Gaudy On Alert - Costa Rica by deweygg

Photography • Animals • posted on Jul 21, 2008

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This is the frog that yesterday's posting (Vine Snake) was after to have for dinner. Luckily for the frog the snake missed its mark - at least that night :^) A truly remarkable creature, the Gaudy Tree Frog better known as the Red Eye Tree Frog only comes out at night. This one was photographed after a short break of heavy rain in Tirimbina Reserve in Sarapiqui, Costa Rica. I used a Nikon SB-800 flash pointing up with the diffuser and reflector. This helped avoid heavy shadows from the frog and still light the background. Hope you like the photo as much as I do and again thanks for all the great comments on previous images.

Comments (23)

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flora-crassella

3:42PM | Mon, 21 July 2008

.....wunderschönes Foto! Ich bin sehr begeistert!!!!!!

Trollmac

4:03PM | Mon, 21 July 2008

Costa Rica! Wow that sounds fun. Well you caught a cute little fella!

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GBCalls

4:15PM | Mon, 21 July 2008

Interesting frog. Excellent

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taurus

4:23PM | Mon, 21 July 2008

Stunning shot, great capture.

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ariaans

4:58PM | Mon, 21 July 2008

Oh this looks so perfect to me!! Excellent composition, POV, DOV... lovely colors and love that little frog!!! :)

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danob

5:05PM | Mon, 21 July 2008

Great shot and series a bit like looking in on National Geographic

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CavalierLady

5:14PM | Mon, 21 July 2008

Extraordinary image! I agree with Danny, this should be on a magazine cover! Superb!

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babuci

5:30PM | Mon, 21 July 2008

Brilliant.

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Meowgli

5:39PM | Mon, 21 July 2008

amazingly good, fav for me

withinme

6:09PM | Mon, 21 July 2008

Wow!!!What an excellant closeup.The details are remarkable. Fantastic work!

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DarkStormCrow

6:10PM | Mon, 21 July 2008

Excellent!

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722

6:56PM | Mon, 21 July 2008

great pic of a frog

thevolunteer

7:31PM | Mon, 21 July 2008

Yeah, good enough to be in National Geographic. Fantastic shot. The colors are so beautiful. Lucky the snake didn't get him/her. Aloha

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dbrv6

7:35PM | Mon, 21 July 2008

Gaudy, who says those that name creatures do not have a sense of humor. Thats great!

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tizjezzme

7:41PM | Mon, 21 July 2008

Oh I love this one too ... your photo's are top notch quality.

snozwanger

8:23PM | Mon, 21 July 2008

What an amazing capture. Thank you so much for sharing this little fellow.

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Aioros

10:12PM | Mon, 21 July 2008

Excellent capture.

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lorandbartho

9:17AM | Tue, 22 July 2008

Incredible topic and photo! Also nicely composed (whether You or Gaudi has desgned the pic)

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Leeco

9:33AM | Tue, 22 July 2008

Very fortunate encounter for you and very fortunate frog to avoid being eaten. I would think that with these colors, this fellow might be toxic enough to dissuade predators from even trying to eat them. What amazing colors on such a little critter. I cannot wrap my mind around how creatures can evolve such amazing colors and patterns but I definitely can stand in awe at the process, lol. Very nice image with great detail and crisp clarity. Thanks for sharing. Lee

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