Common Toad (Bufo bufo)
Parque Nacional da Peneda-Gerês
In several western cultures, toads are seen as symbols
of ugliness and evil incarnation, being the protagonists in numerous superstitions
related to the night, death and witchcraft. This has won them a widespread
loathing throughout their vast area of European distribution. In other cultural
and geographic contexts, however, toads appear linked to the gift of rain and
hence of renovation and abundance. Unmindful of both blessings and curses,
toads come out of their shelters every night and wander long and wide in their
slow stepping.
Nikon D3s + Nikon 14-24mm(14mm) f2.8 + 2x Nikon SB-26 + 2x Nikon SB-28
iso 1600, 1/125, f11
