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Big Boss
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Copyright: Grzegorz Wieczorek (red45) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2841 W: 75 N: 8090] (27431)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-04
Categories: Amphibians
Camera: Canon Powershot S2-IS, Raynox DCR-250
Exposure: f/8, 1/125 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2007-05-01 11:41
Viewed: 790
Points: 36
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Picture from Ojcow National Park, taken few weeks ago. We were there for short, three days long trip. One of most interesting places around Ojcow is Pieskowa Skala with famous, very old castle and amazing rock formations. And amphibians :-) River Pradnik makes small waterholes around main stream and they're full of frogs and toads. We spended in this place only few hours and founded three different species of amphibians and one happy family of grass snakes :-)

Bufo bufo) or European Toad is widespread throughout Europe, with the exception of Ireland and some Mediterranean islands. Its easterly range extends to Irkutsk in Siberia and its southerly range includes parts of northwestern Africa in the northern mountains of Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia.

Adults can grow to 18 cm (7 in) and their skin has a warty appearance and ranges from green to brown. As a defense against predators they secrete a toxic, foul tasting substance called bufagin. This is enough to deter many predators although Grass Snakes and hedgehogs are immune. Although the adults spend most of their time on land the females enter ponds and other still waters to lay their eggs, toadspawn, which can be distinguished from the spawn of the common frog as it forms strings rather than a large mass of eggs. Eggs are laid in the spring, with the females attempting to return to the water in which they were born. The young tadpoles resemble other tadpoles in their appearance except that toadpoles have a larger, rounder blacker head and shorter tail.

Common Toads eat invertebrates such as insects, larvae, spiders, slugs and worms, which they catch on their sticky tongues. Larger toads may also take slow worms, small grass snakes and harvest mice, which are swallowed alive. Toads generally hunt at night, and are most active in wet weather.

In Germany, Great Britain and Poland many toads are killed on the roads while migrating to their breeding grounds, in some places special tunnels have been constructed so they can cross under roads and local wildlife groups run toad patrols carrying them across busy crossing points in buckets.

Toads have a long association with European witchcraft, as familiars and ingredients in potions.

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  • trinko Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 604 W: 84 N: 323] (4312)
  • [2007-05-01 11:42]

nice composition iwth the two toads. great eye on the near one. good focus and colors

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  • Luis52 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1025 W: 5 N: 2899] (10487)
  • [2007-05-01 12:14]

Hola Grzegorz.- Exelente y bello Macro. Muy elegente y claro, con una nitidez caracteristica de todas tus fotos. Me agradan los ojos y su hermosa y grande boca. Finos detalles en toda la postal. Saludos Luis52.

Hi Greg,
look at these eyes - wonderful.
How could you come so close - it looks you were bathing with them ;-)
A perfect shot, thanks and greetings
Sabine - wishnugaruda

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  • gannu Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1030 W: 4 N: 2702] (12410)
  • [2007-05-01 12:37]

hi too close and too good.
Ganesh

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  • uleko Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2686 W: 173 N: 8314] (26185)
  • [2007-05-01 13:22]

Hello Grzegorz,
Superb macro of these two lovers. Details are amazingly sharp (using the S2IS) and colours great. The eyes are amazing - they really pop out at you! Well done!
Many thanks, Ulla

great pic, TFS Ori

Hi Grzegorz.
Amazing photo, perfect macro. Very pure and sharp shot. Interesting motive. Very well done. tfs. Stev

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  • lee Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 38 W: 0 N: 24] (84)
  • [2007-05-01 22:10]

Hi Grzegorz, an amusing but yet fascinating photo here. Good colors and certainly good details. Good view of the eyes. Good composition. Thanks.

Lee

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  • Janice Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3471 W: 145 N: 5989] (17924)
  • [2007-05-02 5:50]

Kia ora Red Greg!
I love yoour portrait here - those beauties look so big! Very good focus and sharp details,
TFS
Janice

  • Great 
  • marcin Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 125 W: 0 N: 166] (1451)
  • [2007-05-02 14:41]

czesc Grzegorz
piekny kadr, no i zabki tez piekne
pozdrawiam
marcin

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  • manyee Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3119 W: 236 N: 5956] (20112)
  • [2007-05-03 3:26]

Those eyes are amazing, Greg.
Love those golden and red flecks.
Fantastic details on these two toads on top of each other.
TFS. : )

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  • cedryk Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 969 W: 57 N: 1662] (5072)
  • [2007-05-03 14:21]

Czesc,
To co podoba mi sie w tej fotce to "oddolna" perspektywa. Odmienna od setek innych zdjec ropuch w ampleksusie. To cenna umiejetnosc znalezc cos nowego w takim motywie :-)
Serdecznosci,
Michal

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  • horia Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2171 W: 232 N: 4056] (13483)
  • [2007-05-07 16:20]

Hi Greg

Terrific portrait of these two Bufo bufos here!
What a great idea for a POV!!! I'm guessing the mobile LCD came in handy here ;)
But the great fact about it is that it makes them all look a lot bigger :)
Splendid details and colors and excellent catchlight in their eyes!

Bravo and TFS
Horia

Hi Greg

Ha.. ha.... now this is togetherness! Love those big eye. Awesome work my friend. Kisses and hugs to Joanna! :-)

Czesc Grzesiu
Piekna fotka i swietna notka. I ten blysk w oku. Czekam na nastepne wiosenne obrazki.
Pozdrawiam
Krzysiek

Hi Greg,
A great study in texture. Thank heavens they really do not cause warts. I would be covered from all the times I have handled them in my youth. You just gotta love that eye! Nice macro work with great DOF.
Scott

Hello Greg.
With this superb POV you have made a cool "character" from this fellow. Everything, I repeat EVERYTHING, is on the spot.
Congratulations.
Hope everything follows well!
Best wishes, Felipe.

bonjour grzegorz
les sujets ne sont pas les plus beaux que j'ai vu mais la pose et surtout la netteté meritait bien cette publication.
laurent

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