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Challenge: From Above II (Basic Editing)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Pentax K200D
Lens: Pentax DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AF
Location: pond
Date: Jul 4, 2009
Aperture: f8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/80
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Jul 7, 2009

 This little guy is no bigger than a big guy's thumbnail. Shot as directly top down as I could just as his head surfaced at the joining of the water's edge by the wet pebbly concrete. Many hours of stalking on my part, plus a shameless amount of saturation bump.

Thanks to voters and commenters, and to my homebody for helping me choose this version.

Statistics
Place: 25 out of 141
Avg (all users): 6.0058
Avg (commenters): 7.3333
Avg (participants): 5.7917
Avg (non-participants): 6.0887
Views since voting: 1314
Views during voting: 268
Votes: 172
Comments: 7
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 04/16/2012 06:38:01 PM
A wonderful image- great POV, lighting & vibrancy
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Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 07/15/2009 06:29:08 AM
Got an 8 from me - he's adorable! (And I'm a sucker for amphibians.)
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Canon EOS-6D
Canon EF 200mm f/2.8 L II USM Lens
 07/15/2009 01:45:28 AM
I like his little blue life preserver. Marvelous textures going on here. I hope he found something to eat - he's too skeeny!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 07/11/2009 11:40:02 PM
Frogs have been done to death, but it's hard to resist the great color and focus here. 10
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 07/09/2009 09:58:32 PM
Challenge Relevance:6 Impact/Emotion/Mood:7 Technicals:7 Processing:6 Creativity:6
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Canon EOS-60D
Canon EF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
 07/08/2009 07:52:44 PM
Very cool looking frog... and I love the colors in the mud (or whatever he's in). I wish his right leg was in focus... it's slightly distracting. - 6
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Canon EOS-6D
Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS
 07/08/2009 06:11:05 PM
Meets the challenge well. Maybe a tighter crop would give this more impact.
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