If Ann Geddes Photographed Tree Frogs Sleeping............

Rich that is so cool! I love the little tree frogs...we don't have them here or at least I never saw any but remember they sticking to the windows when it rained when I lived in Florida.

Love your photo. It's great when you can catch nature posing for you.

What a cute little thing!

Thanks! Not sure which type "tree frog" it is,since we have an invasive species too, the Cuban Tree Frog,which is much larger, so I'm hoping this is one of the good guys............

I'll look for him again tonight!

Rich

This is gorgeous!! Such a sweet little froggie. Did you find the tripod was not needed? I see you added artistic effects, which are beautiful here. I adore amaryllis, which bloom here over the winter holiday season. I guess in Florida, you have different blooming times.

It's ok if he eats a fly or a bee, but stand guard so he doesn't eat a hummingbird! (Larger preying mantis do exactly that, but I doubt that this guy is big enough. But maybe!)

How did the original image turn out? I'd like to see it.

Suzanne,

"you're fish is my command!" LOL!





Patricia,yes I needed the tripod since this was pretty low light. It was ISO 1600 and F5.6 and 1/64 second. Which is pushing what I can hold steady, down on my hands and knees. I needed the F5.6, to get a tiny bit more depth of field, of the stamens were way out front of the flower and I wanted some detail.

These guys just bloomed 2 days ago and I was waiting for the flower to "peak" when I saw this frog. I've got a few other bulby types getting ready to bloom!

Rich

Thanks for the explanation on how you got this! I like the original photo, too!

If Ann Geddes ever photographed a tree frog sleeping - we could say goodbye to the keywords "tree", "frog" and "sleeping". :-)

Must be nearly spring time

Thanks Frank. It's neat to see the cute little guy with the big sleepy eyes in the photograph you can see a bit more of him. Nice image, it looks right out of the camera, do you not edit it for stock reasons?

Patricia,

Yes the original is nice, but I thought I would add the effect and help it stand out from all the other tree frogs sleeping in an amaryllis! LOL!

Jim, I think I know my direction in life now, got any tree frogs I can borrow?

Andy, What's Spring? Here in Central Florida, we go from not winter to summer!

Suzanne, I'm being frank with you, my name isn't frank! LOL! What do you mean for stock purposes, you mean here?

Rich

Rich...a winner!

Way cool.

JC,

Can you tell if it's a native species? Or too young?

Rich

Well Frank...err Rich oops! .How can it be too young? If it were young it would be a tad pole! I thought people living in Florida would know these things. Lol I know you think it looks like one of the Ann Geddes babies but it IS a FROG!

Since you went to all the trouble to set up a tripod and took a great image I think most would like to see the photograph since it is a bit unusual. The paint programs can look generic and made up, but who's got a photograph like that?!! I'm just say'in.

Here it is I think it is a great photograph although your file would look better since mine is a screen shot that I edited and put in a protected gallery:

Wow! Great find and great shot Rich!

Matt

Suzzette,

Sorry, Suzanne, Here's the thing about frogs and other things that grow as they age. This is probably an immature tree frog and hopefully a native species, not the invasive Cuban tree frog,which I dispatch when I find them.

Just wait a few days and I bet you see some infant.sleeping in an Amaryllis!!!

So as far as stock, what do you suggest?

Rich

Rich - what a great capture!

Can I share the original photo on FB? I like it better, but you have a safe filter on it. If not, I'll share the painted one.

Love frogs...great photo....never seen a frog inside a flower before 😀

See what I mean, you already have people clamoring for your original image! I thought you had the image unedited in your gallery for reasons of stock since some photogs don't edit their stock images. Suggestion, when you set up next time put some white or a reflector angled onto the front of the flower, and we may see it in the next issue of National Geographic!

When was the last time you heard the name Suzzette?!! Lol Next time I want to see a baby I'll go in the back yard, there are some cabbages back there...

Patricia,

Sure, but nothing has been doen to the original! IF YOU MUST,then let me fix a few things,let me know and I'll work on it and then repost it.

