Froggy Fun with Photoshop

I don’t bring my long lens with me when I go to Rutgers Gardens. I don’t have a camera case (yet) and even if I did, I’m already carrying a bag full of garden tools, sunscreen, seed collecting containers, tissues, water … you get the idea. It’s just easier to sling my camera around my neck.

There are frogs in the pond in the Display Gardens. Without a long lens, I haven’t been able to get a good shot of them. Last month, one of the frogs obligingly sat on the edge of the pond and allowed me to get very close to him.

I took several shots as I moved nearer and nearer. I wasn’t happy with any of them because the day was overcast and very dark and the flash kept popping up on my camera. I am still so new to digital SLR’s that I couldn’t remember how to disable that function in the heat of the moment.

After my success with the cleome, I decided to see if I could work a little Photoshop magic with the frog. First I cropped the picture to emphasize the frog. Then, after searching a few Help topics, I started playing with filters to lighten the colors.

I think that came out rather well, don’t you?