Photographer Steven Scott Grogin describes his mornings in Michigan as a ritual. He wakes up at 6am on the dot to get ready for a hike. His favourite lake, once a quarry pit, is a 30-minute walk away, so he tends to arrive by around 7am.
As he circled the lake's perimeter, he saw this American bullfrog in the water. Grogin hoped the animal might naturally drift closer to the shore. Once it did, he set to work.
Grogin stayed into the late afternoon before returning home to make subtle edits. He hopes his picture will recreate the same sense of immersion for viewers, 'as if they're floating in the water, too, face to face with a world they would usually only look down at from above.'