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Hyla arborea


Hyla arborea
Photo Information
Copyright: Liviu Chiriac (chili) Silver Note Writer [C: 0 W: 0 N: 10] (67)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-08-21
Categories: Amphibians
Camera: Canon EOS 350D Digital
Exposure: f/5.6
Details: (Fill) Flash: Yes
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2007-09-17 9:20
Viewed: 891
Points: 16
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
The European tree frog is a small frog that can grow to 4,5 cm in size at most. Historically, tree frogs were used as barometers because they respond to approaching rain by croaking. In the breeding season, even when migrating to their mating pools, they croak as well. Depending on subspecies, temperature, humidity, and the frog's 'mood', skin color ranges from bright to olive green, grey, brown and yellow. The head is rounded, the lip drops strongly, the pupil has the shape of a horizontal ellipse and the eardrum is clearly recognizable.

Males can be distinguished from females by their browny-yellowy, large (folded) vocal sacs in the throat region. The amplexus is axillary (in the armpits). Both adult males and females reach sizes up to 30-40 mm, rarily longer than 45 mm. The smooth, shining, usually leaf-green back and the white-yellowish to grey belly are separated by a dark stripe on its flank reaching from the nostrils, over the eye and the eardrum, to the groin, contrasting the green, and forming a dark spot near the hips. The hind legs are much larger and stronger than the fore legs, which enables to jump rapidly.
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hi liviu
welcome on tn
you start with a very good one !!!!!

best regards
aleks
;)
no more points today , i'll be back soon

Has logrado una imagen plena de un dramatismo teatral, casi uno espera que esta ranita arbórea comience un monologo con el espectador. Se me figura un cuadro de Rembrandt sobre todo por esa luz, tetral tambien, casi dorada, derramándose sobre el animal y la rama sobre la que se apoya, despegandose dulcemente de la oscuridad del fondo.

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  • EOSF1 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1381 W: 126 N: 5246] (23469)
  • [2007-09-17 9:44]

Hello Liviu, beautiful first posting here, welcome ! It's a very good portrait of this frog, great sharpness, good composition, nice exposure and a beautiful background. Good catch light in its eye. Well done and thanks !

Mario

hi liviu,
welcome to tn you have captured a nice sharp shot with wonderful colors on the frog and i do like the dark background you have a good composition and pov TFS

mat

Hi Liviu,
Very nice picture of this cute little frog. And welcome on TN!
Cécile

very very nice shot! great focus, pov and shape of image!

what a wonderful froggy and sharpness....love the pose and depth

Salut,
Iti urez un calduros "Bun venit" pe TN.
Superba fotografia si mai ales animalul :D
TFS
Numai bine,
Iulian

Buna Liviu si bine ai venit pe TN !
Foarte reusita prima ta imagine, bine compusa si culori foarte bune.Pozitia brotaceluli este interesanta, parca ar vrea sa ne spuna ceva.
Felicitari si cat mai multe reusite!

Mircea

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