Shary, many people use refrigeration to enable them to photograph insects, or other cold blooded creatures. You can cool snakes, lizards, frogs, spiders, insects, and other arachanids with equally good results. Use caution not to make the critter too cold or keep it cold too long. As a general practice, I like to make sure that I return the critter to it's original location after I photograph it. (also, if you caught it at night, return it at night, same idea for day caught critters). You may find that cold temperatures may change the colors and behaviour of some animals (lizards that change color will usually turn dark when cooled, some frogs will also change color)
You are such a fine photographer. May I ask you another question: When I photograph insects, such as dragonfly I photographed (http://www.usefilm.com/showphoto.php?id=14423), I put the insect in a refrigerator for a few minutes to make it lethargic. Thus, the insect becomes immobile, but remains alive. This way, I can put the insect anywhere I want (on flowers, on my wife's hat :) etc. ) and photograph it )the insect warms up and flies away after a few minutes). Do you think this is possible with frogs and similar? Have you ever done this? I appreciate your reply to this message.
I've been away for awhile, so didn't notice some comments here. No flash used, this is natural sunlight. The belly of the frog is a grayish color. Some reflected light from the red leaves does seem to give it a "pinkish" cast, but not red, at least not on my screen (using a Mac). Of course, I didn't find this particular frog on these red leaves. It's a set up shot; the frog and leaves are on a picnic table, the camera is mounted on a tripod. After the shoot, the frog was returned to the place I found it, in a tidal channel along a river a few meters away.
Very beautiful shot. I just would like to know whether there is a red cast in the image, as the frog's belly is a bit red. Or, the red color on the frog's body is a reflection of the red leaf. If none of the above is correct, then is the animal's belly reddish? The image is very nice regardless of this comment. I am just curious.
Very beautiful shot. I just would like to know whether there is a red overcast in the image, as the frog's belly is a bit red. Or, the red color on the frog's body is a reflection of the red leaf. If none of the above is correct, then is the animal's belly reddish? The image is very nice regardless of this comment. I am just curious.
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