Quote Originally Posted by charlamanda View Post
BTW..your pics are unbelievable, I need a new camera. I take lots of nature pics..deer, frogs(a given), bear(BIG ONES 850 pounders), Bald eagles, turkey, etc., this area is great for people who like animals, the community is surrounded by thousands of acres of state forests with lots of, 157 to be accurate, glacial lakes, natural springsand the Delaware is only a few miles away.
Best of luck with your new frog, post lots of pics, I love my Gray Tree froglets!!
What kind of camera do you have?
Thanks! I'm a nature lover too, so your are sounds pretty sweet to me. My camera is an older DSLR, a k100d, typically equipped with a (now older) DFA 100mm Macro lens. The shot of the gimpy frog here used an external flash (an old manual control one) in a 5"x7" homemade softbox (which is massive compared to the frog) while the frog was in my portable 'light tent'- just a small white cooler (the kind you fill with ice and beer) turned on its side. The lighting is usually more important than the camera in my opinion.


And a frog update- I dropped in 4 small crickets yesterday, they were gone by the end of the day. So I put in 7 this morning, all gone now. Either they've been eaten, have escaped, or are hiding. The frog pooped yesterday, so I expect any new poop will mostly be from what it's eaten while under my care. I should be able to pick up some calcium powder tomorrow (I have a multi-vitamin already).