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I gotta ask...anyone got tips? I tried last night to get some photos of a calling woodhouse's toad and got nowhere. The photos of the toad were illegible, too blurry to tell if it was a toad or a rock. I plan to get a tripod, but even with that I'm not sure if there's more I should be doing?
I thought I'd ask here cause I've seen what some of ya'll can do with a camera

background shot I took that did OK but not great:

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What kind of camera are you using? I have always used point and shoots with a macro setting and flash on.

This was taken with a Casio digital point and shoot, probably around midnight with some rain. Lighting the subject before you take the pics is good. I usually brace my camera on a knee or something to cut down on the blur.
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I use one or two external flashes. If I'm using one, I get it off the camera with a TTL cord and hold it slightly to the side of the subject. I've also done some multiple flash shots this year using nikon's CLS system. One flash mounted on the camera acts as a commander and as a fill flash (to get rid of harsh shadows). The other flash is set off to the side of the subject. I use a headlamp to illuminate the subject for focusing. I often wrap the headlamp strap around one of the flashes.

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