Same Horse Different Day - Same Frog Different Day

This barn is very close to the park boundary. I saw the horse this spring and got a few shots. Now, as I go into the park, I look to see if he is around. Today he was.

Weekly Dose of Frogs.

You've seen one frog, you've seen them all.
Yet, more frogs - they are here.
I needed to get a little bike riding in this weekend, so I did it in the park, and hit the pond before and after.

My guess is that he is better at catching food than he looks.

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Wow! Lightroom 3 high-iso noise reduction.
I am gaining confidence to crank up the ISO when I need to. The dragon fly was hand held at iso 6400. With lightroom 2 that would have been a mess, there is visible noise, but I'm happy with it.

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The back end:
This is obviously not the most stable way to setup a tripod. I used a remote shutter release , and there was no wind, so it was a quick way to lower the camera and get the job done. In other words, again, I am lazy.

Even More.

I am working on my frogging technique, so I may be going up to the pond several more times.
So... here are more frogs - may as well get used to it.

The polarizer filter is the ticket.

Yep, More Frogs.

I am disgusted by litter, especially in a national park, but I have to say it came in handy today. Bullfrogs seem to like Crocs.

The heavily saturated shots were just after a rain and under heavy tree and brush cover. These were up to one second exposures. The darkness made focusing a chore, but really saturated the color. Fortunately frogs sit still fairly well (or they don't). I am getting a little motion blur on a number of shots, where the frog moved slightly, but I took plenty.

I did see one of the frogs slap a bug off his head for a small snack while I was looking through the lens. Well, actually it was so fast, I just saw a blur.

I went a bit overboard with the number of pictures posted this time. Oh well.

TUESDAY UPDATE: Wow, my legs are itching. I knew I was lunch for some mosquitoes but I now realize I was on the verge of being eaten alive!

A Butterfly. That's all.

Haven't been taking a lot of pictures lately. The few that I have taken, put nicely... let's just say... they stink.

All Frogs - All the Time

Hey, I realize this is becoming the 'all frogs - all the time' channel, but I had to make a trip to Cave City anyway...

There were two particularly handsome frogs out at the pond (Sloan's Pond) that were kind enough to pose for some shots - although one would have been much nicer if he was facing me. I didn't think I could convince him to turn around so I worked with what I had.

A polarizer filter (and tripod) was used for all but one shot.

Oh, and one turtle.


And a few landscapes.
These are 30 second exposures (the pond shots).

First Dragonfly of the Season

Friday, May 14th
When I have spare time, I have been driving by Sloan's Pond on the way home from Cave City.

Friday was a cloudy, slightly rainy day and the frogs were croaking loudly. I didn't see many frogs but I sure could hear them.

This dragonfly shot has nothing on last year's shots, but it's a start.

400mm, heavily cropped

I'm throwing in a frog for good measure.



Saturday, May 15th
After seeing a few frogs at Sloan's Pond Friday, I decided to drive up Saturday night and peck around. I got up there much later than planned.  We stayed a few hours (a friend went with me).

Last year I got a pretty good shot of a frog illuminated by my handy-dandy LED flashlight. Before packing up, I grabbed the zoom to give that a quick try.

There were several small frogs on the lily pads, none particularly close to the edge of the pond. Here is one shot that came out ok.

15 second exposure

Barren River Flooding

 Bowling Green Ky

Well I haven't been to the bridges to take pictures for quite a while. Thought I might as well get a few shots with the water up from the weekend rains.

The day shots were taken around 2pm CST, the night shots were from 7 to 9pm CST. The walking bridge was closed due to high water when I came back at 7 - bummer. There were fairly large crowds both times.

3 Minute Exposure

30 Second Exposure (all the following)