It's a Frog Eat Frog World
by Rackat

Comment by goodtempo:
Congradulations on the great winning photo! Excellent! I'm also interested in how you did it. I read your comments. You could give some of us amateurs some pointers. It looks like you had top right and lower left lighting.
But I was also wondering what you used to hold the spoon and how you did the gradient background? I know that background can be done with software but how did you do it without software?

It's a Frog Eat Frog World
by Rackat

Comment by scab-lab:
Congrats! I loved this shot the best. I cant even imagine how the hell 2 people gave you a 1 on this. A 10 from me by the way. Great job!

It's a Frog Eat Frog World
by Rackat

Comment by magnetic9999:
im glad this won. this was an incredible shot : ) ...

It's a Frog Eat Frog World
by Rackat

Comment by f0rce:
I am curious, what did u use to hold the spoon, and for a backdrop?

It's a Frog Eat Frog World
by Rackat

Comment by DrJOnes:
BRAVO! Perfect shot!

It's a Frog Eat Frog World
by Rackat

Comment by shedonist:
Awesome shot! One of my two 10's for the week. Congrats!

It's a Frog Eat Frog World
by Rackat

Comment by Rackat:
Thank you very kindly to everyone that took the time to comment! A couple of you thought this little guy was not real and referred to a white line in the photo. I was really stumped for a while about this and then I finally saw what I now believe to be a dog hair. He stays mainly in the water and gets pretty sticky when he starts to dry. He would tolerate shooting for about 2 minutes then off the spoon he'd hop, sometimes landing not quite on all fours. I would then pick the debris from the carpet off his sticky skin, and shoot for a couple more minutes before I put him up....guess I missed a hair and never noticed it in the shot. Amandolin, you are right! I was wondering if anyone would notice! He is actually an Oriental Fire Bellied Toad, but for title purposes he became a frog for the week.

It's a Frog Eat Frog World
by Rackat

Comment by langdon:
simply beautiful. well done.

It's a Frog Eat Frog World
by Rackat

Comment by Gotcha:
A beautiful work of art. This is my favorite picture in the challenge. 10 ΓΆ€“ Gotcha Good Luck

It's a Frog Eat Frog World
by Rackat

Comment by GolferDDS:
Great Photo. Very ribbeting!! Colors are captivating. Lnede