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Pupil of Bufo Alvarius toad
« on: September 16, 2018, 10:27:05 PM »
Taken near my home in the McDowell Mountains of Arizona. Canon MP-E 65 macro lens/MT-24EX speed lite

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Re: Pupil of Bufo Alvarius toad
« Reply #1 on: September 26, 2018, 01:42:43 PM »
This is incredible! How did you get such a close shot??

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Re: Pupil of Bufo Alvarius toad
« Reply #2 on: September 27, 2018, 12:07:16 AM »
Thank you. I use the Canon MP-E65 macro lens. It's like a microscope that fits in a DSLR. Photography is my obsession. I see these toads every summer. My home is their habitat.

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Re: Pupil of Bufo Alvarius toad
« Reply #3 on: October 03, 2018, 08:54:45 AM »
But did you have to hold one up close to the camera or did they just sit there for you to take it?

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Re: Pupil of Bufo Alvarius toad
« Reply #4 on: October 05, 2018, 01:08:22 AM »
This one stayed fairly still. He was under an outside porch light waiting to eat insects. I told him to be like Fonzie from Happy Days. Cool.  ;D

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Re: Pupil of Bufo Alvarius toad
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Re: Pupil of Bufo Alvarius toad
« Reply #6 on: March 13, 2019, 06:42:00 AM »
hi vedic paul,

it seems to me as the bottomless abyss of the absolute,or, nirvikalpa samadhi?

all the best. celestino

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Re: Pupil of Bufo Alvarius toad
« Reply #7 on: April 21, 2019, 01:34:42 AM »
Nirvikalpa Samadhi.    NIce to meet you brother. No words. ..............IT......................I still can't believe it. The most profound event of my life so far. Nothing even comes close. I'm so fortunate.........My GOD.......You know also.
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Re: Pupil of Bufo Alvarius toad
« Reply #8 on: June 09, 2019, 08:42:11 PM »
Taken near my home in the McDowell Mountains of Arizona. Canon MP-E 65 macro lens/MT-24EX speed lite
That is as infinite looking as the white space I experienced. 

Small world.  The Gateway is on of my favorite places to photograph.  Haven't seen any toads after rains there...yet.

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Re: Pupil of Bufo Alvarius toad
« Reply #9 on: December 10, 2019, 09:28:22 PM »
Do you live in Arizona? I live just outside of Scottsdale. I find the toads in the Tonto National Forest.


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Re: Pupil of Bufo Alvarius toad
« Reply #10 on: November 24, 2021, 08:47:48 PM »
Wow.  <3 _/|\_