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Back-striped Toad at night

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Posted by Jeroen Stel on October 10, 2009 at 6:20 AM
Back-striped Toad at night
Went out last night to look for Back-striped Toads and found this little fellow. A torch gave me just enough light to get this atmospheric shot.

Greetings,

Jeroen Stel

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Posted by Terry Whittaker on October 10, 2009 at 8:02 AM
Very nice and a great effect from the torchlight.

Cheers

Terry
Posted by Tim Taylor on October 10, 2009 at 9:29 AM
I like this very much. Focus when light levels are low can be tricky but this looks spot on. Love the reflection on what I take to be the wet ground works well too.

Tim :toast:
Posted by Tim Munsey on October 10, 2009 at 1:24 PM
Cool, we can photo at night too, great thinking really like the effect.

Tim
Posted by Maggie Campbell on October 10, 2009 at 5:21 PM
Very nice Jeroen really like the light. Good eye and very atmospheric :wavey:
Posted by Lewis Thomson on October 10, 2009 at 7:43 PM

Hi Jeroen,

Super shot! Would like a little more room on the right, but no big deal, love the colour given by the torch light.

Cheers,

Lewis.
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Posted by Mark Davies on October 11, 2009 at 5:59 AM
great effect and super study .
Posted by Sandra Hendrikse on October 11, 2009 at 8:13 AM
Lovely image. The atmospheric lighting is really great. :smile:
Posted by David Taylor on October 11, 2009 at 11:45 AM
Yes, an excellent image.

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Posted by Matt Cole on October 11, 2009 at 2:14 PM
I like that a lot Jeroen. An interesting subject and and great technique to photograph it in such low light.

Matt :toast: