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Hundreds of eggs were found in my granddaughter's swimming pool this morning. The pool is 10ft x 4 ft and about 3 feet deep. I have a kiddie pool just for the frogs and will transfer them tomorrow. There will be frogs in our future!
Aug 2015, tiny Grey Tree Frogs perched on Arrow Head leaves at a small frog pond near my home outside Marietta Ohio. I have learned to look for the frogs on the plants and trees surrounding the pond as the first tree frogs emerge from tadpoles around mid Aug. In fact the last three photos in this series are of a young tree frog which still hasn't completely absorbed his tadpole tail. These little frogs are about the size of a nickle. They are fascinating and a lot of fun to photograph.
May Camera Club Theme-"Weather"
Technically "Homemade Weather", spray bottle in one hand, camera remote in the other.
Lighting info:
-Sunpak 433 in 6"x8" softbox above and slightly camera right.
-White reflector directly below camera for fill.
-SB-28 through homemade gridspot behind and camera left as raindrop and vocal sack light*.
-The gridspot sucks power, allowing the SB-28 to be at full power for the longest flash duration...this was necessary to get streaks of rain instead of frozen dots.
-Triggered with rf-602's.
(*hairlights don't work on frogs, they need vocal sack lights.)
A Gray Tree Frog (Hyla versicolor) perched on a leaf.
As the species name Hyla versicolor implies, Gray Tree Frogs are highly variable in color owing to their ability to camouflage themselves from gray to green, depending on the substrate they are sitting on. The degree of mottling varies. They can change from nearly black to nearly white. They change colors more slowly than a chameleon. Dead gray tree frogs and ones in unnatural surroundings are predominantly gray in color.
Gray tree frogs are primarily arboreal, spending time in wooded areas, usually not far from a permanent water source. On rainy evenings they can often be found calling in or near shallow, temporary pools of water, and often in swimming pools. They are nocturnal and insectivorous, consuming most any small arthropods they can catch. They will also eat algae if readily available.
Sigma 105mm f/2.8 EX DG Macro mounted on a Canon XTi.
Wabash County, Indiana
A series on the Gray Treefrog that was found in a nature preserve in Wabash County. Same frog in comment section.
While my brother and I were rolling over logs looking for salamanders, I spotted this treefrog on a bush within eye sight. Just earlier we were trying to locate a Gray Treefrog that we heard calling from a distance, but our patience ran out.
Please view large on black.
September 19, 2015
We have seen more than the usual number of grey tree frogs this year, OR the same one keeps coming back to visit us. My son found this guy at death's door, all dried up and barely moving in one of our bedrooms! It had obviously been there a long time. My son came to me frantically, screaming that we just had to save it. (it really didn't look good), However, we would try...
Our deck was soaking wet with condensation from the night before. We pushed the water off the boards to fill the bottom of a big plastic jar. In it, we placed the dried up little frog. I figured he might drink, or his body might take in the water. When we checked not even an hour later, the frog was up on the side of the jar, all flush and plump. My son was ecstatic! We let him go in the hydrangeas! Happy day.
Brewster, Massachusetts - Cape Cod
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I got home from work today and Ian and BenS were in the backyard holding this fellow hostage under a lacrosse stick head...they named him Gary. Best viewed large!
(month later: thank you for the i.d. Ken-ichi!) Acton, Massachusetts
Gray Treefrog in our garden. Since putting in a little pond we've had at least two species of frogs show up. I think these are my favorite because in the spring, when the night time temperatures begin to average 65 they start breeding and their conversation is such a wonderful ruckus! My complete photo archive is available here.
Amplexing pair of treefrogs among a handful of calling males in a small suburban wetland in western Mississippi.
Different tree frog from yesterday, different snake plant from yesterday, different storaro background colour from yesterday. I'm really branching out in a new dirrection with this one.
Lighting info:
-Sunpak 433d in small 6x8" softbox camera left.
-Sunpak 433d snooted with storaro yellow gel on black background from camera left.
-Triggered with rf602's.
-22" white reflector camera right for fill.
Found a nice piece of wood from a tree taken out by lightning years ago. It has a nice texture that I think went well with Fattys skin pattern.
Lighting info:
-Sunpak 433d in home made strip light camera left.
-Sunpak 433d through homemade ~8"x9" softbox camera right and in front.
-SB28 camera right, up and behind.
-Triggered w/ rf-602's.
I was shocked to find a tree frog clinging to the glass on our front window as I went to bed the other night. He was obviously using the light from the porch to lure unsuspecting insects closer to his mouth. As you can see by the smudge marks, he was having a hard time sticking to the freshly cleaned glass.
Tree Frogs are quite common in Iowa. I was just reading an article on how common they are. There are many, many species of these little guys. The ones that frequent Iowa appear to be called "Gray Tree Frogs":
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gray_tree_frog
It was hard to be mad at this little guy, even though I spend a half hour just that morning cleaning the glass inside and out. I suppose it's a fair trade since I got some fun pictures of him.
The light was from our porch behind him, and I had to edit this in Photoshop, Lightroom, and Nik ColorFX just to get something useful. In the end, I really like this because that's almost exactly what my eyes saw when I was going to bed. He's welcome to come back anytime :)
This looks great on black
Canon 7d, 60mm macro - hand held.
The primary defense of a Gray Treefrog (and most of our other native frogs) is crypsis. In other words if the nasties can't find you they can't eat you. If a predator gets close and threatening enough that the frog starts to believe it's clever camouflage has failed, it will choose option 2, a rapid exit like we have here.
