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UrsusAmericanus — Blue Poison Arrow Frog

Published: 2006-02-05 20:00:22 +0000 UTC; Views: 1920; Favourites: 55; Downloads: 52
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Description A shot of a Blue Poison Aroow Frog taken at the Nashville Zoo.
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Comments: 20

MonsterBrand [2010-02-22 03:13:45 +0000 UTC]

I have featured this piece here: [link]

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MonsterBrand [2008-07-17 21:07:39 +0000 UTC]

I've featured this in my journal

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In-the-picture [2008-03-23 11:29:11 +0000 UTC]

Glad caught this at [link] and a fave of course

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VeVe-350Z [2007-11-15 16:53:03 +0000 UTC]

It's so cute . I love it, very beautiful photo.

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tigress-phan [2007-10-24 18:02:15 +0000 UTC]

those colours! I love this photo

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serkulka [2007-10-21 19:03:18 +0000 UTC]

Fantastic colours

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22spoons [2007-07-03 10:03:24 +0000 UTC]

The first time I saw one I was gob smacked my the blue it was so pure. You have a done very well getting a shot like this - I'm envious

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clickaraniel [2007-01-07 17:06:02 +0000 UTC]

those little buggers are so hard to get a good shot of.
They aer so sweet though, I love this one!

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Sicghoul [2006-10-06 11:52:16 +0000 UTC]

Coool!

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revxus [2006-02-07 08:17:11 +0000 UTC]

I love azureus!!! They are so beautifully colored!

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UrsusAmericanus In reply to revxus [2006-02-10 03:31:23 +0000 UTC]

They are one of my favorite species of poison arrow frog. The colors are just wonderful.

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pyloncone [2006-02-07 05:32:18 +0000 UTC]

Ohh, so pretty, such a nice shot of such an evil little thing

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UrsusAmericanus In reply to pyloncone [2006-02-07 06:02:22 +0000 UTC]

They are very colorful (it seems many of the highly toxic animals are brightly colored). I don't think they are really evil They are just toxic to keep other animals from eating them. Interestingly enough, it is believed that the toxic nature of these frogs comes from what they eat, possibly a specific species of ant, because they tend to lose their toxicity in captivity.

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IrishRaine [2006-02-06 00:23:28 +0000 UTC]

E-x-c-e-l-l-e-n-t !!! I know that's a hard shot to take, as I tried recently at our local zoo. I couldn't get it right with the glass. You are too good!

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UrsusAmericanus In reply to IrishRaine [2006-02-07 03:14:14 +0000 UTC]

Thanks ... I know what you are saying. I have a lot of shots that have problems caused by glass. It can be really hard to work with.

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IrishRaine In reply to UrsusAmericanus [2006-02-07 13:40:36 +0000 UTC]

Is there a special trick to it? I had trouble getting my camera to manually focus, I do not remember what setting I was using. . .

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UrsusAmericanus In reply to IrishRaine [2006-02-10 03:30:16 +0000 UTC]

Glass is a challenge that varies widely based upon a number of conditions. The biggest problem tends to be glare, either in the form of reflections from lights or items on your side of the glass or from your camera's flash. The best way of dealing with reflections is to either get very close to the glass or to try to block out the light with your body or some other item. I carry a large piece of black canvas I can use for this purpose. You can also try finding an angle that minimizes glare, but this is not always possible. Focusing problems are harder to deal with. When my camera will not auto focus, I will usually compensate by hand. This is where USM lenses are nice because you can override the autofocus without having to switch modes. Hope that rambling helps you out a little

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IrishRaine In reply to UrsusAmericanus [2006-02-10 13:48:09 +0000 UTC]

It helps a lot! Many thanks for the excellent advice!

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lenigro [2006-02-06 00:02:06 +0000 UTC]

i like the frog's colour, makes a good contrast and it looks really poisonous good shot!!

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UrsusAmericanus In reply to lenigro [2006-02-07 03:13:21 +0000 UTC]

Thanks , these frogs are really cool animals .. I enjoy photographing them.

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