Hyla - for Greg and Cecilia

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• manyee (21048)
• [2007-02-09 3:02]

A perfect pose, Horia.
I love the way frogs hang on to branches, and still be able to do all sorts of acrobatics on them. Excellent exposure and very fine details. That's a beautiful deep green. TFS. : )

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• SelenE (13822)
• [2007-02-09 3:19]

Good morning Horia,
Very good composition and POV. Colors, focus and the pose is lovely. TFS
Selen

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• Bufo (4241)
• [2007-02-09 4:18]

Hi Horia,
the pose and composition are really good in this picture and tree frogs are so thankful objects to take pictures of.
The fact that you used the flash method creates a slight problem here. There's quite some reflection (white) on the back of the frog. I have that most of the time I take pictures of frogs. with a little post processing you can do some selective highlight reduction or a more serious action would be to replace colours.
But these minor nits don't conceil the fact that I think it's a nice picture.
Cheers and a good weekend
JAcob

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• coasties (27712)
• [2007-02-09 4:23]

Hi Horia

This is a lovely and apt tribute to Greg and Cecilia. The shot is of high quality and your subject is adorable! I love the textures you have captured in it's skin. The composition is faultless. Stunning work and a pleasure to view. Thank you! :-)

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• elefantino (14381)
• [2007-02-09 4:32]
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Ciao Horia, how are you?
Nice shot rich in colors and well detailed.
I see you are partially color-blind, but your pics are always well balanced, how can you do that?
Your dog is nice! I've one that looks like your but smaller... it's a female, I love her!
Bye bye
Andrea

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• pankajbajpai (16507)
• [2007-02-09 5:13]

hi horia,
the power shot s2 is works wonders in your hand, the picture quality of your shots are dslr like,
this shot has excellent sharpness, details have been captured well,
nice pov, lovely colours,
well done,
tfs & regards
pankaj

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• fiyo (10618)
• [2007-02-09 5:28]

Hello Horia,
a very beautiful shot indeed. Vivid colors, very sharp and clear, very nice composition. Great moment.TFS

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• nainnain (6259)
• [2007-02-09 5:46]

hello
trop mignonne cette grenouille, bonne couleurs et netteté
bravo amitiès
edith

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• moody (62)
• [2007-02-09 6:13]

Nice and cool picture, congratulations. Cheere, Moody

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• Argus (34981)
• [2007-02-09 6:34]

Hello Horia,
Very nice shot of Hyla arboria ssp horia! Excellent Greg and Cecilia type of clarity, BG and composition and fine lighting.
Great shot!
TFS and best wishes, Ivan

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• JoseMiguel (5506)
• [2007-02-09 6:48]

Hi Horia,
This guy seem to be climbing high!
The pose of the frog catched couldn't has been better.
Great POV, and of course great DOF also for that nicely blurred background.
You did a great job with the fill flash used, I like so much the good quality of the illumination got and the exposition used.
I like so much also the composition builded and the frame used.
Congratulations, thanks for share and best regards,
JM

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• Alex99 (18531)
• [2007-02-09 7:04]

Hi Horia.
And you still doubted of expediency of posting of frog images.
Really perfect combination of greatly detailed and sharpened frog and twig and excellently blurred BG. As usual outstanding reproduction of skin texture and mood of the frog. Nice composition and pleasant cold colours. My best wishes and compliments.
Alexei.

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• vanderschelden (30145)
• [2007-02-09 7:20]

Hi Horia,
You know what I think about flash; and I don't have to verify the metadata.
Nevertheless once again very good compo.
Wish you a good weekend;-)
TFS
Annick

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• marhowie (302)
• [2007-02-09 7:54]

Hello Horia,
Great shot! Luv the composition and POV most of all..
Excellent exposure and colors (I use center-weighted average alot also). Nice & sharp with very good details and OOF BG.
Very well done mf.

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• wkshelton (5492)
• [2007-02-09 9:12]

Hello Horia,

excllent Job

Perfect colors Bg POV DOF Perfect detail svery crisp excllent composed and capture photo

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• marmottelolo (14691)
• [2007-02-09 12:37]

bonjour horia
c'est extra,il n'y a qu'en roumanie que les grenouille grimpent aux arbres!!!
cette photo frise la perfection avec toutes les qualitéscomme BG POV et DOF,couleurs et netteté.
bravo.
laurent

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• Maite (5195)
• [2007-02-09 13:39]

An this is also a marvel!
What a wondrous composition!
Colors, lighting, sharpness, dof... All perfect!
I really like it. Thank you very much for sharing.
My best wishes
Maite

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• Necipp (100)
• [2007-02-09 14:13]

A very nice shot the POV is excellent as is the sharp detail and lovely DOF technically of high standard and a pleasure to look at well done Horia tfs rgds Necip.

