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Caspian
@ El Rey Theatre
Los Angeles, CA
March 29, 2017
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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.
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Photographer: Kevin Daniels
My best friends baby boy, Caspian.
A rugby player in the making !
I'd really appreciate any feedback you'd care to give - does it work, have i pushed it too hard (or not enough) in Photoshop ?
I was at the Clifton Court Forebay, as I was biking I noticed flying overhead a Caspian Tern. It was taken in Northern California, on April 14th, 2013.
Caspian Turtle - Mauremys caspica - Каспийская болотная черепаха
Greece, Kos island, Marmari, Aliki lake, 10/12/2012
I didn't notice it until I looked at the photos, but this tern is sporting a shiny aluminum bracelet (courtesy of the bird banding lab) on its right leg!
Caspian Sea covers all the shores of Gilan and Mazandaran states in Iran. They are located in north of Iran...my paradise since childhood...
Iran shares Caspian Sea with other countries in the neighborhood. In fact, it is not a sea but the biggest and deepest lake in the world.
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I was photographing something else with my 500mm lens when I saw this bird flying over Lake Michigan last Saturday, from a distance. I didn't think it was a sea gull because of the black head. It was flying very fast but I was able to take three pictures, mostly blurry, but this one was passable.
At first, I thought this was an Arctic Tern which is either rare or uncommon here in Chicago. The Illinois Ornithological Society lists it as "Casual = Species for which there are accepted records in three to seven of the past ten years."
But further discussion (see below) identifies this as a Caspian Tern which is acording to the Illinois Ornithological Society is considered as Regular = Species for which there are records in at least eight of the past ten years.
Still, it is a lifer for me.
Taken with a Tamron 200-500mm Di at 500mm focal length.
The biological diversity of the Caspian Sea and its coastal zone makes the region particularly significant. One of the most important characteristics of the Caspian Sea’s biodiversity is the relatively high level of endemic species among its fauna (UNDP 2009b). The highest number of endemic species across the various taxa is found in the mid Caspian Sea region, while the greatest diversity is found in the northern section of the Caspian Basin. The coastal region is characterized by a wide range of habitats; these include habitats in vast river systems and extensive wetlands such as the deltas of the Volga, Ural and Kura rivers, the wetland systems along the Iranian coast and the exceptionally saline bay of the Kara-Bogaz-Gol Gulf. At the other extreme, habitats are also found in the sandy and rocky deserts on the Caspian Sea’s eastern coast (Solberg et al. 2006). The wetlands in the region play a significant role as a feeding and resting area for migratory birds. However, due to various human activities, plus threats from invasive species, climate change and fluctuations in the water levels of the Caspian Sea, coastal habitats are constantly changing and biodiversity is declining (CEP 2007a).
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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.
As large as a big gull, the Caspian Tern is the largest tern in the world. Its large coral red bill makes it one of the most easily identified terns throughout its worldwide range.
Adult Description
•Large, gull-like tern.
•Black cap.
•Body white.
•Bill large, thick, and brilliant red with dark tip.
Immature Description
Juvenile has blackish crown, black edging to back feathers.
Cool Facts
•The oldest known wild Caspian Tern lived to be more than 26 years old. Average life span of Great Lakes Caspian Terns is estimated to be 12 years.
•The Caspian Tern aggressively defends its breeding colony. It will pursue, attack, and chase potential predatory birds, and can cause bloody wounds on the heads of people who invade the colony. The entire colony will take flight, however, when a Bald Eagle flies overhead, exposing the chicks to predation from gulls.
•The largest breeding colony in North America is off the coast of Oregon. Increasing numbers of terns at this site have caused problems with young salmon releases, some of them endangered species. Efforts are being made to move the colony to other areas, away from the fish stocking programs.
•Young Caspian Terns appear to have a difficult time learning to catch fish efficiently. They stay with their parents for long periods of time, and are fed by them even on the wintering grounds. Many young terns do not return to the nesting grounds for several years, remaining instead on the wintering areas.
Measurements
Both Sexes
Length18.5–21.3 in
47–54 cmWingspan47.2–53.1 in
120–135 cmWeight18.7–27.6 oz
530–782 g
Other Names
•Sterne Caspienne (French)
•Charrán caspia, Pagaza Piquirroja (Spanish)
Habitat
Shore-line
•Breeds in wide variety of habitats along water, such as salt marshes, barrier islands, dredge spoil islands, freshwater lake islands, and river islands.
•During migration and winter found along coastlines, large rivers and lakes. Roosts on islands and isolated spits.
Food
Almost entirely fish; occasionally crayfish and insects.
Nesting
Nesting Facts
Egg DescriptionBuff, sparingly marked with dark spots and sometimes large irregular blotches.Condition at HatchingEyes open. Covered with down and able to leave nest (usually after several days).
Nest Description
A scrape in ground. Lined often with dried vegetation, small pebbles, broken shells or other debris. May have elaborate rim of sticks. Nesting colonies occur on island beaches, often near colonies of other bird species.
Behavior
Flies over water with bill pointing down; plunges into water to catch fish.
I was at Iona Regional Park, Richmond to capture this image. Terns present a couple of photographic challenges (at least to me). If you don't get some light reflected in the eye, the bird appears eyeless, as the black eye blends perfectly into the black head feathers. I had to maneuver slowly and carefully around this group, until I had the sun sort of at my back, and this let me catch some light in this birds eye. And then the black on white of the bird presents exposure challenges, especially in the bright mid day sun today. I underexposed this image by .3 so the white wouldn't wash out, but that left the black of the head without much detail. I improved this somewhat by adding some light to the dark head, but left everything else as is.
Caspian
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.