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Posted: **Thu Mar 02, 2006 8:58 pm**

Went outside earlier and heard a loud racket.. grabbed the torch and followed the noise, look down and heres a tiny lil frog going off his nut in the grass.. so i picked him up with wet hands and got him setup for a couple of photos before placing him in a safe location away from all the toads

Tim

Posted: **Thu Mar 02, 2006 9:00 pm**

Yikes!

Would the toads eat him/her?

Cheers

Graham PS - Excellent photos there Zeeke!

Posted: **Thu Mar 02, 2006 9:00 pm**

Great series of photo’s with a very photogenic subject - lovely

Posted: **Thu Mar 02, 2006 9:09 pm**

Brilliant shots Tim. A great series with my favorite being # 3. Ripper.

Posted: **Thu Mar 02, 2006 9:16 pm**

nice series...... have you been hanging out with Rel........ :lol:

Posted: **Thu Mar 02, 2006 9:17 pm**

Thanks for the comments

Bago, Toads will eat anything that fits in there mouth and moves.. and aslong as it doesnt taste bad they'll go the whole lot... ive heard storys of toads eating small mice and small rats.. bird chicks and other small animals that they can get access to... a frog is nothing different

Tim

Posted: **Thu Mar 02, 2006 9:19 pm**

Lovely series Tim and a great rescue

Posted: **Thu Mar 02, 2006 10:19 pm**

Magnificent shots Tim - you should be very proud of yourself young man!

Graceful Tree Frog (Litoria gracilenta) is my guess though, as always, I may be wrong.

I'm not a big fan of the desaturated or black and white treatments but number 3 is an absolute magazine cover. Fantastic composition, colour, exposure and sharpness. It's just screaming out to be blown up, framed and hung!!

Posted: **Thu Mar 02, 2006 10:30 pm**

Ok so ill go and shoot myself in the foot, i just found another one and it appears theres a few others chirping there heads off in the tree farm behind my house.. so heres 3 more pics

Thanks again for the comments!!

Posted: **Thu Mar 02, 2006 10:42 pm**

Brilliant, Tim! What more can I say??
Wait 'til Rel sees these...

The pose in the second shot is fantastic! I don't think that's a very common compostion with this sort of subject and you've bloody nailed it.

Well done - these are rippers.

Posted: **Thu Mar 02, 2006 10:55 pm**

*head swells*

Thanks Simon for the comments.. and i didnt think they were that good.. just frog shots.. well.. i know Rel wont be calling me Toad King next time i see her

Tim

Posted: **Thu Mar 02, 2006 11:19 pm**

Tim
You are becoming a seriously good photographer! They are supurb! A tad more depth of field on a couple of shots would have been the icing on the cake. (Even if it means bumping up the ISO a little).

Posted: **Thu Mar 02, 2006 11:36 pm**

Tim - all I can say is,
Bloody Fantastic !!!!

You've taken a superb series of shots of, yes Manta was right, Litoria gracilenta, or the graceful tree frog. (also known as the dainty tree frog). You've captured the essence of a beautiful little frog, with big gorgeous golden eyes, and fantastic colouring. I'm not a fan of the desat treatment either, but the colour shots ......
:up:

Fantastic Tim - and you're right, you title of "Toad King" has been revoked

Rel & Damo

Posted: **Thu Mar 02, 2006 11:49 pm**

thanks for the comments Rel.. now i know what it is i can work on designing a nice layout for me to print out a big picture like Simon said..

Tim
p.s. Can i kill them? Just Kidding :lol:

my backyard is absolutely screaming with frogs everywhere.. and theres 2 huge green tree frogs in the gutters going off there nuts too

Posted: **Fri Mar 03, 2006 12:58 am**

awesome pics Tim

Posted: **Fri Mar 03, 2006 6:43 am**

Super work Tim. Love them all.

Posted: **Fri Mar 03, 2006 8:32 am**

Tim,

Great work.

I love the subtlety of the colours on the very firy first one.

Posted: **Fri Mar 03, 2006 8:57 am**

Very opportune Tim and opportunity well grasped. Excellent series.

chewers
marco

Posted: **Fri Mar 03, 2006 10:41 am**

great work mate... very well done. :up:

cheers

Posted: **Fri Mar 03, 2006 11:46 am**

Thanks for the comments Folks... I really wasnt expecting the replys... I honestly thought they were just So-So photos.. but now after Simons comment ill be working on blowing up atleast one of them for a large print

Tim