Babies and Bubbles by durleybeachbum
Close
Hover over top left image to zoom.
Click anywhere to exit.
Members remain the original copyright holder in all their materials here at Renderosity. Use of any of their material inconsistent with the terms and conditions set forth is prohibited and is considered an infringement of the copyrights of the respective holders unless specially stated otherwise.
Description
These little folk all hatched ok and then vanished.
It is possible some of them may reappear when older, but I suspect some predation as they were in such a shallow part of the pond.
Birds and newts are the prime suspects!
Comments (23)
Juliette.Gribnau
fantastic capture... it is a miracle every year !
kgb224
Superb capture Andrea. God bless.
jayfar
I thought all mine had disappeared but then when the weather was right they all appeared from the depths so you will probably see them again. Nice shot.
Faemike55
Great capture cool scene
goodoleboy
A maelstrom of activity in this water pic, Andrea, with what I assume is some kind of early fish life, spouting bubbles as they weave in and out of the flora. Now If I only knew what species of fish life this is.
Adobe_One_Kenobi
Excellent shot Andrea. My experience of tadpoles is that they will be replaced real quickly, and predators rarely get them all. I even found them in an old mop bucket left out for no use. They all were there one minute and not the next. Weeks later there were tiny perfect frogs in the garden :)
MrsRatbag
Yes, I think they have an inborn sense of survival, and will go to places where there are shadows to protect them. Although they are fair game for a lot of other wildlife, that's for certain! But I'm sure you'll have the serenade of frogs later in the season! Wonderful capture!!
Katraz
looks like your ponds in good shape and I'm sure some will have survived.
blinkings
What an amazing site..for me anyway as I don't have a pond!
three_grrr
Oh I hope they are in hiding and safe .. such a promising brood, such a marvelous picture, and such awesomely clear water! Of course it is still spring.
Gaiadriel
Nature at its finest..and what a fantastic shot. I'll be hoping the culprits didn't gorge themselves on the whole lot of them, and that they've managed some self protective tactics only to surprise you later.
wysiwig
What a brilliant image! I haven't seen tadpoles since I was a boy. It looks like a frat party down there.
whaleman
A great shot...what a tangle of tadpoles!
helanker
HA! First I thought. OH! does a pond have seeweed? Then I realized it were toad babies LOL! What a wonderful shot. Love it.
jendellas
They look fine like that its when they grow up!!!
SunriseGirl
Great shot...hopefully they will all be back for their graduation photos later. :)
auntietk
Delightful! Their dark shapes alongside the bright bubbles makes this dance.
moochagoo
Excellent composition with those bubbles
knupps
Love that capture. New life in a pond.
dochtersions
I hope Jeff is right, Andrea. What a fabulous shot!
Mark-David-Rogers
I'm sure you will start seeing the babies soon, there will be more than enough survivors from that lot. I like this shot for many reasons and one of them is the bubbles on the surface of the waters and the greens and so forth. Nice shot.
danapommet
A beautiful collection of pollywogs in your pond! Lets hope some survived!
anahata.c
Oh, a fascinating shot. You've said on occasion that you just point and shoot, but boy these shots show so much packed-in visual sense. The crossing of those two light stems or leaves (they look like bamboo) is wonderful, when crossed over by the tadpoles. And the bubbles are the musical accompaniment. Wonderful, Andrea, with all that deep green around. A wonderful photo---love it.