Featured in Nature In Its Entirety February 18, 2011.
Featured in Amphibians October 25, 2010.
Featured in Fabulous Froggies July 11, 2010.
Featured in Wildlife, Landscape and Nature Photography Online Magazine July 1, 2010.
Top Ten in the “Every Picture Tells A Story” challenge in High Quality Animal Images May 29, 2010.
Featured in # 1 Artists of RedBubble February 11, 2010.
Featured in LMAO Art – Your funniest work February 10, 2010.

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“Harbinger – A person or thing that announces the approach of another.”

It won’t be long before I’ll take the dogs out in the evening and hear the high pitched chirps of my little amphibian friends, calling to each other in the darkness … and telling me that spring is near. Surprisingly, as early as February I’ll hear their nocturnal love songs … they always bring a smile.

443 views on February 2, 2010.

(So you know I wasn’t being cruel, this little guy and his buddies took a dip in my pool every evening last summer … and every morning it was my pleasure to scoop them out and send them on their way. The toads, such as this fellow, were very easy going and after awhile it became apparent that they were happy to pose for me. After a few minutes of fun, I always gently placed them under the leaves of the ivy … where they could spend the day in the shade, hunting for bugs.)

Image taken on the morning of July 24, 2009 with the Nikon D300 and the 60mm Nikon macro/micro lens. Shutter speed was 1/250, aperture f/9.0, exposure -.33, iso 1000. Jpeg sharpened in Capture NX2.

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