The lighting and the pose add some drama to this almost formal portrait of a Green Treefrog (Hyla cinerea) that I encountered at my local marsh.
Most of the tree frogs that I have seen have been snoozing in the cattails and it’s been tough to get a clear shot, but this one was conveniently perched on a horizontal leaf, giving me pretty good latitude to compose the shot that I wanted. Even the frog was cooperative and stayed put while I made adjustments to the camera in between shots.
I’m really happy with this image and think that the frog too would be content with this portrait.
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Mike Powell 
Just a fantastic capture 🙂
Thanks. Sometimes the wildlife will cooperate and make it easy on me, but most times it’s tough for me to get a shot that is this unobstructed.
I so get that!!! It is good when they are being good 🙂 Im following you now. great stuff!
Thanks. As you can see, I lie to shoot a wide variety of wildlife. During the spring and summer, I focus a lot on insects and flowers and then in the fall and winter switch to more birds.
Oh I think he’s buying a large canvas print and hanging it in the office.
That’s a great shot. I think of your shot of the sleeping frog every time I get near cattails.