Captured by Canadian photographer Shane Gross, his image was taken beneath a floating canopy of lily pads in Cedar Lake, Canada, as a swarm of western toad tadpoles glided gracefully through the water.
“To me, the most fun that I can have, the thing that lights me up inside, is to see something new and try to photograph it in the best way I possibly can,” Gross told BBC News.
By moving carefully through the delicate layer of silt and algae at the lake’s bottom, he says he was able to ensure an unobstructed view for the shot.
“I had no idea if I had anything good at all until I got home," he said. "But when I finally looked, I was like, wow, this is pretty cool.”
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