Meet the smoky jungle frog. These guys are big. Very big. They can grow to eight inches in length — and as you can tell from the picture, they pack quite a bit of girth into that length. They also happen to have a voracious appetite, eating frogs, lizards, snakes and even smaller mammals and birds. My guide told me that he once saw one eating a chicken. Nikon D800 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 380mm) ISO 800, f/8 at 1/60th of a second, two Nikon SB-900 flash units
He must have been a quiet happy chappy to stay in the one place while you set up your SB900s or are they attached to brackets on either side if the camera. Once again another great image from a great photographer/camera/lens combination.
Hey Lawrie, yes, I use a bracket attached to the camera. One of those arced ones from Really Right Stuff. That way, I’m able to slide each of the flash units along the arc to get them in the right position. Usually, I have one at the top of the arc, directly above the camera, and one to the left side of the camera, but if there is some sort of foliage that might block the light, I can move them around. I like the two flash set up to create softer shadows and more uniform lighting.
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Well, doesn’t everything taste like chicken anyway? Even frogs legs?
You wouldn’t want to eat this frogs legs. They are highly toxic — which is their defense mechanism against larger predators.
Pass the menu por favor—-I’ll have the mouse with snake sauce—-Buffalo wings on the side.
Do they eat photographers, too?
Only very very small ones.
Cool eyes, I am sure it is just the lighting but I like how it makes it look like this guy has one red and one blue eye. He is a chubber!
Yeah, that’s the eye shine from my flash. Usually, I’d try to eliminate it in my post production workflow but didn’t really mind it in this case.
He must have been a quiet happy chappy to stay in the one place while you set up your SB900s or are they attached to brackets on either side if the camera. Once again another great image from a great photographer/camera/lens combination.
Hey Lawrie, yes, I use a bracket attached to the camera. One of those arced ones from Really Right Stuff. That way, I’m able to slide each of the flash units along the arc to get them in the right position. Usually, I have one at the top of the arc, directly above the camera, and one to the left side of the camera, but if there is some sort of foliage that might block the light, I can move them around. I like the two flash set up to create softer shadows and more uniform lighting.
Another excellent capture Sean, the leaf give him a sense of scale to his size
great pic, then these frogs woun;t make good pets to have around.