As much as I tried, on my trip to Peru six months ago, I couldn’t find the brilliantly colored uakari poison frog. Last week I was successful. I saw two of them. Still hard to find despite the bright colors. Partly because they’re only about half an inch long. Shockingly tiny. This adult was a bit more colorful than the adolescent that we also found and I used my macro lens to capture the shot. Nikon D850 with Nikkor 105mm macro lens, ISO 400, f/5.6 at 1/60th of a second, Godox v860iii flash with Westcott soft box.
Half an inch is amazingly small, which I would never have guessed from the clarity of color in your photo. You certainly have put those Christmas gift certificates to good use when purchasing your lenses! This is mind boggling! Great shot, Sean!
His coloring is in the category of: “Yes, this is real, This is not Disney.!” So glad he cooperated long enough for you to get this shot because he is spectacular. I also like that his other front foot casts a striking shadow through the leaf. Great work!
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As much as I tried, on my trip to Peru six months ago, I couldn’t find the brilliantly colored uakari poison frog. Last week I was successful. I saw two of them. Still hard to find despite the bright colors. Partly because they’re only about half an inch long. Shockingly tiny. This adult was a bit more colorful than the adolescent that we also found and I used my macro lens to capture the shot. Nikon D850 with Nikkor 105mm macro lens, ISO 400, f/5.6 at 1/60th of a second, Godox v860iii flash with Westcott soft box.
This frog is crazy. He looks like he’s on his way to the Peruvian Amazon’s version of the Met Gala.
LOL!
Amazing color! I had no idea they were so tiny.
Yes, it’s quite shocking when you see just how small they are.
Half an inch is amazingly small, which I would never have guessed from the clarity of color in your photo. You certainly have put those Christmas gift certificates to good use when purchasing your lenses! This is mind boggling! Great shot, Sean!
Yes, my macro lens is much appreciated.
His coloring is in the category of: “Yes, this is real, This is not Disney.!” So glad he cooperated long enough for you to get this shot because he is spectacular. I also like that his other front foot casts a striking shadow through the leaf. Great work!