Indian Burrowing Frog

Found this one at Karnala Bird Sanctuary a couple of weeks back.

Very little information is available about its habits as it is a burrowing species. Only seen for a short period during the monsoons when they surface to breed.
Females about 5 cm long, males about 4 cm (snout to vent).

Camera Model Name Canon PowerShot SX10 IS
Shooting Mode Aperture-Priority AE
Tv (Shutter Speed) 1/60
Av (Aperture Value) 8.0
Exposure Compensation -2
ISO Speed 100
Flash On
Flash Exposure Compensation -2
Shutter curtain sync 1st-curtain
White Balance Cloudy
AF Range Mode Macro
Cropped
A first find for me. Luckily got my first photograph of this species at the same time :)
By the way my 516th post (i.e. my 1st thread after crossing 500 posts) :)

Thanks for looking, comments and critiques awaited.

Abhishek Congratulations... :)
The composition looks good. The catchlight is nice in the eye. The pattern formed by the rock is nice too, forms sort of a diagonal... overall nice. TFS

Abhishek,
Congratulations! Crossing 500 posts and that too qualitative posts is a nice landmark. Keep it up. Look forward to 5000. :D

It is nice watching some of the images of the lesser known, nevertheless important species. Appreciate the accompanying info.

I notice that you have used -2 flash exposure compensation. There is still scope for toning down the flash. Have you tried rear-curtain sync in the flash? For static subjects 1st-curtain sync is fine. If there is any movement, then better to go for the 2nd curtain sync. You will then have a trail following the movement. In case of 1st curtain sync, if there is a movement, then the trail will be infront of it. Try clicking a frog jumping and you will notice the difference.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

Thanks both for your replies.
Sabyasachi, thanks for that info abt 1st and 2 nd curtain sync. Really wanted to know more on that, thanks. Will try them out soon.

Congrats..!!

Sharp image. Liked the catchlight in the eye. Its good to see all these species from you. Thanks for sharing.