This was shot at the St. Louis Zoo, inside the reptile house. Hand-held shot into his aquarium, this meant slow shutter speeds, I was afraid I would get no good shots at all.

Well this frog decided to pose for me. He moved from the middle of the aquarium to the front glass, giving me a wonderful closeup shot. He would move from the hanging on the front glass to the spot you see pictured.

He did this for about 15 minutes, each time stopping and holding perfectly still, once I got a couple shots and move the camera away from my face, he would move and then freeze again.

He gave me a great story and memory to go with this series of images.

And other birds…

…at least he was at the time, those are blades of grass next to this baby Killdeer, he was walking around at my cousins farm one day. The parents lost track of two of the babies and I just happened to be out taking photos when I spotted him. I grabbed a couple of shots and steered him back towards his family.

Lovers Lane is a hiking trail by Sol Duc Hot Springs in the Olympic National Forest…..

Taken at Ruby Beach on the Washington coast.

Location: Kalaloch Beach, Washington coast
Equipment: Canon 350D w/Canon 29-135mm IS USM Auto Focus lens

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Found the butterfly floating in one of our bird baths, picked him out thinking he was dead only to find out he was still alive, so I put him in a nice warm spot to dry out and he flew away 15 minutes later. As for the spider, this guy/girl has been making HUGE webs in our backyard for the last week now. I have never seen a spider this color before so I has to get a few shots.

Location: My Backyard
Equipment: Canon 350D, Nikon 50mm f/4 Manual Focus Macro Lens.