Bufo Portrait - _TNY_6838
Walking back to the parking lot after a day at Åva-Stensjödal in Tyresta National Park just south of Stockholm, Sweden, I pass the ruin of the old mill which actually was in use as recent as just over a hundred years ago.
There I met a woman walking her dogs and she warned me to be careful and not step on the toads.
The way I walk when I am out with my camera is quite slow and I always scan what's in front of me in search of any cool bugs so the risk of me missing a toad wasn't very high - but the nice lady of course couldn't know that.
Either way, I soon found a whole bunch of common toads (Bufo bufo), also known as the European toad sitting on the path in front of me. I assume they were moving from where they hibernated to the Nedre Dammen pond where I had seen a whole bunch of their brethren busy with dating and amourous activity.
This particular one stayed completely still so I took the opportunity and got in close with the camera. Since I hade the MP-E65mm on at the time, this is as far away as I was able to shoot it - but it turned out pretty neat this way as well with some nice eye detail.
Bufo Portrait - _TNY_6838
Walking back to the parking lot after a day at Åva-Stensjödal in Tyresta National Park just south of Stockholm, Sweden, I pass the ruin of the old mill which actually was in use as recent as just over a hundred years ago.
There I met a woman walking her dogs and she warned me to be careful and not step on the toads.
The way I walk when I am out with my camera is quite slow and I always scan what's in front of me in search of any cool bugs so the risk of me missing a toad wasn't very high - but the nice lady of course couldn't know that.
Either way, I soon found a whole bunch of common toads (Bufo bufo), also known as the European toad sitting on the path in front of me. I assume they were moving from where they hibernated to the Nedre Dammen pond where I had seen a whole bunch of their brethren busy with dating and amourous activity.
This particular one stayed completely still so I took the opportunity and got in close with the camera. Since I hade the MP-E65mm on at the time, this is as far away as I was able to shoot it - but it turned out pretty neat this way as well with some nice eye detail.