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Thursday January 7, 2010
The Triple
Richmond, VA
Caspian: A Lesson In Anonymity
The lighting set up inside The Triple (a bar) consisted of three overhead lights dimmed to about 50% brightness - giving off about as much light as the lamp on the table next to my couch. So I set my ISO at 1200 and did what I could. I'm really impressed at some of the shots I was able to pull off, even with shooting at 1/4 or 1/6 of a second for some. The three lights mostly lit up the drum kit, leaving the three guitarists and one bassist of Caspian, dimly backlit with dark faces. I enjoy the way the shots came out under the circumstances. Though the amount of grain in these shots is pretty aggravating.
Oh, and listen to Caspian. Seriously. They're mind altering.
My dear friends in Caspian brought their monstrous sound to biggest stage I've had the privilege to watch them play.
I hope I did them justice in whatever small way I could.
My dear friends in Caspian brought their monstrous sound to biggest stage I've had the privilege to watch them play.
I hope I did them justice in whatever small way I could.
My dear friends in Caspian brought their monstrous sound to biggest stage I've had the privilege to watch them play.
I hope I did them justice in whatever small way I could.
Caspian performing at Hidden Agenda in Hong Kong.
Video: www.vimeo.com/13482947
My dear friends in Caspian brought their monstrous sound to biggest stage I've had the privilege to watch them play.
I hope I did them justice in whatever small way I could.
On our last trip to Puerto Rico, my camera broke. The good news is that I got a new camera that is much better.
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia at Tanji beach in Gambia January 2013. A common sight along the shoreline.
Alpowa Creek, Asotin County, Washington
Received this info from the very helpful Caspian Tern banding folks at:
Oregon Cooperative Fish and wildlife Research Unit
Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
Oregon State University
Prior to 2000 (when Dave Craig was a post-doctoral researcher with our project), the project banded Caspian Terns with only a federal metal band. Although we started banding adult and chick terns with colored plastic bands along with a metal band, we still band small chicks with federal metal band only if chicks are too small to receive a full set of color bands. The metal band on the tern you observed looks quite shiny, at least in the photo, so it is likely that the tern was banded in more recent year as a chick.
There are Caspian Tern colonies at Crescent Island near Pasco, WA and at Potholes Reservoir near Moses Lake, WA. It is about the time of year that youngsters start disperse from a colony with parents, and I wonder if the juvenile you observed was from one of the colonies. We banded >200 chicks at Crescent Island this year. So, you might see some of them in your area. If you see any other banded terns, please let us know!
A photo I took at Festival Mundial in Tilburg, the Netherlands for the website www.mundiallive.nl
© Rik Hermans. All rights reserved.
My dear friends in Caspian brought their monstrous sound to biggest stage I've had the privilege to watch them play.
I hope I did them justice in whatever small way I could.
Caspian Tern photographed at the tidal flats east of the Charlestown Breachway in Charlestown, RI on 14 September 2022.
I don't see these large Terns too often around Sydney. Observed a few just North of here in Botany Bay - my first record at this spot - and other places like Eastlakes etc. and along the coast and further North.
Scientific name: Hydroprogne caspia
Sex: Unknown
Location: Sydney, Australia.