Yellow Bullfrog in Algonquin Pond Colour Wildlife Photography
A Bright Frog Among Overlapping Green Pond Leaves
The bullfrog’s yellow colour makes it visible among the many green leaves on this Algonquin Park pond in Ontario. I photographed the frog with its head and part of its back clear of the surrounding plants, while much of its body remains partly hidden. It occupies only a small area of the frame, so finding it is part of the experience of looking at the photograph.
I kept the floating leaves prominent rather than cropping tightly around the animal. Their small rounded shapes overlap in different directions, with dark water visible in the gaps. Some leaves are bright green, others are more olive, and a few carry warmer brown tones or irregular marks. I like how those changes make the setting detailed without giving it a single dominant shape. Against that pattern, the frog’s eye, head and longer back become easier to distinguish.
The colour connects the frog to its surroundings even as the yellow sets it apart. Darker markings along its back sit beside the shadows between the leaves, while the brighter head catches the eye first. I wanted to preserve that balance between a clear wildlife subject and the pond surface around it. The photograph stays close enough to retain the frog’s details, but the larger field of leaves remains important. Looking across it, I move from the repeated greens and dark openings to the small animal within them, then back into the water and plants that give it a setting.
© Dan Kosmayer, 2013
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