So I often use a white background (it is really a white cardboard box lid) for my spider and insect photos. A little over a year ago, I caught this tiny little frog and gave it the same treatment and liked the results. Here's another shot from that set...

Technical Data: Canon EOS 7D, Canon MP-E 65mm f/2.8 1-5x Macro, 1/250 sec at f/16. Canon Macro Twin Lite MT-24EX in ETTL mode. ISO 100. RAW processing in Adobe Camera Raw.

Usually frogs aren't the easiest subjects to catch and bring to a "studio" to shoot, but I recently had two separate frogs that I managed to use this same technique with, and the results work very well if I do say so myself. There is something about the white backgrounds that I really enjoy for these little critters - to be able to remove the clutter of their environment and show off their patterns and personality. So here's a few more.

Technical Data: Canon EOS 7D, Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM, 1/200th & 1/160th sec at f/16 & f/32. Canon Speedlight 580EX II flash in eTTL mode. Image Stabilization on. ISO 100. RAW processing in Adobe Camera Raw

And just because I am feeling generous, here's a bonus shot. I was going to hold this back for another post, but I seem to have an abundance of stuff right now, so you get this extra cool shot in this post...

Technical Data: Canon EOS 7D, Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM, 1/160th sec at f/16. Canon Speedlight 580EX II flash in eTTL mode. Image Stabilization on. ISO 100. RAW processing in Adobe Camera Raw

Stay tuned as I have plenty more stuff to share.

- Bill