We spent the better part of the day Saturday (in a couple of aspects) hiking around Spencer Lake in the Spencer Lake State Wildlife Area, Spencer, Ohio. It was another photo-walk with many opportunities for wildlife shots. The red-winged blackbirds were out in force, several great blue herons were fishing the lake, and we even encountered a couple of frogs in an adjacent swamp area. One of the frogs was quiet (or stupid) enough to pose for photos including an amazing close-up. The Canon 70 – 200mm "L" lens is simply amazing and I can zoom in on the resultant frog portrait seeing greater and greater detail until it dissolves into pixels — and it was hand-held. We also visited the Medina County Park System's Letha House Park and checked out the work they are doing providing a new entrance drive and parking lot. This will benefit visitors to the new lake there as well as support the Observatory built and operated at Letha House by the Cuyahoga Astronomical Association. A fine day but I didn't wear sun-screen and I'm a bit reddish… tsk! tsk!
Maybe the frog was suffering a Sunday morning hangover…… I love the photo though I am not a big fan of frogs.
Love the frog! He looks huge. Was he?
I guess it's a "boy" thing." When I was a kid I used to try and catch 'em –with occasional success– but never kept them for long. Now it's fun to try and simply spot them among the moss and duck weed on ponds. — JG
This was a good sized frog. Not sure of the variety yet though it was in the bullfrog category! I actually spotted a much greener frog about a foot from this one, then saw our subject who appears to be yellowish. — JG