The turn of March and April is the time of toad mating. This year I also decided to visit a place I know, which I have visited regularly at this time of year for several years. Every time it is a little different, and this time it was the same. The toads had already managed to move from the forest to the reservoir, and most of them were already entwined in amorous amplexus. However, some pairs decided to go ashore or hide in the dry foliage. It looked like this:
Technical corner
Those interested in technical details will certainly want to know what lens was used to take the photos. During this session, the only lens I had attached to my camera body was the Sony FE 70–200 mm F4 Macro G OSS Ⅱ | SEL70200G2. Recently, this has been my favorite lens due to its universal focal range, the ability to photograph small objects quite efficiently (1:2 reproduction scale), very fast and accurate autofocus, and sharpness “from wide open”, which is impossible to find fault with. I admit that when I go out in the field, I have this lens attached to my camera body as “default” and most often it stays that way until the end of the session. Some of the photos above were taken using the focus-stacking technique based on the functions built into the camera software and processing with good old Photoshop (yes, the Adobe tool has stacking that works quite well!).
