Newly hatched Rana temporaria tadpoles and frogspawn

Newly hatched Rana temporaria tadpoles and frogspawn

Description

Title:
Newly hatched Rana temporaria tadpoles and frogspawn
Caption / Description:

Newly hatched tadpoles of the Common frog (Rana temporaria) rest on top of the frogspawn they hatched from. During spawning in early Spring, the female frog will generally lay around 1000-2000 eggs. The eggs are coated in jelly, and provide food for the young tadpoles. A few days after hatching the tadpoles move on to algae as a food source and the frogspawn jelly gradually disintegrates into the pond water.

Tags / Keywords:
  • Biota
  • Life
  • Vitae
  • Eukaryota
  • Animalia
  • Animals
  • Chordata
  • Chordates
  • Amphibia
  • Amphibians
  • Anura
  • Ranidae
  • Rana
  • Rana temporaria
  • European frog
  • Common Frog
  • Tadpoles
  • Frogspawn

Admin

Date Original Photo Taken:
Original File Name:
_MG_6020.CR2
Event:
Rating:
Date this image added/last updated on website:
Original File Dimensions:
4272px x 2848px
File Type:
JPEG
Color Mode:
RGB
Original Image Color Profile:
Adobe RGB (1998)

Location

Location Created:
Sublocation:
City:
Market Harborough
Province/State:
Leicestershire
Country:
United Kingdom
World Region:
Europe
Geo-location:

Rights

Copyright Status:
Copyrighted
Licensing Status:
Rights Managed
Available for Editorial Use:
Yes
Available for Commercial Use:
Yes
Copyright Notice:
© 2011 Dave Kennard

Camera Data

Date Digital Resource was created:
Shutter speed:
1⁄200 s
Aperture:
f/3.5
Camera Model:
Canon EOS 450D
ISO:
400
Exposure Compensation:
0
Focal Length:
100mm
Focal Length (35mm equiv.):
Metering Mode:
Center-weighted average
Flash:
Off, Did not fire
Exposure Mode:
Manual
White Balance:
Manual
Light Source:
Exposure Program:
Manual

Additional shooting metadata

Lens:
Canon EF 100mm F2.8 Macro USM
Filters used:
Additional Optics used:
Setup:
Handheld

Post Processing

Image Modified:
Software used:
  • Adobe Camera RAW
Post Processing:

-0.4 exposure compensation in ACR