Adult Little Grass Frog (Pseudacris ocularis) Standing on Moss, Francis Marion National Forest, SC
This little guy, the Little Grass Frog (Pseudacris ocularis), is the smallest of all North American species of frogs, reaching a maximum length of about 3/4 inches. When I arrived in Francis Marion National Forest after an extremely heavy rain, these guys were calling all over the place. That doesn’t mean it was easy to find one, however, they are excellent at remaining hidden! For this image, I had to use my telephoto lens combined with a closeup filter in order to get the required magnification to make the frog large enough in the frame for my tastes.
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Paul Burgess on 10 Jun 2009 at 3:57 pm #
Sweet Chris! Just wish the eye area was a bit brighter.
Must have been rather hard to photograph something that tiny! Do they sit still for reasonable amounts of time?
Happy shooting and God bless,
Paul
Josh Gahagan on 10 Jun 2009 at 6:14 pm #
Really liking the images you’ve been posting from your trip. Awesome stuff man.
Chris Kayler on 11 Jun 2009 at 9:04 am #
Thanks for the comments guys.
Paul - good point on the eye - I might play around brightening it and see if I like it. They do sit still for reasonably long amounts of time … maybe 30 seconds.