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• RAP (7405)
• [2007-02-09 15:24]

Another point of view and composition very pleasant Horia to show us this beautiful frog.

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Scarce DOF generates an excellent contrast on the diffuse bottom.
The use of flash has produced some undesirable reflection, but I presume that for the used speed the conditions were not the ideals.
Best regards... Ricardo

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• Silvio2006 (41320)
• [2007-02-09 15:28]

Ciao Horia, very nice ile with an original POV, great pose and wonderful colors, lovely details, very well done, have a good weeek end, ciao Silvio

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• Juyona (15565)
• [2007-02-09 15:37]

Maravillosa captura Horia, y excelentes detalles, nitidez y iluminación agradables...
para Greg y Cecilia, genial idea, saludo amigo

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• glazzaro (4565)
• [2007-02-09 15:37]

Nice shot, love the detail and especially like the out of focus BG, good work indeed!

Greg

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• mirceax (6247)
• [2007-02-09 18:11]

Salut Horia,
Remarcabila imaginea,forte buna compozitie,culori si detalii,BG la fel.
Merci pt.publicare.
Mircea

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• dew77 (13209)
• [2007-02-10 3:34]

Hello Horia,
Wonderful capture.POV,sharpness,colors,blurred BG,framing and composition are excellent.
TFS..:-)

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• scottevers7 (12267)
• [2007-02-10 6:46]

Hi Horia,
his looks great! Very well composed and framed in the vertical format.
A spot on exposure has rendered excellent colors. Detail is very sharp with a wll controled DOF. Nice shine and texture to his skin!
Scott

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• GLEM (6115)
• [2007-02-10 7:01]

Bonjour Horia,
étrange de ce blotir contre une tige épineuse ?
Très bonne image, la couleur est vraiment superbe. La netteté est impeccable.
tfs

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• ramthakur (32154)
• [2007-02-10 10:05]

Hello Horia,
We are well acquainted with your green tree frogs and I am sure everyone loves to look at them because you always present them well.
I like the position in which you have captured it holding the stem of a plant. The turned head position shows that the fellow is content with the world -- almost on 'top' of it actually :-)!
This well captured picture should make the recipients of your dedication Greg and Cecilia quite happy.
Best regards,
Ram

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• claudine (0)
• [2007-02-10 10:40]

Hello Horia,
You caught another climbing frog! What it is with you? I guess that you tame them and show them how to pose for pictures, yes that's it :)! This is a very nice picture and the pose from your little model is priceless. I like the brilliance the flash created. This is beautiful! Thanks,
Claudine

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• viv (3307)
• [2007-02-10 12:01]

Hi Horia,
What a perfect capture of this cute frog.
Great on details and what a beautifull colour green.
Great work
Vivian

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• badar (785)
• [2007-02-10 12:04]

HI Horia,
Very good composition , colours are lovely.
TFS
Badruddin Ali

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• radz (3404)
• [2007-02-10 12:24]

Hi Horia i never seen prety frog shot like this..it seems as if posing for u...Lovely composition&DOF is fantastic!!

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• JORAPAVI (4627)
• [2007-02-10 17:14]

Hola Horia,
Preciosa la composición en la que parece posar para la cámara. La luz, nitidez y fondo conseguidos son muy buenos. Saludos

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• arfer (0)
• [2007-02-10 21:42]

Hello Horia

A beautiful tree frog portrait.The composition is excellent.The colours are bold and vivid.The POV and DOF are well handled.Very sharp detailsand the texture of the skin is very good.A very nice presentation.TFS

Rob

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• OzBY (1085)
• [2007-02-11 2:49]

Hi Horia,

Great picture of this tree frog
Great color, background, lightening, composition and sharpness

Oz

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• jmp (8411)
• [2007-02-11 6:03]

Hi Horia,
This time it should be appropriate to say that this photo is Lazzaros' brand. I agree with you that their post are tastefully and technically perfect, as yours.:-)
Excellent pov, colours, sharpnes, balanced composition and a blurred background.
Best regards, José M.

