frog inspired post

[troypiggo]

G'day. Been a while since I took some photos. These are all frog-inspired shots - mostly small (20-30mm long) frogs from Mount Coot-Tha Botanical Gardens this morning, and also a frogmouth shot from my back deck. Click links below for bigger Flickr images.

1. Cute little fella with a nice/different pose (https://flic.kr/p/DoYxU7).
2. Thought this one was interesting. Poor little guy seems to have been born without a left eye (https://flic.kr/p/DgHXMq). There looks like a socket, but skin grown over no eye-ball.
3. What happens when frogs watch too much TV - they get square eyes (https://flic.kr/p/Dj27Fa) :) Unusual shaped pupils.
4. Another view of square-eyes (https://flic.kr/p/CZbpxw).
5. Frogmouth from back deck at home (https://flic.kr/p/CtQ51J).
6. Another little froggie (https://flic.kr/p/Dj22Gc).
7. And another. (https://flic.kr/p/Dj2nig)
8. And another (https://flic.kr/p/DoZ735).

[Regulus]

These are very cool. i haven't seen a frog for ages.

Trev

[troypiggo]

Cheers mate. There were dozens of them in this pond.

[zenith]

Great photos Troy. What Camera/lens were you using?
Cheers.

[troypiggo]

Thx mate. The macros were 5DII, Sigma 150 macro lens with 68mm of extension tubes. The frogmouth was same camera with Canon 100-400L.

[REVEREND]

Nice set Troy. Ya gotta luv a good frog shot.

Cheers Reverend

[multiweb]

Well, that's IOTW in my books. :thumbsup:

[troypiggo]

Ha! I'm glad ze frogginator liked them! :)
Cheers.

[zardos123]

the frog with the square eyes is called perons tree frog, one of only two frogs with bifurcated irises, here is one in breading colours

[troypiggo]

Awesome! Thanks for the ID and info!

[RickS]

Nice shots, Troy!