Blooming flowers are one of the most common visual signs that Spring is returning to the US Mainland. Audio clues come from many animal sources, including the Green Frog – Rana clamitans melanota – seen and heard in the weeds of a backyard pond.
Green Frog | ©2012 David Allio
While governmental agencies in the State of Hawaii have declared many frogs, including specifically the little but loud Coqui – Eleutherodactylus coqui – to be an invasive pest and have been responsible for a variety of experimental eradication programs, other states are now attempting to save frogs from extinction. Three Governors from the adjoining Southern states of Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina have issued proclamations extolling the virtues of frogs.
This photograph selected for Save the Frogs Day was created in a natural setting using a Nikon D60 camera equipped with a Nikkor AF VR Zoom 55-200mm f/4-5.6G IF-ED lens set to the maximum focal length. The hand-held exposure was made under a partly obscured sun at 1/250th of a second with a lens aperture of f/9 and a film speed of 400 ISO. Regarding composition, subject placement was critical in an image that is more weeds than frog.
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