Toad 2

Posted by Eric Fry (Houston, TX, United States) on 7 August 2008 in Animal & Insect and Portfolio.

As I was climbing around on some firewood waiting to be split, trying to get a photo of some bug or another, this toad jumped out of a crack in one of the logs. He was sitting perpendicular to me, and I got a few good profiles, but the rest of my wood pile kept me from getting a front view. I reached my hand down to try and get him to turn towards me, but he wouldn't move at all! I finally touched him and turned him to get a face view. He sat there posing for me, sitting on his little toady hands, as I snapped several shots. I took some without flash, but didn't like the results. These were taken with the flash, which really highlighted the gold and orange on his skin, and he didn't seem to mind at all. I was absolutely amazed that a wild creature would sit so well through all of that!

I would have gotten him to sign a model release, but I wasn't sure how many beetles would be an appropriate compensation...I hope he doesn't have some snake for a lawyer!

Thanks for visiting, and I hope you all have a great day,
Eric

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