Toad Photographs!

Hi Guys,

Toads are one of the creatures that visit my home regularly. I haven't seen a group of toads, but I've seen atleast one every night since my childhood days. For the past few days I've been thinking of taking Toad Photographs, but they are very shy creatures and will disappear quickly if I go near them.

Today evening I saw a toad standing in one corner. I was not interested as it would run away. I went outside an hour later and it was still there. I thought of taking photo and took my camera and went outside. I was careful not to create sound. I was some 5 feet away from the toad and took 2 photos with 4X zoom (maximum possible optical zoom in my camera). It started to jump when I moved a little. I was on the verge of jumping down and I took another three. I was taking the next one and it jumped away.

The first place where the toad stayed for very long time

Ready to jump!

After that I came to the other side. To my suprise there was another toad on the other side. It was a comparitively smaller one. It was in between two plants and I was able to capture it quite well. This toad cooperated well with me.

The other one!

Another black and white!

A close up view. Wonderful, isn't it?

It took 20 minutes for me to take the photographs. Particularly after losing the first toad, I was very careful with the second one. I was nearly kneeling down for 10 minutes. My legs were paining at the end, but my mind was very happy. Just thought about the nature photographers. How difficult it would be for them to capture the wildlife? Hats off to them.

Happy Viewing!!!