Photo of the Month July 2010

[Crystal6]

Awww. It's so cute. With it's little cross-eyes.

[Ebony]

Very nice Kat. I love those frogs.

[missclick]

thanks they are sooo cute. when they wake up their little bright gold eyes flash open and they look over at me very stunning little guys

[UncleChester]

I was hoping to get out shooting more this month, but just haven't had the time. So here's a wild Northern Leopard Frog, Rana pipiens,




Some particles in the water were cloned out, John can DQ me if this falls outside the spirit of the rules and I'll enter the pre-edit version

[crikkifrogger]

Not sure how to vote, but I vote for UncleChester's photo of the Nothern Leopard Frog. Excellent photography. I'm trying to master that exact same shot when i'm out doing research for sharks. The above water and below water takes some skill! Excellent Shot!

[Crystal6]

Not sure how to vote, but I vote for UncleChester's photo of the Nothern Leopard Frog. Excellent photography. I'm trying to master that exact same shot when i'm out doing research for sharks. The above water and below water takes some skill! Excellent Shot!

You wait until everyone has submitted their photos and John opens the ballots.

[crikkifrogger]

Opps, sorry everybody! I"m an amateur with this site. Who knows, maybe i'll withdraw that vote and vote for another photo

[Kurt]

I am thinking about voting for the Sphaenorhynchus lacteus photo myself. As much as I love this leopard picture, Uncle Chester has already had the honor recently with an awesome gray treefrog picture.

[Tropicok]

I try to vote for the picture and not the photographer. Maybe a rule that someone can only win twice or three times in a row. I think, if I was submitting photos and had won often, I would submit only every few months.....just to let other photographers have a chance. Just saying..................... I gotta get a better camera.

[Andry]

I was hoping to get out shooting more this month, but just haven't had the time. So here's a wild Northern Leopard Frog, Rana pipiens,

I want that picture on my wall! Very cool!

[Crystal6]

I try to vote for the picture and not the photographer. Maybe a rule that someone can only win twice or three times in a row. I think, if I was submitting photos and had won often, I would submit only every few months.....just to let other photographers have a chance. Just saying..................... I gotta get a better camera.

I try to vote not only on the picture but on the relevance to the month. (Example: Last one had a frog sitting by a flower and it was May.)

I'm frustrated that at this one though because I am afraid my vote will be biased. (Maybe I should just not vote?)

[Ebony]

Don't feel like that Crystal, I think everyone has their own reasons how and why they vote and that's what its all about. Each month everyone should have the chance to put in a photo if they want and the photo that was liked the most wins. It's fare game each month.

[Tropicok]

Crystal, voting is one way you can express your taste in photography and FROGS!
Absolutely vote every month. I love all of them and the leopard frog closely matches my fire-belly avatar on a local herp club forum.
Alice

[killercrow]

Here's my entry. It's not a living frog, but is an artistic representation. My uncle was an artist until he passed away. I have a few of his pieces, this one being my all time favorite.



For those of you who dont know, the Tr'on dek Hwech'in people believe the frog is the seer of everything. This explains the 11 eyes in this piece.

.... and why not use it as my avatar as well?

[Crystal6]

Don't feel like that Crystal, I think everyone has their own reasons how and why they vote and that's what its all about. Each month everyone should have the chance to put in a photo if they want and the photo that was liked the most wins. It's fare game each month.

See, my problem is: I entered a picture. Now if I vote I will be tempted to vote for myself.
And if I try to vote for someone else I will feel bad because I consider my picture to be highly relevant to the month.

My only hope is to either not vote, or just not enter pictures if I have plans to vote. (This is why I never ran for class president in school.)

[Kurt]

Do you think Obama voted for McCain in the last election or McCain for Obama?

[Ebony]

It's your personal decision but there's no reason to feel bad about your own decision.
Hey! and there nothing wrong with totally looking at things from all angles. A good quality I would think in a class president.

[UncleChester]

... Excellent photography. I'm trying to master that exact same shot when i'm out doing research for sharks. The above water and below water takes some skill! Excellent Shot!

Thanks! It helped that I was able to put the frog in a very controlled environment for this shot. You probably don't have the option of setting up a little studio in your backyard to take the sharks to!

See, my problem is: I entered a picture. Now if I vote I will be tempted to vote for myself.
And if I try to vote for someone else I will feel bad because I consider my picture to be highly relevant to the month.

My only hope is to either not vote, or just not enter pictures if I have plans to vote. (This is why I never ran for class president in school.)

There's no rules on how you should vote, you can use whatever criteria you like and not feel bad about it. Remember, it's all in fun so don't let it stress you out

[crhoads18]

This little guy was my very first frog. He is a Hyla versicolor (Gray Tree Frog). His name is Om Nom. This is a picture of him eating a B. lateralis.

[adawinters]

Well, I finally did another photoshoot with my Leptopelis, so here's my submission: