Comments on: frogfight! http://awaytogarden.com/frogfight Organic gardening inspiration from Margaret Roach Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:21:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Melissa J Bond http://awaytogarden.com/frogfight/comment-page-1#comment-9951 Melissa J Bond Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:13:26 +0000 http://awaytogarden.com/?p=5400#comment-9951 Thanks for the info, I too use my 18-55 as my main lens on the Nikon. I understand about running out when you hear them. I still have the Blue Heron that visits, and many ducks, and of course the rat with wings (Canadian Geese). I stopped the car last week on the way home from the gardens to try to capture video of a wild turkey followed by 6 baby wild turkeys! I'm finally getting my shooting skills back after a long hiatus, but really need to be shooting every day. It feels good to be creative again. Love those frogs. Not so jazzed about the snakes :) Thanks for the info, I too use my 18-55 as my main lens on the Nikon. I understand about running out when you hear them. I still have the Blue Heron that visits, and many ducks, and of course the rat with wings (Canadian Geese). I stopped the car last week on the way home from the gardens to try to capture video of a wild turkey followed by 6 baby wild turkeys! I’m finally getting my shooting skills back after a long hiatus, but really need to be shooting every day. It feels good to be creative again. Love those frogs. Not so jazzed about the snakes :)

]]> By: Margaret http://awaytogarden.com/frogfight/comment-page-1#comment-9939 Margaret Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:34:05 +0000 http://awaytogarden.com/?p=5400#comment-9939 Welcome, Melissa; sorry for the delay, but your comment went to spam for a little visit. Oops. With the frogs this time of year, they fight nonstop many days, so not hard to capture. Other things are more fleeting and you catch it or you don't. I am no pro here, nor patient. :) The lens here was just an 18-55, so not even very much oomph at all, but my pools are small and the boys get so into fighting I can reach in and practically pick them up. They don't see me then. When I am inside I can see the pools and the bird feeders and all the places that are the main pathways for animals here, so I am "centrally located." And when I am outside I am always snooping around for action, but I miss a lot when I leave the camera inside. Welcome, Melissa; sorry for the delay, but your comment went to spam for a little visit. Oops. With the frogs this time of year, they fight nonstop many days, so not hard to capture. Other things are more fleeting and you catch it or you don’t. I am no pro here, nor patient. :)

The lens here was just an 18-55, so not even very much oomph at all, but my pools are small and the boys get so into fighting I can reach in and practically pick them up. They don’t see me then.

When I am inside I can see the pools and the bird feeders and all the places that are the main pathways for animals here, so I am “centrally located.” And when I am outside I am always snooping around for action, but I miss a lot when I leave the camera inside.

]]> By: Melissa J Bond http://awaytogarden.com/frogfight/comment-page-1#comment-9925 Melissa J Bond Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:53:20 +0000 http://awaytogarden.com/?p=5400#comment-9925 This is an incredible sequence. How long did you wait for them? Do you shoot at regular times to capture their actions? Do you run out when you hear their sounds? What exactly is your "medium" lens? Oh yes, I have many more questions :) This is an incredible sequence. How long did you wait for them? Do you shoot at regular times to capture their actions? Do you run out when you hear their sounds? What exactly is your “medium” lens? Oh yes, I have many more questions :)

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