The loud croak-er

[Prajwal J Ullal]

ID: Fejervarya

Its been months since I have been frequenting Hubli and almost every evening have been visiting a particular area on the outskirts. This area is rich with a variety of flora and fauna but almost all of the times I could never spot nor hear any calls from any frogs which made me ponder why such a vast area doesnt house a single frog? Finally in the first week of August I heard something that probably I was eagerly awaiting, something that used to be the most common form of sweet noise during the monsoons of suburban areas of developing Mumbai, about 8-10 years back.
With the sun almost set off, it was already becoming too dark, but just out of curiosity and since the last interactive session with Biju Sir(last year) I always wanted to encounter the frogs in their natural habitat, so I decided to locate, spot and frame atleast one of the source of sound. Finally after almost 15-20 mins of careful yet almost blind trailing(which had put some elderly person into worry and kept a suspicious watch on my activity) I spotted one tiny fellow and was shocked to realize that it was a really tiny frog. Another 5-10 mins of unsuccessful attempt finally managed to get a frame of the beauty, but wasnt the ideal one. So after a whole 40mins in darkness and several mosquito bites finally captured this frame, not the perfect one, but one of the best ones.


EXIF:
Canon 550D
Canon 100mm macro
F/7.1
Shutterspeed 1/125
ISO 800
Handheld, Internal flash fired(mobile torchlit for focusing)
Location: Hubli

Sorry for the Long post...