Photography is fun! I particularly like photographing nature, whether landscapes, plants, animals, or just the moon in the sky. I am fortunate enough to live close to the Blue Ridge Parkway (hence the first part of my screen name) and some truly gorgeous scenery.
Another subject I photograph often are my cats (hence the last part of my screen name) and their antics. I also take pictures of the animals at the local shelter or pet fairs. It can be very rewarding to see cats being adopted because of the photographs you donated to a shelter or rescue.
My camera serves a dual purpose for taking private pictures, but also photographing things for teaching and research. I'm studying Arabidopsis and teaching plant courses among other things, so you'll see quite a bit of greenery and flowery stuff in my photostream as well. Microscope images were taken at the botany lab or microscope facility at the university.
Use of my images
One of the purposes of putting my pictures on Flickr is to make them available to other educators and scientists for use in teaching and research presentations. Please take note that I put a non-commercial share-alike license (Creative Commons) on many of my images to facilitate this. You may use these images freely for teaching purposes provided that you:
- give credit / provide a link back
- don't use them commercially (including ads)
- don't claim "all rights reserved" on modified versions you may create (you can't change the license)
Please also note: If you hotlink Flickr images elsewhere on the net (e.g. your blog), Flickr's terms of use require a link back to the original photo page on Flickr. I consider such a link sufficient attribution.
On some of my images I have "all rights reserved" and I ask that you please respect that. There is usually a reason for it (e.g. the image may have been taken on someone else's private property or show someone else's copyrighted work). If in doubt whether you can use an image, just contact me and ask.
Microscopy images
These pictures were mostly taken of the university's teaching collection of slides using microscopes and camera equipment at the university's microscope facility. They seem to be my most viewed/popular images. Unfortunately, they are not available for stock collections, nor do I have the full rights on them to grant commercial licenses. As an employee of the university, I have a chance to use the equipment for free, but usually there would be a usage fee involved, in particular for any commercial use. If you wish to use them for teaching purposes in your classroom, that's perfectly fine. Attribution should include the name of the university - please contact me for details if needed.
Pictures of people
I only post pictures of people if I am sure there are no privacy concerns. I assume this to be the case for pictures taken at public events where photography was expressly permitted. If however you find yourself in one of my images and feel uncomfortable with having it online, please let me know and I'll be happy to remove them.
My use of favorites
Different people use their favorites for different things. I appreciate comments and favorites on my images, but I mainly use my favorites to mark images that I think may be useful for teaching. So please understand: if I don't reciprocate your faving of my images, it doesn't mean I don't like your images. I love browsing through photos and will frequently comment or bookmark and return to images I like, I just like to reserve my favs page as a convenient repository for pictures I might come back to when prepping for class.
For group admins
Thank you for inviting me or my pictures to your groups! But please take note: I have come to dislike mandatory comment/award groups and won't join such groups any more. I have also grown a dislike of large and/or animated graphics in comments, so I avoid submitting pictures to groups that mandate using such comment codes. I may occasionally go through my images and delete comments that contain large or animated graphics. I will not join or add pictures to groups that have their content locked away as "members only" - I want to be able to see what I'm committing to before I join a group and the whole point of adding my images to groups is to share them with the public anyway. And lastly, I won't join or add pictures to groups that fall outside of my safety settings.
Group links
From time to time I clean up my group list because it is getting way too long. However, sometimes I may want to come back to a group, so this is basically just a long list of "bookmarks" to find them again. I wished Flickr had some way to better organize your groups!
