Great Horned Owl
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Trying to photograph frogs can be very frustrating, unless you are lucky enough to be lucky enough to have some green frogs (Rana clamitans) handy. Unlike almost all other frogs, they just aren't very skittish.
This guy lives lives in my pond, along with two of his friends. This morning, I found him nicely posed, so I went and grabbed my camera. The 420 mm zoom wasn't enough, so I went back into the house, and added an Olympus B300 1.7x conversion lens. That still didn't work. When I got close enough, The camera wouldn't focus.
The B300 has no front threads to accept a closeup lens, so I tried adding a Minolta +0 lens between the camera and the B300. That helped, but I still couldn't focus when I got as close as I wanted to be. I went back to the house and swapped the Minolta for a Canon 500D +2 adapter. That allowed me to focus for a nice tight shot.
Unfortunately, the focus was so critical, that I was having trouble hand holding the camera and keeping him in focus. That need one more trip back to the house for a tripod. Amazingly, the frog just sat there through all this.
Now that I had him in focus, I realized that there was a very annoying blade grass right in front of his eye. I was astonished that he still sat there while I picked the grass about 4" away from him. Here's the result.
Joel
This guy lives lives in my pond, along with two of his friends. This morning, I found him nicely posed, so I went and grabbed my camera. The 420 mm zoom wasn't enough, so I went back into the house, and added an Olympus B300 1.7x conversion lens. That still didn't work. When I got close enough, The camera wouldn't focus.
The B300 has no front threads to accept a closeup lens, so I tried adding a Minolta +0 lens between the camera and the B300. That helped, but I still couldn't focus when I got as close as I wanted to be. I went back to the house and swapped the Minolta for a Canon 500D +2 adapter. That allowed me to focus for a nice tight shot.
Unfortunately, the focus was so critical, that I was having trouble hand holding the camera and keeping him in focus. That need one more trip back to the house for a tripod. Amazingly, the frog just sat there through all this.
Now that I had him in focus, I realized that there was a very annoying blade grass right in front of his eye. I was astonished that he still sat there while I picked the grass about 4" away from him. Here's the result.
Joel