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• jcoowanitwong (12117)
• [2007-02-11 8:41]

Hi Horia,
Love this picture. Great vivid colors and skin texture that well shown. Very well done and TFS this fine image.
JC

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• anel (15686)
• [2007-02-11 8:51]

Hi Horia,
Having been absent for a week, I'm late in my commetaries. I just discover your Hyla arborea, which I know quite well now, thanks to your different pictures.Excellent composition, like always, beautiful blurried background and what I admire so much, the way you can bring out the texture of the skin.
Best regards
Anne

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• SkyF (8127)
• [2007-02-11 10:05]

Hello Horia,
great shot, love the way the frog hangs on to the branch. Very well captured, the details are sharp and the colors are wonderful. Very well focused with a superp OOF BG. Grea composition hiere.
TFS..Sky

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• star74 (2474)
• [2007-02-11 11:47]

Hi Horia,
Excellent capture here.
Nice and clear pin sharp details.
POV and DOF are superb.
Great job.

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• delic (898)
• [2007-02-11 17:40]

Hello Horia,
Excellent composition and flash work. The reflection of light off the frog's back is inevitable and fixable in PP. All in all, well done.
Best wishes,
Hakan

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• volkan (1076)
• [2007-02-12 10:50]

Hi Horia,
This is a cute capture of this guy hanging tightly here.
Nice point of view and clarity in details.
Great work.

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• cedryk (5184)
• [2007-02-12 16:43]
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Hello Horia,
Another cool shot of a tree-frog :-) Very nice POV and light. The reflection on the frog's back are not distracting at all.
Best greetings!
Michal

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• saeedabbasi (4512)
• [2007-02-13 4:50]

Hi again dear Horia ,
excellent focus and details.
great colors and sharpness.
excellent BG.
perfect work.
thanks
Saeed

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• peter_stoeckl (10219)
• [2007-02-13 9:41]

Hello Horia,
very cute Tree Frog in charming pose, can't get enough from them, in particular when they are politely turning their head to me. Excellent composition, fine details, subtle hues of distant colours.
With thanks, and best regards,
Peter

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• wuta (2142)
• [2007-02-13 14:52]

Hello Horia , Fantastic shot from the frog , great compositie colours details pov bg and framing ,Greetings Teunie .

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• mikou (5269)
• [2007-02-14 10:17]

Hi Horia.
How you say:"one branch - one animal and the rest is a blurry BG".Sounds it simply,but you you know as though it do simple isn't.
You are it made really greatly.OOF background is perfect and gives well emphasis on lovely position of this frog with sharp details and splendid colours.Beautiful composition with nice POV and very good DOF.
Superb done,my admiration and thank you for sharing.
Best greetings Milos

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• extramundi (12818)
• [2007-02-15 12:09]

You have some of the best shots of tree frogs in TN.
I dont know hoaw you always manage to get this nice compositions, they always seem to be posing for you.
The textures and colours on the skin are really lovely.
Best regards and congratulations, MF.

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• Aramok (4931)
• [2007-02-16 6:23]
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I think one of these days I may have to start photo-ing frogs. This is a wonderful picture with loads of detail and sharpness. I can't beleive that you have and continue to, pull this off with close up filters on a powershot.

Have you considered ever purchasing a full dSLR - I think you would be amazing with it.

As I am sure everyone else has already said - the DOF, POV and details, saturation, composition are all excellent and really make this picture something unique.

TFS
Emma

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• uleko (2787)
• [2007-02-16 10:51]

Hello Horia,
I have overlooked this wonderful shot and must add to the long list of compliments! Lovely sharp capture of this little froggy in a very nice pose. Amazing how he can cling on to this thorny branch. Nice background and a superb composition.
TFS and regards, Ulla

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• livios (16906)
• [2007-02-19 11:23]

Horia, this is very nice indeed.

Excellent pov, composition and sharpness.

Lovely shades of green everywhere.

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• joey (24727)
• [2007-05-23 3:29]

Hi Horia,
this is an excellant shot with a brilliant POV.
Great DOF and composition.
Well done,
Joey

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• Miss_Piggy (7279)
• [2008-01-16 2:14]
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Hallo Horia
Pleased to meet you. Now for starters you must be wondering why I went back a year on your postings. Going through the web pages on Trek Nature is a new adventure every time, and I can understand why it is so difficult to get away from the PC. There are just so many talented photographers on the site and they all have such spectacular portfolios. I have missed out so many wonderful photos. In my search I came across this lovely dedication to Greg and Cecilia" Hyla" and it definitely deserves a smiley. Details are razor sharp with nothing out of place. I just love the round eyes, the "polished “green body the jellybean yellow legs. It seems as if he is clinging on for dear life. I enjoyed looking at it. Thanks for sharing.
Kind regards
Anna