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Postby The Scorpion Man on Fri Nov 14, 2008 12:38 pm

A closeup shot I took in the wild of the common South Australian froglet Ranidella signifera. A quiet, gradual approach was all that was needed, the success often depends on just how keen they are to breed. Nikon D50, Kiron 105mm f2.8 1:1, Metz 45CT4

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Re: Croaker

Postby ATJ on Fri Nov 14, 2008 12:52 pm

Nice detail on the throat and head. I think I'd rather see it rotated 90º clockwise. Is the white balance right? The whole shot looks a bit red.

Also, isn't it Crinia, or have those pesky taxonomists been at it again?
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Postby The Scorpion Man on Fri Nov 14, 2008 2:14 pm

ATJ wrote:Nice detail on the throat and head. I think I'd rather see it rotated 90º clockwise. Is the white balance right? The whole shot looks a bit red.

Also, isn't it Crinia, or have those pesky taxonomists been at it again?


Yep....Ranidella was created quite a few years ago....may well be too red, I dont overly fuss with colour, everyone has a different monitor and colour is a reflection of light temperature, so is highly variable. If it goes to print, I leave that up to the printers.... :D

I can tell you I was in an extremely contorted position when I toook that shot, framing was quite difficult.
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Postby ATJ on Fri Nov 14, 2008 5:58 pm

Rel may have some other information, but it does appear that Crinia Tschudi 1838 is the valid genus and Ranidella Girard 1853 is an invalid synonym. See: http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/references.php?id=18611
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Re: Croaker

Postby blacknstormy on Thu Nov 20, 2008 11:02 am

Yep definitely Crinia - :) Nice shot - I can imagine the contortions you must have been in - it's a bloody small frog, so you did really well !!!! ;)
Sorry it took so long for me to reply - I kept getting bumped off the site when I tried to reply, so hopefully this goes through :)
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