This Common Frog -
Rana temporaria - was wandering across my lawn. It looks to have had a decent summer, stocking up on its winter reserves.
![](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tZ447WZizBg/SLPUhM4mWdI/AAAAAAAAAnM/RnxniGXDXk0/s400/frog-web.jpg)
The coppery sheen to the eye is always very attractive, but I have another reason for going in closer still........
![](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tZ447WZizBg/SLPUqlxRELI/AAAAAAAAAnc/nAq9K8vsN7A/s400/frog-eye-web.jpg)
If you get the light just right, and the focus even more precise, you can get the reflection from the frog's eye. So this is how I look to a frog.
![](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tZ447WZizBg/SLPUl0VlODI/AAAAAAAAAnU/ZqhWgBAPdig/s400/frog-eye-close-web.jpg)
Interesting sky behind me....
Stunning - you obviously don't look threatening if it let you get that close :-)
ReplyDelete"Looks to have had a decent summer"! Gosh - great way of putting this soggy summer.:) I took a torch out the other night looking for beasties and noticed a big fat frog hopping across the tarmac. Didn't take a photo because I have my great froggy shot from last year thanks to one of the cats.
ReplyDelete"Looks to have had a decent summer" might be an understatement.I think when our Australian summer approaches and I'm game enough to put on the swimmers, someone will say of me, "looks to have had a decent winter!". I love your frog.Great photography!
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