Wildlife Photography across the Water: Frogblog pt3

Wednesday, 24 March 2010

Frogblog pt3 - Frog's porn

As promised in part 2, some images for you.

Clearly frogs are into group ~~sex~~ mating rituals as there have been a couple of threesomes and even one foursome.

In the first image, there are actually four frogs - there is another one underneath.out of sight . I think if you just see an additional leg or two in there.

On this image, this is one of the foursome taking a bit of a rest. He cetainly seems to have a smile on his face

Shame about the bit of reed in the way, but he probably needed the support

This final image is back to a threesome. The female in the middle has a very strong yellow/orange hue to her.

None of these images are of stunning photographic merit, but I am pleased to share them with you in terms of the wildlife interest.

One of the features that I said I wasnt fussed about on the 7D when I did this review was the combined RAW/jpeg button.

Well on a couple of these images, I remembered to press it and so for images where I want to do the minimum of processing for record shots, this is a good option.

Just always goes to show that hands on experience over a period of time can change first impressions.

Martin

1 comment:

Gardens of Eden24 March 2010 at 10:30
Hi there

I just found a link to your blog from the Waveney Valley Blog and saw your frog photos. I had also posted about frogs this week on my blog:

http://www.rivergirl-thewildside.blogspot.com/

and thought you might like read what I found out about a frog's love life, since it fits with what we've both seen and posted about this week!

all the best
rivergirl
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David Courtenay, a self taught wildlife and nature photographer, has been capturing images for over 30 years. He has had a passion for wildlife since early childhood and remembers being glued to the television whenever Survival, Wildlife on One and other natural history documentaries were shown. In the 2006 he swapped his established career for the life of a wildlife photographer, such a move demands a measure of uncompromising passion and commitment.

David has travelled extensively throughout Europe as well as spending more than 7 months in India working with local guides and trackers in search of Bengal Tiger, Asian One horned Rhino and Asian Elephant. He has also photographed Wildlife in Australia, Malaysia, Thailand, Sumatra, Africa, Canada and America. Working closely with Conservation companies he tries to raise funds to help Wildlife that has been put on the endangered list by poaching and habitation loss

Martin Dyer has had a passion for avian wildlife since childhood, particularly raptors. Photography was also another keen interest and it was with the specific availability and control of the whole process that digital offers that Martin was then able to combine the two in 2003. Based in the UK, Martin is a regular visitor to Scotland, specifically the Isle of Mull to watch the Eagles resident there. Other trips to Europe and around the UK are usually part of Martin’s agenda in a typical year.

However, as a firm believer on making the most of the local patch, Martin has spent a lot of time and hard work creating a wildlife garden which is reaping the rewards with many new species and varieties of wildlife. A keen member of a number of wildlife photographic groups, Martin is keen to expand his portfolio into other areas of wildlife, and has already established a wide portfolio of images of fungi.