August 6, 2010

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!!!

8 comments:

  1. Toads ya few days back there was one tiny Toad in my home also,I just frisked outside my home with the help of JHADU(not getting english word for it, just slip of mind)and after few minutes it was again inside my home. I don't like them but they do not harm anyone and always want to remain away from us.
    Nice Pics though !

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  2. Toads ya few days back there was one tiny Toad in my home also,I just frisked outside my home with the help of JHADU(not getting english word for it, just slip of mind)and after few minutes it was again inside my home. I don't like them but they do not harm anyone and always want to remain away from us.
    Nice Pics though !

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  3. @Abhishek

    I don't like the toads to a great extent... but i don't harm them too... i'll be happy if they r in my garden, but if they r inside my home i hate... my paretns will chase them out, but they don't generally come... very rarely, tiny frogs enter inside my home...

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  4. Nice pics... And yes the toads are shy creatures... So very well captured!

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  5. @Arti

    Thanks... glad that u appreciate my patience with the toads...

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  6. WELL UR PHOTOGRAPHY ARE ALSO NICE

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