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I've seen much Cuckoo spit but have never previously noticed water droplets before
This frothy foam seems to be all over plants and grass at this time of year,
Cuckoo spit is essentially plant sap that has been ingested by the creature that hides inside it. The creature forces air into the fluid it has ingested and then squeezes the bubbles out through its bum!
To discover what creates these foamy bubbles, simply find a blob of cuckoo spit, crouch down next to it and very delicately swipe it onto your finger. Keep carefully rubbing the bubbles away and you’ll soon discover a tiny little creature that looks something like a green grass seed. Look closer, however, and you’ll notice legs and the black pin-pricks of eyes: it’s a froghopper nymph!
The froghopper nymph is the larva of the adult common froghopper, otherwise known as a ‘spittlebug’. Common froghoppers are small, brown insects (only around 6mm long) that can jump incredible distances to escape threats. In fact, these insects can accelerate to more than 14km per hour in just a millisecond, and a froghopper jump has been recorded as high as 70cm. That’s similar to a human jumping over a tower block.
The jumping ability of spittlebugs means they can very easily evade predators, but their larvae can’t jump. This is where cuckoo spit on plants comes in – the froghopper nymphs use the bubbles they excrete to not only keep moist, but hide themselves from anything that might want to eat them.
Bubbles in the Public Garden at a Boston Portrait Meet. Shot with Sony a6000 and 50mm f/1.8 lens. Model: @haotian_deng on Instagram.
ODC: sparkling
Out of the over 250 shots I took yesterday, trying to capture some bubbles goodness, only 2-3 came out. But the looked very pretty anyway, even if I didn't get to photograph all of them.
The effect gets more weird when you get a closer look. Nice play of lines and almost a hundredfold self portrait :)
Added some sharpening to get more pronounced lines.
Now the snow has gone Evan has taken to getting out with his bubble-mower! I looked out the window to see his bubbles sitting on the frosty grass and raced out to get some shots.
Better on B l a c k M a g i c
I thought a contrast with the fire shot this morning would be water, or bubbles in this case, this was taken over the weekend the kids and dogs had such a blast chasing after all the bubbles
The Vltava River bisects Prague, capital of the Czech Republic. Nicknamed “the City of a Hundred Spires,” it's known for its Old Town Square, the heart of its historic core, with colourful baroque buildings, Gothic churches and the medieval Astronomical Clock, with a popular show. Completed in 1402, pedestrian Charles Bridge is lined with 30 statues of saints.
This is an LRGB version of the Bubble Nebula produced from data gathered since the beginning of October.
The luminance data was produced from the sum of H-alpha, OIII and SII data reproduced as a narrow band version of this image.
So is it just my kid that likes to eat bubbles? Or is that more common that I realize? Lol
I was super excited about this shot, (and the others) because it was the first day I shot in manual from beginning to end. I think I've finally reached the point where I can do it comfortably, and know I can get a great shot. Now all I need is more practice to speed up my zooming/focusing time.
Hope everyone had a great week! I'm sooo looking forward to sleeping in tomorrow! :)