Frog Princess

We had the family over for the weekend and the kids found some Wood Frogs (Rana sylvatica).

They know the fairy tale of the "Frog Princess". No, it's not the one where a young woman kisses a frog, who then turns into a prince. It's the one where a princess has been punished by her father to live in a frog skin.

Anyway, we thought it would be more fitting to offer the princess a bed of flowers, rather than only the leaf of an elephant plant (BG and base).

These frogs are quite small, maybe 1.5 cm for the body (excluding legs).

It's obviously a staged photo, though the frogs certainly were not captive (and they sure did hop away). The frogs were returned unharmed to their habitat.

Canon 7D, Sigma 150 macro + 1.4 TC, ISO 200, f/16, 1/200 sec, EX580-II with diffuser. Manual exposure was about -2.5 EV for BG with subject exposed with ETTL-II flash (+ 2.33 EV), HH. PP in LR4 and cropped to 82 %.

Thanks for looking. C & Cs are appreciated. Roger.