Tree Frogs are cool too.....

[Mark Thorpe]

Taking a break from the Tiger sharks for a short while. Had a down day and so decided to play around with my Canon 400D with my latest Tamron 90mm f2.8 Di Macro. I wouldn't have had the chance to do so if this little guy hadn't made a surprise entry and set up camp in one of the hanging plants. Great subject and a great lens.......

Cheers,
Mark.

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[Tom Lowe]

Wow those are extremely vivid.

[Mark Thorpe]

The creativity offered with RAW is amazing. I'm just discovering what most of you guys may already know and I am stunned. The images above differ very slightly from their original but I have made small changes and a slight boost of the saturation just to get those eyes to pop, to excuse a pun.

Cheers,
mark.

[Colin C]

Mark those are great! The eye in the first shot is amazing. Love 'em

[Colin C]

Hmm, looking at it again, is it just me or does that little fellows occular attributes bare a striking resemblance to the "Eye of Sauron" from the LOTR trilogy?

Probably just me :) Thanks for posting them again Mark, that broke up several minutes of paper shuffling office work.

[chuck colburn]

Tamron has always made good macro lenses. Used to use an early 90 on my Nikon FM and was very impressed. And don't forget about Treefrog Beer. lol

[Tom Lowe]

Hmm, looking at it again, is it just me or does that little fellows occular attributes bare a striking resemblance to the "Eye of Sauron" from the LOTR trilogy?


Definitely. When I saw this photo I was thinking how cool it would be to see some 2K or 4K Red footage of this little guy.

[Jason Ing]

nice! try doing some LAB moves to bring out even more variations and subtleties of the colors. :)

[Mark Thorpe]

Poppin' enough for you?

Cheers,
Mark.
PS Non calibrated monitor and an over zealous saturating hand !!

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[Jason Ing]

nice! although I like your first rendition better. was that a LAB move? or just saturation?

macros are fun. i'm thinking of getting a canon's 185 macro.

i think that's so cool you can find a frog just hanging around like while taking a break and being able to shoot it.

here in LA, i can go out and shoot a car producing smog. :)

[Rudi Herbert]

Poppin' enough for you?

Shite, all those colors just spilled all over my keyboard, and the frog leapt out and I'm now chasing it all over the room...

[Mark Thorpe]

hehehe, whoopps.

Different night, different bug.....watch out this one strikes back.

Cheers,
Mark.

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[Lewis-M Soucy]

Jesus man! Where do you live?

I love the pics! Nature is just so incredible, it never ceases to amaze me...

We want more!

[Mark Thorpe]

On assignment in south Africa for 6 months. Bugs everywhere and a new Tamron 90mm f2.8. Next stop may be a bit colder so a whole new range of beasties.

Cheers,
Mark.

[BASSAM MSSALATIE]

:w00t: Look's like a Painted Graphics . amazing

[Mark Thorpe]

Can't wait to get started with RED RAW. The MP-E65mm, super macro to 5:1 lens, will be wicked for some topside macro stuff like these.

That will be really freaky.
Cheers,
Mark.