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He was never going to change.

A few falls back in my girlfriend's front yard I found this toadstool-fungus-mushroom-whatever you prefer, and I thought it was totally adorable. Then her daugh...
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A few falls back in my girlfriend's front yard I found this toadstool-fungus-mushroom-whatever you prefer, and I thought it was totally adorable. Then her daughter found me a tiny toad. And the cuteness factor increased exponentially.

This is another one of my photos that I have found floating around the internet (with no credit to me - sigh).
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PENTAX K20D

settings

Aperture f/3.5 ISO 200 Shutter 1/200

upload_date

Jan, 2014

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12174

Likes

+2.4k

Awards

Zenith Award

Winner in Room for Mushrooms Photo Challenge

Winner in everything fungi Photo Challenge

Top Shot Award 21

Legendary Award

Winner in Mushroom Close-Ups Photo Challenge

People's Choice in Tales of 1001 Likes Photo Challenge

Contest Finalist in Tiny Photo Contest

Winner in Autumn fungi Photo Challenge

Contest Finalist in Low Vantage Point Photo Contest

People's Choice in Toads and Frogs Photo Challenge

Contest Finalist in Celebrating Nature Photography Day Photo Contest 2016

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Contest Finalist in Below My Knees Photo Contest

Contest Finalist in Tiny Landscapes Photo Contest

Peer Award

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Superb Composition

+221

Top Choice

+199

Absolute Masterpiece

+196

Love it

+110

Outstanding Creativity

+95

Magnificent Capture

+89

All Star

+37

Superior Skill

+33

Genius

Virtuoso

Exceptional Contrast

Great Find

Emotions

Impressed

+16

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I have shot a few of these in Ohio, they are cool. I have even seen a red one but of course I did not have my camera! Great fun shot!

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This kind starts out yellow/orange then opens flat and turns red - like a giant plate.

Love this (:

Nice capture!

I would LOVE to get a shot like this. Great work and Congrats.

Ultimate

Great shot

Kudos!

Ultimate

Great shot

PRO+

Seller capture! Welcome to the "stolen from club" - totally stinks.

Fantastic shot. did you just find it, or have to wait for it to happen? Great job

Platinum

I had to wait!

Just a little more light on that tiny frog and it would've been a complete photo. Otherwise it's a magnificent photo. =D

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Such a fun shot, thanks for sharing!

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fabulous shot

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Hahahaha, I can hear his voice. Amazing shot!

Oh My Goodness what a capture !! Love Love Love this one!

Beautiful capture! Incredible work! Congratulations!

awesome, great job

nice

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Just the cutest thing I ever did see! Great composition!

LOVE it! I would kiss him!

Great composition. Good camera work.

Congratulations, super shot.

Makes me smile lovely shot well done on winning the challenge

Platinum

Awesome mushroom, but the amazing image is the little frog actually checking you out.

ABSOLUTELY LOVE LOVE LOVE!!!!!!

I just love how you created this image! Love the composition!

PRO

beautiful, I wish I could find a toad somewhere

Just perfect. First time I've seen it and sorry to read that you are not getting credit as it floats the internet. It really is a beauty.

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Great capture!

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Absolutely gorgeous / Voted

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adorable

LOVE THIS! Great capture

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Superb. Congrats!

very nice shot. He is really small. Superb Job

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superb shot wow. . so cute and absolutely amazing

i love that i love frogs and that just a wonderful photo of it but I'm curious what type of ,ishroom that is cuz ive never seen one like that

mushroom

Adorable!

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Fantastic model, great capture.

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Beautifull congratt with winning

Perfect capture! Congrats.

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Gorgeous use of framing and colouration! 👏🏻💛💚

Love it so when will you be home 🏡

This made me smile - great shot!

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Outstanding capture

love this!

Beautiful capture! lo e\n\n\nLove this capture! A little frog on a mushroom. Perfect,

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Magical for sure!

So cute

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Toadstall, that's brilliant

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Location

It was fall in central New Hampshire, and I was visiting friends in a small town. Their front yard was full of these spectacular toad stools - and for whatever reason, the toads were out in full force. I had to lay in the damp moss and grass and leaves to get this just right!

Time

It was late afternoon, warm sun low in the sky. My friends' kids had come home from school and helped "corral" a few toads in the general area as models.

Lighting

I love that even though this was in full shade, there was a warmth from the afternoon. I use many lighting techniques - but this afternoon required me to work quickly with available light. Nature waits for no one!

Equipment

Funny, this was a Pentax K20D. I was just getting back into photography after years of disinterest. I was using the Pentax because I had older lenses available, and always loved the tones I got out of the camera for landscapes. It was a fantastic landscape camera! The lens was a Pentax 16-50 2.8 I was trying out.

Inspiration

I love fall in NH, but the leaves are so obvious. The lighting was just right, here in the mossy, shady part of the yard, and the toadstools were wonderful. It's nice to shoot something unexpected sometimes. To take a look at the details instead of the expected.

Editing

A simple, minor cropping was done to center the subject where I wanted it. Shooting such a small creature (smaller than a walnut) which was constantly moving at a shallow depth of field meant I had to get it as close to "right" as I could in the camera, but that an adjustment needed to be made later. Curves were also lightly adjusted.

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