Flickr stuff:
Admin Help - Assistance for Groups
Flower macros, sunsets, & cats
Cameras, equipment, processing techniques:
Canon PowerShot SX10 IS Macro & SuperMacro
CHDK for Canon SX10, SX20, SX30
Tilt-shift Miniature Fakes - TiltShiftMaker photos
Colors, patterns, shapes, photography styles and other artsy stuff:
Square Images of A Single Color
Red Rule - The RED makes it (without dominating)
Natural Patterns, Shapes, and Textures
Hearts in Nature - Hearts of Nature
ICM - Intentional Camera Movement
Tell a story in 5 frames (Visual story telling)
Caspar David Friedrich Inspiration
Fine Art & Gothic Botanical Portraiture
Russian decorative art - small forms
Macro and close-ups:
An Awesome Close-Up (No People)
Closer and Closer Macro Photography
Macro NO FLOWER, NO INSECT, NO PLANTS
Regional and travel:
Eastern US and North Carolina:
Georgia and Carolina Nature Shots
North Carolina Sunsets/Sunrises
North Carolina's Mountains to Sea Trail
Appalachia:
Smoky and Blue Ridge Mountains
Blue Ridge Parkway - The Blue Ridge Parkway
Grandfather Mountain - Grandfather Mountain Nature Photography Weekend
Germany:
Salt marshes & green beaches of Europe
Nordzee - North Sea - Mer du Nord - Nordsee - Nordsee - North Sea - Ostsee - Baltic Sea
Maritime:
Cat stuff:
CAT Gato Chat Katze Gatto Kat Kot
Cat Couples - Cat Trios - Multiple Cats
My Cat is Evil and he is trying to take over the world.
Siamese Cats and their Feline Brothers
Shelter Cats and Kittens Looking for Good Homes
Shelter Shots: Photographers Donating Photography to Shelters
Other animals:
Albino Animals - Different is beautiful (Animals with unorthodox colors)
Backyard Wildlife - Garden Wildlife
Signs of wildlife - Tracks and Scat
Mammals:
Chipmunks - Chipmunks and Squirrels - Squirrels
For the love of horses... - Wild Horses
Birds:
Juncos, Juncos, and more Juncos
Herps:
Reptiles & Amphibians of North America
Frogs, Frogs, Frogs - Frogs and Toads - Tadpoles
Snakes - Snakes Eastern North America
Fishy things:
Field Guide: Fish of the World
Stingrays - Manta rays - any rays
Insects and spiders:
Insect Identification Help Group
Ants - The Secret Life of Ants
An Inordinate Fondness for Beetles
Butterflies of Eastern USA - North Carolina Butterflies, Moths and Caterpillars
Spiders - The Spider Web - Spider-ville - Spider Web
Other invertebrates:
Teaching resources and science stuff:
Life Sciences Teaching Resource
ARKive - images of life on Earth
Georgia and Carolina Nature Shots
Protected or Endangered Species
Botanical Morphology and Anatomy
Plant Health Images - Insect and Disease
Optical Instruments and Optical Equipment
Optical Phantoms, Mirages and Illusions
Earth Science Teaching Resource
Botanicals:
Generic flower and plant groups:
Green Petals - green flowers only!
OH WHAT A BEAUTY! SIMPLY FLORALS
Ant Plants - Myrmecodia and related genera
NO FLOWERS: Botanical close-ups
Plants that look out of this world!
Regional, Field Guides, ID help:
ID Me - Please help ID this - What plant is that?
Identified Plants Directory - Botany group
Wildflower Field Guide, North America
Wildflowers of the Appalachians
Wildflowers of the Blue Ridge and Great Smoky Mountains
Flowering Plants - species, families, etc:
Milkweed (Asclepias spp.) - The Milkweed Zoo
Onagraceae (excluding Fuchsia hybrids)
Rosaceae (The Rose Family) - Roses - A Rose - A Queen in itself...
Urticaceae (stinging nettle family)
Non-flowering plants:
Moss - Moss and Lichen - Mosses & Liverworts
Trees and shrubs:
Field Guide to Trees of the World
Field Guide: Flowering Trees of the World
Hamamelidaceae (witch hazel family)
Fruits, seeds, herbs and veggies:
Medicinal, Aromatic and Wild (or rare) Edible Plants
Seed heads / seed pods / berries
Not actually plants:
Mushrooms, fungus, moss, mold, and growths!
Up in the sky:
Sunsets & Sunrises around the world
Moon & Moonscapes - The Moon (current photos only)
Weather and seasons:
World Weather Phenomena (Event)
Wind Turbine / Windenergieanlage / Windpark / Wind Farm
Snow - The Main Subject - Snow, Snow, Snow!
Water:
Water Drops, Flowers and Plants
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