Naturesface : October 2012

Its been almost a month since I last photographed frogs so Steven and I decided to walk up a rainforest stream in search of anything resembling hoppers. It was a rather quiet night but we did manage to find a small population of green eye tree frogs on some mosss covered boulders. Later in the night at a different location we found some waterfall frogs doing what they do best, which is clinging to the wet slippery rocks while we ended up wet and sore trying to photograph them.

not sure what this one is yet?

Giant water spider (Megadolomedes australianus)

Green-eyed Treefrog (Litoria serrata)

Waterfall Frog (Litoria nannotis)

Up close and personal. Camera shy. photo by Steven Nowakowski

Waterfall Frog (Litoria nannotis)

This blog is intended to showcase some of my latest photos taken on photographic expeditions. If you wish to see what I use some of the photos for please visit my online Gallery shop at Naturesface Art.

For Natashas 3oth birthday we decided to go camping for a few days on one of the clear water creeks in the area. A couple of friends also came along with their two children which made it a really enjoyable trip and gave Minna some kids to play with. The weather was a bit overcast and drizzly at times but this made for perfect frog spotting weather at night. Here are a few shots from the trip of frogs and spiders and other creatures. While others were sitting around the fire at night I would be walking on the granite rocks and up the creek with a head torch following the sounds and juggling camera lenses and a flash. I think it inspired Steven to dig out his old macro camera gear and start looking up close again.

Davies creek crystal clear flowing water

Green-eyed Treefrog (Litoria serrata)

Overhanging trees are where we found the green eyes

Green-eyed Treefrog (Litoria serrata)

small Green-eyed Treefrog (Litoria serrata)

male Stoney-creek Frog (Litoria lesueri)

closeup of Davies falls

male Stoney-creek Frog (Litoria lesueri)

With these next few shots i did a small focus test to see which i prefer and to be honest sometimes less is definitely more as i prefer the horizontal shot with shallow depth of field and big bulging eyes.