- suggested crop - Kalense Kid
- Suggested crop - janinewhite
Jabba?
Waxy Monkey Frog - Dec. '04 - American Museum of Natural History, NY
Most frogs like cool, moist places. Waxy monkey frogs (Phyllomedusa sauvagii) like it hot. They seal in moisture by giving themselves a rubdown with a waxy substance secreted through skin glands. Climbing to an exposed perch, they draw in their arms and legs and sleep in the sun. They awaken and hunt at night when the air temperature and the rate of water loss are lower.
Class: Amphibia
Family: Hylidae
Size: 2 to 3 inches
Food: Insects
Range: Chaco Desert of Argentina, Paraguay, and Bolivia
Habitat: Dry scrub forest
Life Cycle: Females lay eggs on vegetation overhanging water. The tadpoles hatch
and drop into the water below. Tadpoles metamorphose in 35 to 70 days
depending on food and temperature.
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source: www.amnh.org/exhibitions/frogs/featured/waxon.php
Shot with Canon 300D @ 200mm
Comments and faves
JourneyVerse, icon0815, forteller.ipernity.com, emimaru, and 128 other people added this photo to their favorites.
Will Bragg (85 months ago | reply)
great capture. Very 'regal' looking. ;)
KarenP (85 months ago | reply)
Wow, what kind of froggie is this? I love the white digits.
Pete & Jen OBryan [deleted] (85 months ago | reply)
Fantastic! All it needs is a tiny cigar.
bikeracer (85 months ago | reply)
thanks! =]
@ Karen: Don't know. =[ I always kick myself for forgetting to record stuff like that.
Gespür für Licht (85 months ago | reply)
brrr. personality he seems to have
ipernity.com/home/nicoleb / No to censorship [deleted] (85 months ago | reply)
*MUAH*
This one's scary :)
And the title fits perfect ;)
this is emily (85 months ago | reply)
what a gorgeous frog and photo!
Jeff Clow (85 months ago | reply)
This is a very cool photo image...captured exquisitely by you and your lens...
BRAVO....!
Pu®e Poison (85 months ago | reply)
hehe LooK aT ThoSe SCarY eYes ..:P
Great CaPTure aND Colors :)
bikeracer (85 months ago | reply)
Thanks! =] I did a little digging and got a good bit of info for the little dude.
jiwasz (85 months ago | reply)
That's a different perspective on the same frogs I saw at the very same exhibit. This ran at the New York Museum of Natural History late last year. Here's my image of probably the same frog. Heck, it's a 50-50 shot. There were only two:
Waxing Thoughtful
bikeracer (85 months ago | reply)
That's a great shot, jiwasz! Those frogs were probably the most photogenic due to their location in their cage and the bright lights keeping them warm. I'd say most of my other shots from that exhibit were pretty bad.
mimbrava (85 months ago | reply)
Great shot. Love the informative caption.
Lorri37 (85 months ago | reply)
Outstanding photo! Gorgeous frog. Wow!!! LOVE it! :) :) :) We would get along well, too, I try to only go out at nighttime.
* K A Z Z I E * (85 months ago | reply)
You think he will turn into a Flickr prince if we give him a flickr kiss ???
Gorgeously Green
Kazze (85 months ago | reply)
Amazing shot!
Sparkyfaisca (85 months ago | reply)
Another great shot
Esther17 (84 months ago | reply)
What an excellent capture! Learn somethin' new every day. :)
!ITSONG Admin (84 months ago | reply)
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Bien Stephenson (84 months ago | reply)
It almost looks like a toy frog...I do like the shot even with the leaf/twig you caught on the left side of the picture. The lighting on the right side seems a bit much...and its rump is blurred. I'm going to have to say "delete me" however
Tampen (84 months ago | reply)
Almost a focus problem here but a check of the original size shows that crucial eye is sharp. So a save from me.
- voted "saveme" for the deleteme group
Violet Danger [deleted] (84 months ago | reply)
deleteme. It's a technically good photo that does nothing for me.
voted as "deleteme" (from Delete me! group)
Cade Buchanan (84 months ago | reply)
Although I find the frog quite ugly the photo is wonderful, the subject in full focus with all the background out of focus giving the subject the full command of attention it deserves. I adore the different shades of green in this.
Voted "save me"
StefZ (84 months ago | reply)
It's a decent picture of a frog that does look like a Star Wars character. Only amusing if you're a Star Wars fan. If you're not a Star Wars fan it's just a decent picture of a frog
voted as "deleteme" (from Delete me! group)
Foxicat (84 months ago | reply)
Don't particularly care for frogs, but this one is cool, I like it!
voted as "saveme" (from Delete me! group)
Capital I (84 months ago | reply)
OK, so this looks like something you have to sneak up on... so I don't mind the out of focus jungle effect on this one. Freak frog too.
