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Those of you in Sydney may have heard we have been having an exceptionally wet time of it today (So far about 95mm since 09:00 most of it in an hour about 16:00) All the usual: landslides, train derailments, flooding, accidents.

Anyway it coaxed this VERY noisy fella out
I tried moving the leaf, but he hopped away.


The only half way decent shot I got after he moved. Yes I know I blew the focus, but hey it was raining, and I was trying to juggle camera, flash and umbrella. Even with Pam's help it was difficult. If I had nailed the focus I think it would have been a winner.

Cry is "birdlike" Similar character to a crow, but MUCH higher pitched (Imagine a crow breathing helium)
Any ideas on who he is?
Any ideas on how to do this better (I don't have a wetsuit)

What a bummer about the grass stem.. still a good shot though.. loads of detail and the colour looks great!

Nice one,
I know we have one up here called the mountains bleeting tree frog. He does noy sound like a crow on helium though, more like an oversized cricket.
We have at least four different calls going off here at the moment, noisy little buggers.

Under the circumstances, I think you've done well. I reckon there are about 1,000,000 of the blighters outside my house tonight (North Nowra). They are more of a mass choir than a chorus. I wonder where they go when it's dry?

If I had nailed the focus I think it would have been a winner.

I don't think its too far off, the stuff in the foreground in front of his foot looks really sharp and his eye is not too far behind (sharpness terms).

I tried moving the leaf, but he hopped away.

lol, i was looking at a frog not so long ago and I could not get the little bugger to move, bar smacking him with the camera he had no issues having the lens stuck in his eye then blinded by the flash...

maybe you one was a shy kinda frog

A good effort greg and kudos for getting out in the wet!

I think it is a good shot of a frog in its habitat.