Some frogs have what are known as 'Flash Colours"- bright markings on parts of the skin that are normally hidden when at rest. Our Gray Treefrogs have yellow bits on their inner thighs and legs. This is supposed to give a predator a confusing burst of colour to help with the frogs escape. The predator is now hopefully looking for something tasty and yellow to eat, but the frog will have tucked back in it's yellow bits when it lands.
I'd like to say I have kung-fu tming, but this shot is a happy accident. He was looking cute and pretty immobile when I clicked the shutter, but I have to say I liked the result of an unsuccessful predators eye view that shows of both the flash colours and the sinewy leg muscles that drive the escape.
Lighting Info:
-Sunpak 433d camera left and in front in small softbox.
-Bare Sunpak 433d camera right and behind as rim light, though not really visible here as he's not at the intended angle:)
-Bare SB28 aimed at green backdrop.
-Triggered with rf-602's
Camera Club February 2013 Theme 'Animals'.
Another shot of one of the frogs that turned up indoors in January, this time getting my usual 'Snake plant' treatment.
It will probably be another 6-8 weeks before they can be released outside. I'm still amazed at how easily they adapted to captivity (at least the transition from being free range house frogs to being in smaller terrariums) and started accepting food immediately. And gaining weight, the little porkers.
Lighting Info:
-Sunpak 433d camera left and high in small softbox.
-Sunpak 433d camera right and behind in stripbox
-Bare SB28 aimed at backdrop, a brownish piece of broadly patterned fabric.
-Triggered with rf-602's
-The plant is in a pot and can be moved around as the frog does to keep him where I want him.
Taken for Owen Sound Camera Club March theme "Extremes".
Another extreme perspective here. I figured watching a frog eat from below wasn't a very common sight.
Once again, those little blue balls in the mouth are the eyeballs. What I found interesting is how he just lets his fingers flop wherever they want when he springs to the attack like this. I don't think I'd look graceful if I had to catch my dinner with my face, so I won't hold it against him.
Lighting info:
-Bare SB-28 from below and behind.
-Sunpak 433d in small homemade softbox from above.
-Triggered with rf-602's
So this little creature appeared in my shower this am, I assume by dropping into a roof vent into the upstairs hall bathroom. This is the 2nd time in 15 years that a tree frog has "popped up" in our upstairs bath.
These frogs like to hide during the day in holes and tubes, like the crossbar of a clothesline pole or the hollow rung of a ladder. In the evening, they start calling and them move down to the pond to find mates.
Gray treefrog at Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge.
Credit: Zachary Cava/USFWS
Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge is part of the Eastern Massachusetts National Wildlife Refuge Complex.
I had a local visitor yesterday afternoon. A gray tree frog stopped by for a visit. Here he is seen sticking to the side window of my car. He might also be a Cope's gray tree frog but I didn't have time to wait for him to speak (voice being the one distinguishing characteristic between the two). We decided on a photo session. Afterwards I noticed that there was an image of me in his left eye! Now, I thought that was kind of cool! As I was saying, Cope's and gray tree frogs are distinguished mainly by their call and virtually indistinguishable otherwise. Genetically, however, they are very distinct. Cope's have an extra set of chromosomes (48) and are therefore tetraploid, while the regular gray tree frog is diploid, having 24 chromosomes. Without getting too technical, tetraploid animals and plants generally are more vigorous than diploids. Due to the extra set of chromosomes they are also afforded some protection from gene mutations. Some tetraploids are even able to reproduce in the absence of sexual mates (asexual reproduction). Even though these two frogs look almost exactly alike cross breeding usually results in offspring that do not survive. #ILoveWildlife #WildlifePhotography in #NewJersey #Photography #WildAnimals #animals #GrayTreeFrog #Frogs #amphibians
July 17, 2019
A grey tree frog (hyla versicolr) lingered a little too long on the ivy last night. It was late morning when I found him right next to the spigot, moist and dripping with condensation as the sprinklers were quenching the dry garden.
(Note, he still has a bit of a butt bump from his tadpole days.)
Brewster, Massachusetts
Cape Cod - USA
Photo by brucetopher
© Bruce Christopher 2019
All Rights Reserved
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Tools: Canon 7D & iPhone 6s.
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i love her.
i haven't had a frog since sushi may...
but as of last night...i think this little girl may be staying with us.
we'll see what happens...
A second round of Tiny gray Tree frogs
On 24 Aug 2014 I stopped by a small pond near my home in hopes of catching a few photos of bullfrogs. It was still early morning with a light dew on the grass and as I was standing by the pond quiet and still hoping to spot the bullfrogs I started to notice the grasses plants and foliage around me and the pond. Then I noticed the first Tiny Gray tree Frog sitting on a leaf just a foot or less away from me. Then I noticed another and another. In all I spotted about a dozen of the quiet little fellows around me but I am sure there were more I didn't see. If I had to pick a real "OH Wow " moment from all my photos this past summer this would be it. These little frogs were amazing so tiny and well camouflaged that I was standing with them all around me and only by luck spotted them
Aug 2015, tiny Grey Tree Frogs perched on Arrow Head leaves at a small frog pond near my home outside Marietta Ohio. I have learned to look for the frogs on the plants and trees surrounding the pond as the first tree frogs emerge from tadpoles around mid Aug. In fact the last three photos in this series are of a young tree frog which still hasn't completely absorbed his tadpole tail. These little frogs are about the size of a nickle. They are fascinating and a lot of fun to photograph.