poison dart frog

[Gato Moteado]

i've always had problems trying to photograph dendrobates auratus (or, however it's classified nowadays)...it's a challenge for me to get a good looking image of one of these guys, and i'm not that happy with any of the shots i got today.

anyway, walked out my door this morning, went down the hill a couple hundred meters along the trail and picked this guy up out of some leaf litter in the forest

[soothsayer]

1. Cute! How big/small?

The frog, I mean. Tiny?

[Gato Moteado]

2. he could sit on a quarter

[soothsayer]

3. Wow! Thanks

How poisonous?

[Gato Moteado]

10. pretty much the least toxic of all the poison dart frogs

i handle them without gloves

[58Sunliner]

4. What a character. You must live near a rain forest I presume. Nice shot.

I was going to ask his size. Just a quarter is amazing. I once had a little horny toad lizard that was the same size. Perfect in every detail, just a miniature.

[Gato Moteado]

11. both of my houses are in the middle of rain forest...

...one is in the temperate rain forest at 1500 meters which is almost cloud forest conditions and the one i'm at now is close to sea level on the pacific coast. monkeys come right up to the house here.

[Doreen]

5. Both adorable and beautiful

[Gato Moteado]

12. thank you!

[Irish_Dem]

6. I never knew I liked frogs so much.

Love this little guy.

[Gato Moteado]

14. thank you!

frogs are cool

[Karadeniz]

7. Is he poisonous to the touch?

[Gato Moteado]

13. if you have a cut on your hand, better not to touch them....

...but i handle these guys without gloves. i also handle the golfo dulce poison dart frogs and the blue jeans poison dart frogs with bare hands but i wouldn't do that with the really toxic ones in the amazon

[flamin lib]

8. The high key background is interesting

and a bit more difficult than one would think.

All your subjects are beautiful and your skill superb. I also like your approach to studio portraiture; if they are taken out of their habitat might as well go all the way!

[Gato Moteado]

9. man, i feel like i'm just hacking this stuff....especially post processing....

...i really need to get my act together.

and, yeah, wildlife portraiture is exactly what i call what i'm doing but i still need to develop my own style to distinguish my work from the other people who are doing the exact same stuff.

[Irish_Dem]

15. The frogs just come alive in your photos.

I feel like I am looking at the real frog right next to me.
And you show interesting features.