Good color.
Saveme
kurtosis (84 months ago | reply)
I looked at this for a while, because it was striking at first and then it looked off. Great subject, but i don't like the light on the right breast vs. the left breast. I also think it could be cropped tighter on the right.
voted as "deleteme" (from Delete me! group)
bikeracer (84 months ago | reply)
thanks for all the comments! but, again i notice a missing tag. so, i'll add it myself (not that i think that'll help)
PeterKvG (84 months ago | reply)
It's green and has a mean eye. It looks like it's putting a spell on me. A save for me.
-voted as "saveme" (from Delete me! group)
Kalense Kid (84 months ago | reply)
frog.
an amazingly difficult subject. but there's a lot of extraneous stuff in this photo that you could have deleted. that purple whatsit, the empty space on the right...
-voted as "deleteme" (from Delete me! group)
Chris.A.Lane (84 months ago | reply)
What an expresion, imagen looking like that all day. Maybe he's pissed because his check from the budwiser people has still not come through. Like the compo as it is. Saveme
eye2eye (84 months ago | reply)
I disagree with Cade, who thinks the frog is in "full focus" -- but the POINT of focus is exactly right, and the eyes have it.
Stunning impact here.
voted as "saveme" (from Delete me! group)
Hez (84 months ago | reply)
Usually I love your photos bikeracer, and this at first was no exception. Then I came back a day later and noticed the massive out of focus stick in the forground!
-voted as "deleteme" (from Delete me! group)
exmonkey (84 months ago | reply)
i like it. i'm going through a macro phase at present and I wish we had frogs like that in London.
Great colours, great frog, poor caption.
Voted saveme (from Delete Me! group)
RichardLowkes (84 months ago | reply)
kk's crop would be good...but perhaps a bit looser. It has extraordinary potential but feels a bit distracting currently.
-voted as deleteme
eye2eye (84 months ago | reply)
Tight race, man. What a cliffhanger!
Cade Buchanan (84 months ago | reply)
I know, I really like this photo so it's a bit of a nail biter watching how it goes.
Hourman (84 months ago | reply)
the subject is interesting, but the photo isn't.
-voted as "deleteme" (from Delete me! group)
clarisel (84 months ago | reply)
Hi, you've been blogged in the Green is Beautiful group blog at beautifulgreen.blogspot.com/
Congrats.
boston_camera (84 months ago | reply)
Beautiful post!!!
bikeracer (83 months ago | reply)
Thanks for all the comments, people!
bikeracer (83 months ago | reply)
This was panned in delete me, I was hoping for a second opinion.
torabisu (83 months ago | reply)
The out of focus leaves are a little bothersome, particularly the pinkish stem. I absolutely love the frog though! Maybe I'm partial because my sister used to call me toad...
T3 + Z5 = 8
(Rated by Rate Me!)
hd connelly (83 months ago | reply)
I love the way you've not only captured this fascinating little creature, but included so much information about him as well. The only thing I find a little distracting here is that one reddish bit of foliage blurred out on the left, but beyond that, this is a great capture!
T3+Z4=7
janinewhite (83 months ago | reply)
Interesting macro, although the focus is a bit iffy around the legs. I would crop it differently, but not as closely to the frog as Kalense Kid. The highlights on the head are blown. The leaf or twig out of focus in the foreground is distracting. The subject and color are very attractive.
T3 Z4
heidecraig (83 months ago | reply)
Love the frog. I agree with the crop suggestion of jgoldpac. You might not have needed that crop if you would have had just a hair more DOF. That might have dealt with the out of focus leaves noted by torabisu. Overall, a spiffy shot.
T3 Z4
eclectic echoes (83 months ago | reply)
Beautiful capture of a very interesting frog. (We have a few of them in the Mystic Aquarium right now)
I do think the medium crop suggested by igoldpac would improve this already great shot. Don't know why deleteme panned it.
T4+Z5 = 9
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Florentijn (83 months ago | reply)
the picture is good, the frog is evil i like it! i wouldn't crop. you don't want to lose the interssting natural framing of the subject.
t5+z4=9
btezra [deleted] (83 months ago | reply)
~the green in this shot is what grabbed my eye~
t3+z4=7
StefZ (83 months ago | reply)
Like the frog - don't like the crop
T3 Z4