response_to_a_photograph_of_tadpoles jane The nostalgia is strong: standing calves-deep in algae-covered water, probably somebody's property, with jars and buckets. Of course add in some vegetation to "simulate their environment." Many did not make it, but there is a reason frogs lay so many eggs. I loved observing their development, peering down into the white 5-gallon, watching one thing become another. 160205 ... j ((http://d.ibtimes.co.uk/en/full/1470287/royal-society-publishing-photography-competition.jpg)) 160205 ... epitome of incomprehensibility Interesting timing. I was just watching a colleague's photo-collage-video of a coin on a shore next to some little sea creatures. I didn't know what they were, so the other person there suggested just calling them invertebrates. He called his project something like "Queen Elizabeth Visits the Invertebrates of the St. Laurence River" because the queen is on the back of Canadian coins. I must admit I like the title. I've complained about the same person being bossy and inflexible on these pages before, but I can't say he isn't creative. 160205 ... e_o_i (The video started with far-away photos of the rocky shore getting closer and closer until you could see the little details of things on the ground. It was very well done, in my reckoning.) 160205 ... e_o_i Original photo: I am curious how the photographer got so clear a picture through the water. It seems the lens was under at least two inches of water and yet the trees and sky are so clear. It has this serene, surreal quality to it. 160205 ... jane quite a clever title, and sounds fascinating to watch. perhaps the photograph was taken in shallower water than primarily appears. 160206 what's it to you? who go blather from