I don't always use a long lens. Thanks to my daughter who first saw these frogs, I was able to capture some images of an American Green Tree Frog at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge. They liked the reeds and tall plants in the marshy areas of the refuge. I used my macro lens for these shots. I "stopped up" to close the lens quite a bit to increase my DOF and used a flash to compensate for the lack of ambient light getting through the lens.









My wife took this shot with her Canon Powershot P & S in macro mode. I think it turned out well.



This leopard frog my son found. This one was underneath a short pier at one of the small lakes at the refuge.




It was nice to see so many frogs because frogs are so sensitive to pollution. Seeing so many lets me know that at least this area of the world is not completely overrun with pollution.

The juvenile Little Blue Heron though was just waiting for one to come out in the open.


Enjoy