply)

    What an incredible image - Love the backlighting!

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  8. pintavelloso (67 months ago | reply)

    Very cool!! great work!!!
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  9. tr1307 (67 months ago | reply)

    Amazing creature and wonderful shot.

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  10. Ana Louro [deleted] (67 months ago | reply)

    Muito giro esse girino.

  11. Muchaxo (67 months ago | reply)

    Bela captura.

  12. Noinnebcd (67 months ago | reply)

    wow, that is a cool shot.

  13. le_faju (67 months ago | reply)

    Brilliant, splendid color!!!!!

  14. Matthew Fang (67 months ago | reply)

    wowoo Amazing creature .

  15. Margarida2007 (67 months ago | reply)

    Luis
    a tua galeria é um assombro.

  16. nikia (65 months ago | reply)

    I like the limited color scheme of the composition.

  17. tapperboy (65 months ago | reply)

    Thank you for sharing this amazing image :)

    faved

  18. dragonseye (65 months ago | reply)

    Wonderful photo. I had not seen pictures of this frog before this. The backlighting through the leaf works perfectly.
    I saw this great shot at Helluva Shot!!Helluva Shot!!

  19. gcquinn (65 months ago | reply)

    I love it. Excellent idea, that backlight

  20. rhane007 (65 months ago | reply)

    Thats so cool, i want one, but it would have to have a permanent backlight just like in your photo.

  21. duma_ (64 months ago | reply)

    Holy SHIT!

  22. ~Vision ~A i r y ~ © (64 months ago | reply)

    Your fantabulous flickr photo is a fave!
    Please post this beauty to the Fave My Fave pool
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  23. tgduarte (57 months ago | reply)

    Uma ra transparente?? Nunca tinha ouvido tal coisa... Grande foto!

  24. Oriol Massana (57 months ago | reply)

    Unas fotos preciosas

  25. HGHjim (53 months ago | reply)

    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Herpetology / Everything REPTILE & AMPHIBIAN, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.

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  26. Sidnei Sampaio dos Santos (52 months ago | reply)

    Que estetáculo rapaz....show!!!

  27. Kimberly_28 (51 months ago | reply)

    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called National Geographic Animal Lovers, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group! You can also check out other frog photos at NGM.com and submit this one for possible online publication!

  28. Mia_Lee (51 months ago | reply)

    incredible

  29. Serg¡o (49 months ago | reply)

    Felicidades por tus magnificas fotografias vecino!

    Nominated

    I pick this photograph to be on the cover of National Geographic
    National Geographic: Are You Good Enough?

  30. jul_ken (48 months ago | reply)

    Thanks for sharing your masterpiece. Very cool green.

  31. sgbaughn (44 months ago | reply)

    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called LMN8R, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

  32. Prïncess ElyOn (42 months ago | reply)

    sooooooooooo nice

  33. Emorelia Photography (42 months ago | reply)

    amazing shot! love these little guys

  34. João Morgado - Nature Photography (41 months ago | reply)

    Foto espectacular!!

    Muito merecido o prémio!!

    Tem de facto muitas fotografias espectaculares, adoro as suas fotografias de anfíbios!

    Sem dúvidas um dos meus Ídolos!

    Cumprimentos João Morgado

  35. Maryann's*****Fotos (39 months ago | reply)

    Truly an awesome image! Congrats on the prize--you deserve it!!
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  36. RIG PHOTOGRAPHY (39 months ago | reply)

    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called ESTAMPAS CENTROAMERICANAS - ESPIRITU DEL JAGUAR, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

    Hola,
    Te invito a colocar esta foto (u otra de tu predileccion en nuestro grupo similar a este,www.flickr.com/groups/centroamericanos/discus s/7215761586...
    De antemano quedas invitado a participar con otras fotografias.

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  37. PIPOPON (39 months ago | reply)

    excelente toma y excelente rana.

  38. Josiah Townsend (34 months ago | reply)

    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Biodiversity of Central America / Biodiversidad de Centroamerica, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

  39. palnick (23 months ago | reply)

    Really a marvelous shot, fantastic..

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  44. Mangini Adalberto & Laura (11 months ago | reply)

    Amazing capture and work!

    Meeting at Nebrownii Waterhole

    Thanks for sharing your masterpiece here!
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  45. Flight Of Littlewing (10 months ago | reply)

    Wow....Beautiful capture, and incredible color!

  46. annamorchio (9 months ago | reply)

    Fantastica!!

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