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This shot was taken along the shore of Lake Michigan. The tadpoles were removed from their shallow pond and placed in a 3" X 2" X 2" aquarium made from microscope slides, photographed, and returned to their pond.
While on my walk this morning I stopped to watch this juvenile green heron that was busy catching tadpoles in the canal. A short distance away an adult greenie was only able to catch minnows. This youngster seems to have mastered the art of tadpole catching. The poor tadpole put up a good fight but lost in the end. I really didn't need any more green heron photos, but they may be leaving us soon for their winter home I took about twenty more for my collection. Wildwood Park, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Several years ago, I discovered a bizarre and fascinating species of tadpole on my North Carolina property.
While most tadpoles grow to half an inch and then transform into tiny frogs within several months, these mysterious creatures grow to several inches in length over a period of three years, hibernating during winter beneath the substrate of their aquatic habitat.
But size isn’t the strangest quality of these other-worldly beings. Many develop facial characteristics similar to humans, including what appears to be a beard, though obviously not comprised of hair. Every face is totally unique.
The tadpole in this photo is over four inches long and the largest I ever observed. This summer it will probably morph into what’s called an “American bullfrog” and absent misfortune, live for nearly a decade.
These are the "cracked eggs" in the Bisti wilderness, but to me they look like giant tadpoles.
They seemed to have emerged from the ground (which they did) and now they're hungry for your toes. They're coming to get ya.
I noticed this pattern on our boat window at the end of a windy, choppy-water trip. The white stuff is salt spray, and the "tadpoles" are areas where the splashes hadn't dried yet. The background colors are the shoreline at low tide - greenish water at the base, different colored layers of algae-covered stone, gray bare stone (above the tideline), and finally the green & brown forest at the top. This shot is color boosted and cropped square in iPhoto, but no other editing or textures added.
Green Herons have a lot of character. They have elastic necks, a crown that they can raise on their head and are often comical to me. I got a kick out of this one charging out over the water for a tadpole and then hightailing it back with its prize. (Butorides virescens) (Sony a1ii, 400mm, f/2.8, 1/6400 second, ISO 640)
Une genèse cosmique, IC 410. » Avec une palette de couleurs typique des images de Hubble, cette image montre le soufre en rouge, l'hydrogène en vert et l'oxygène en bleu.
Photographe astronomique et artiste visuel finlandais exceptionnellement talentueux, JP Metsävainio est passionné par le cosmos . Sa dernière image d'IC 410 , plus connue sous le nom de nébuleuse du Têtard, est un parfait exemple de sa passion et de la façon dont son art a évolué au fil des décennies.
Depuis 2008, année où il a pris sa toute première photo d'IC 410 , Metsävainio a amélioré ses compétences en photographie, ses techniques de post-traitement et son équipement. La progression est évidente lorsque l'on regarde ses images de la nébuleuse du Têtard en 2010 , 2012 , 2015 ( et en 3D ) et 2020 ( deux fois ). Sa dernière image, « A Cosmic Genesis, IC 410 », est sa capture la plus dynamique, la plus détaillée et la plus belle à ce jour.
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A Cosmic Genesis, IC 410.’ With a color palette typical of Hubble images, this image shows sulfur in red, hydrogen in green, and oxygen in blue.
Exceptionally talented Finnish astronomical nature photographer and visual artist J-P Metsävainio is very passionate about the cosmos. His latest image of IC 410, better known as the Tadpole Nebula, is a perfect example of his passion and how his craft has evolved over the decades.
Since 2008, when he captured his very first photo of IC 410, Metsävainio has upgraded his photography skills, post-processing techniques, and equipment. The progression is apparent when looking at his images of the Tadpole Nebula in 2010, 2012, 2015 (and in 3D), and 2020 (twice). His latest image, “A Cosmic Genesis, IC 410,” is his most dynamic, detailed, and beautiful capture yet.
Crédit : JP Metsävainio.
When the tadpoles jam up close together at the warmest end of the pond, I reckon they look a bit like blackcurrant jam. The reflections are from the plastic mesh which we have placed over the pond to prevent cats, crows, etc. fishing.
Hooded Merganser hen with a fat tadpole, Suamico, Wisconsin USA
I'm not sure how a petite little bird like this can do it, but I saw her eat 6 or 8 of these creatures along with a crayfish or two in less than an hour. She needs her energy for nesting, I guess. Very tough to catch an image of her like this one, not knowing where she will pop up from each dive and with the tadpoles she would tend to swallow them very soon after she broke the surface. The tadpoles go down pretty easy, as opposed to the crayfish which she will thrash around until the pinchers fly off, only then down the gullet.
The floating blind (flic.kr/p/2mhVMF4) is amazing for moving and adjusting position a bit for each dive.
If you look closely, this tadpole had begun to sprout legs, but there was nowhere to run.
The infusion of fresh new water in the pond thanks to hurricane Ida has really done a lot to clear up the water. So much so that these little in-between tadpoles were clearly visible under water. Hope everyone is enjoying their labor day weekend! (in the USA that is) Otherwise... enjoy the weekend anyway! LOL
January 24th and 27th 2022 from 20:05
Edinburgh Bortle 8 zone
Celestron RASA 8"
ZWO 183mc pro
ZWO EAF
IDAS NBZ
ZWO air pro
Sky-Watcher HEQ5 Pro
280*30s lights with flats, darks and bias
Gain 122 at -10C
Processed in APP , Pixinsight and Photoshop
The Tadpoles Nebula is located about 10000 light years away from earth in the Auriga constellation. Gear: 1527900mm Achro, ASI1600mmPro & Baader narrowband filters. Exposure about 14 hours.
This River Otter is obviously enjoying his breakfast of fresh tadpole. What a privilege it was to watch this Otter as closely as I did. I will share more over the next few days. It is fun to watch these water clowns at play but as cute and cuddly as they look, they are wild and have been known to attack humans if you get too close. Those canines look like they could do some serious damage.
The 19th of December 2023 clear skies over Stockholm. The Tadpole nebula in the Hubble palette. about 10 hours of data in SHO Lovely blue clouds of burning oxygen. WO Magrez90 ASI294MM.
A Puma HC.2 from No.33 Squadron taxis in after a training sortie at NAF El Centro back in October 2016.
Technical card
Imaging telescope or lens: Officina Stellare Veloce RH 200
Imaging camera: FLI MicroLine 8300 CCD-camera FLI
Mount: Paramount-ME
Guiding telescope or lens: Borg 77 ED
Software: Pixinsight 1.8
Filters: Ha 5nm, OIII 5nm, SII 5nm
Accessories: FLI Atlas, Starlight Xpress lodestar 2
Resolution: 3065x2352
Dates: Dec. 4, 2016, Dec. 5, 2016
Frames:
Ha 5nm: 31x600" bin 1x1
OIII 5nm: 36x600" bin 1x1
SII 5nm: 35x600" bin 1x1
Integration: 17.0 hours
Locations: FOVO - Field of View Observatory, Home, Worcestershire, United Kingdom
Here we have a look at IC410 and its famous tadpoles. Spent some time on this trying to realise some of the colours in the central area rather than it just showing as a solid blue area. Quite a few iterations needed to get it to have colour (rather than just a grey feature!) but happy with the results so far.
IC 410 is c.12000 light years from earth with each tadpole an astonishing c.10ly in size.
I like the way that the shoaling tadpoles cause ripples on the water surface that break up the conservatory roof reflections rather like a Joan Miro painting.
how many ??? this was one
small area approx. 2ft. square in a pond (about 15ft. radius) - lots of room to hide but these guys
seemed to be enjoying the
beautiful sunshine