Maria,

Thank you! Just to always have your eyes open to images,just waiting to be found!

Suzanne,

The image was un-edited since SOMEBODY asked for it! LOL! NOW, I guess I need to edit it a bit and then upload the fixed image!

Rich

Great capture Rich, I'm jealous...we don't have cute little frogs like that in my neck of the woods... Grizzlies yes, but it's hard to get them into a flower.

I love the original shot more then the painterly one... it says, you took the shot, a rare shot and it's great!

Cheers, Barbara

This isn't a tree frog, this is a flower frog!

Ok,Ok!!!

Here's the "fixed" original version,without the Topaz effect:



And here's the first shot,further away from the flower/frog and sorta "places" the image betterer.........



And finally, the painted version:



Let me know which image you prefer,tighter or back,off to do yard work!

Rich

Perfect, thank you Rich! I like the painted version, also, but in the photograph attention is more on the little froggie.

I prefer the "fixed" original version w/o Topaz effect. Will share that one, thanks!

Adorable...love all frogs, but this is indeed special. Great shot!

Really, Greg? Praying Mantis after the hummers? Oh, how awful! (I have heard about the spider webs, bad enough!) :{

Anne Geddes is an artist here on FAA, you can search under artists on the homepage to see some of her work. I was aware of her work before I joined FAA, I had mostly seen calendars, etc., of babies' faces surrounded by flower petals. Substitute a baby face for the tiny frog in the photo on this thread, and you get the basic idea.

Rich: Your frog photos are wonderful !!! I like the fixed original one that's more close-up.

I really don't know what to say. I guess sarcasm doesn't work.

Maybe I should have said, 'Who is Anne Geddes'; alas I went with the opening title 'If Ann [sic] Geddes Photographed Tree Frogs Sleeping.

I really don't need to search and I don't need to know.

Right now, I wish I was a frog sleeping in a tree.

Sorry. I assumed that was a real question. The problem with the internet is unless someone posts an emoticon for "sarcasm," or you know the person posting pretty well... it's a little hard to tell.

Usually it's better to err on the side of assuming it's a real question, not sarcasm. The people asking real questions aren't made to feel stupid, and if it's sarcasm, all that happens is I feel a bit stupid.

Interesting article in the New Yorker recently by an English professor, on the perils of authors using the names of famous people as descriptors in their writings. If the reader doesn't happen to be familiar with the famous person -- which happens a lot more than most people assume -- the reference becomes meaningless. The audience for whom the reference becomes meaningless grows as the writing ages, and the famous person slips out of the common knowledge base of the current generation.

Did you notice the tree fog before you shot it, Rich. Nice image btw!

That's awesome!! Love it!!

I don't think that the Ann Gaddes remark was in any way sarcastic. Sarcasm involves a negative connotation. IMany people know Gaddes' work, so the parallel and reason for the comparison is quite obvious. If you don't know it, the parallel can be seen in a glance just by searching her name in the artist search. Most people think tranquil happy babies are cute, and while not everybody thinks frogs are cute (little girls scream in terror sometimes, when little boys enploy little frogs!) , this frog does evoke a comparison to Gaddes' work in his cuteness.

I was responding to what Travel Pics said. She asked who Ann Geddes was -- I answered the question, but it turned out it wasn't a real question, Travel Pics was being sarcastic. If I understood her response to my answer correctly. At this point I'm sorry I responded to her post at all.

REF: "I really don't know what to say. I guess sarcasm doesn't work.
Maybe I should have said, 'Who is Anne Geddes'; alas I went with the opening title 'If Ann [sic] Geddes Photographed Tree Frogs Sleeping.
I really don't need to search and I don't need to know."

Randy,

Yes, I saw this frog,actually through the wall of the flower,since I was perpendicular to the flower and knew something was in there. I've been watching this flower for 2 days,waiting for it to reach it's peak and then photograph it, but the frog trumped the flower shot!

Rich