Say Ahhhh

Taken shortly after Waldo on a Snakeplant. The cage was due for a misting, so I figured I'd do it with the camera gear set up. One of two things usually happens when Waldo here gets misted, he either starts calling, Singing in the Rain, or he reacts to the movement and tries to 'eat' the water droplets as we see here.

 

Note that frogs don't drink through their mouths, they obtain moisture through their semi-permeable skin when they float in water or sit on damp surfaces. We get puffy wrinkly skin from sitting on a wet log too long, they are drinking through their derriere. Score one for frogs.

 

He was fed delicious crickets and a mealworm shortly after, in the usual 'Time for Grubs' model payment we have worked out:).

 

 

Lighting info:

-Sunpak 433d in small softbox camera right, white reflector camera left .

-Triggered with rf-602s

-Still inside his vivarium, but with the front door opened so no shooting through glass required.

 

Lighting regrets:

-Not having set up a back light on the left to kick off the water droplets more.

-Not loading up on ND filters to allow a full powered flash. This gives a long enough duration to get a bit of water streaking.

Done