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I hated Chemistry.
These boys look very studious but then there were was a camera around!
Probably 1960s.
In the movie Under The Tuscan Sun, Katherine tells the story of a girl desperately searching for ladybugs who only finds them when she finally relaxes, takes a nap and awakes covered by the beautiful little insects. A great life lesson, I always thought.
Today, an unseasonably warm day brought hundreds of ladybugs crawling on my house and flying in the woods. Such a lovely seen....just a lovely reminder of a wonderful lesson.
Formerly called "Blue-crowned Motmot", which is now regarded as a complex involving five species and numerous subspecies.
Surprisingly the Cuckmere River opens out a little here (it is tidal to this point) and it is perfectly reasonable to kayak down to the sea (indeed I have done it many moons ago)
Late one night a friend decided they wanted to know how I transform my pictures into custom art creations, like the ones posted in my mental leakage set. The idea was to watch me work through one from start to finish and learn enough to create their own. (it happens every few months, I gave up trying to talk people out of it a long time ago....)
I took a deep mental breath and started playing around while trying to talk them through what I was doing. Where we ran into problems (as almost always happens) was when I could tell them what I was doing, but not why. When I am free-flow playing I tend to go from step to step on instinct and curiosity. I will keep building layers, turning them on/off, rearranging the stacking order, changing opacity, etc etc as my mind wanders. I just go with the flow, rarely do I ever start with an idea and end with that product, it always evolves and changes as I go along.
This time they hung in til the end with me (instead of giving up from overload part way through), and want to do it again. They decided to get a copy of photoshop and play around a bit for a while, then once they understand more of the basics come back for more. That's fine, I'm game whenever they're ready.... I'll use the time as a lesson in patience for me. Lord knows I could use more patience... :)
This Moorhen was swimming around in one of the ponds with two young chicks. Probably teaching some well needed lessons at this early stage of life.
I remember coming across this scene and couldn't wait to share it as it was an unusual sight for me and I thought it was so cool and here I am just getting to it 10 months later. Daah!
Green Cay Wetlands, FL
slow shutter......
well, i tried, but i screwed :)
i wish i could blame it on the super-slow traffic of oxford, but .....
naaah, that wudnt be fair i guess :D
Momotus lessoni
Pájaro bobo
Historia Natural
Reproducción
Su nido consiste en una madriguera larga y a menudo tortuosa de 1.5 a 4 m. de longitud y aproximadamente 10 cm. de diámetro, con una cámara terminal desnuda, excavada en el barranco de una carretera o quebrada, o en la pared de alguna cueva o hueco en el suelo, bien escondido. Ponen de 3 a 4 huevos y se reproducen de marzo a mayo.
Alimentación
Se alimentan en el suelo de arañas grandes, lombrices de tierra, insectos, lagartijas y culebras pequeñas (ver imagen). También atrapan insectos y frutos del follaje.
Visita comederos en busca de banano y pan.
Comportamiento
Son solitarios o forman parejas.
Habitat y Distribución
Habitat
Son muy adaptables y viven en los bordes de los bosques húmedos, secos o de galería, en barrancos con árboles, bosques secundarios viejos, plantaciones de café, banano, áreas semiabiertas, setos o jardines.
Distribución
Es una especie residente a lo largo de las bajuras y elevaciones intermedias de la vertiente del Pacífico; asciende hasta los 1500 m. en la parte norte y hasta los 2150 m. en el sur. Es común excepto por la parte seca del noroeste donde es local, y se restringe al bosque de galería. Es común en el lado del Caribe, desde el área de Cartago hasta los alrededores de Turrialba, y de poco común a rara en elevaciones medias y bajas en la ladera norte de la Cordillera Volcánica Central. Se encuentra ausente en la mayor parte de la bajura del Caribe, aunque es relativamente común en las áreas más secas al sur del Lago de Nicaragua.
Distribución fuera de Costa Rica
Se encuentra desde el noreste de México hasta el noroeste de Perú y el norte de Argentina.
Distribución de Area de conservación
ArenalGuanacasteOsaPacifico CentralTempisqueAmistad PacificoHuetar NorteCordillera Volcanica CentralTortuguero
Descripción
Descripción científica
Mide 39 cm. y pesa 120 grs. Es grande, con la coronilla y la máscara bordeadas de azul. El pico es fuerte y aserrado, ligeramente curvado hacia abajo.
En los adultos el centro de la coronilla y la máscara ancha que termina en punta en los auriculares son de color negro. La coronilla presenta un borde azul ancho, más claro y verdoso en la frente y más violáceo detrás del ojo. La máscara y la mancha pequeña negra en el pecho presentan un borde angosto y azul. La garganta es verde azulado y la remeras y las timoneras son azul verdosas. El pecho y la parte superior del abdomen varían entre verde con un leve tinte oliváceo y oliva ocráceo. La parte baja del abdómen y las coberteras infracaudales son más verde azulado. El iris es rojo y el pico negro, y las patas negruzcas
Los especímenes juveniles son parecidos a los adultos, pero con toda la coronilla teñida de azul verdoso y con los límites no muy bien definidos. La máscara negra es más pequeña y fusca. No presentan mancha en el pecho ni raquetas en la cola. El iris es café oscuro.
Información taxonómica
Reino: Animalia
Filo: Chordata
Clase: Aves
Orden: Coraciiformes
Familia: Momotidae
Género: Momotus
Printer paper, HB, 2B, 5B pencils
I realise I messed up in a few places, such as the cat's chin. It was to fat at first, and when I tried to make it skinnier, I left the original lines because they were too dark and I didn't want to ruin my eraser... Shame on me I suppose. :P
The eyes are too big, as well, I think. I need to work on drawing more realistically, I know that much.
Any other critical comments help and are appreciated. :)
When in wildlife territory always have your tele lens on the camera, landscapes give you time to change lenses, bears don't. This is OK, but if I was ready I could get a dream shot of this bear.
I took this a couple weeks ago but thought I would share while I am looking for more victims to shoot!!
From 'Dark lessons' series. See more pictures from the series here: www.flickr.com/photos/125042204@N05/albums/72157664129080006
Ok, here's a panorama that I shot that did not turn out as I planned. It does show the awesomeness of the storm. But....
I learned the hard way to not use a circular polarizer when taking a panorama. I was using it to get more contrast between the clouds and the blue sky, but where the edges blend it creates those dark ares.
This is three shots, thus the two dark areas. I've been trying in vain for three hours to fix it. I give up.
Plus I chopped the top of the clouds off. I have enough trouble with one shot sometimes, much less three put together.
During our school's winter holiday programme, I gave a couple of English Science lessons. This one was about sound and vibrations. The kids were astonished to discover that sound travels more readily in a dense object (like a wall) than through the air. After my initial demonstration they all got in on the act, so I don't know precisely what they concluded - it became rather more like a wailing wall than a whispering wall!
This was a shoot from my first air show put on by the Navy Blue Angels. A fantastic show. These planes (for the show) are flying at speeds ranging from 150-450 mph, so high shutter speed is important to get sharp images and is not really difficult to achieve on sunny days like this one. The Blue Angels have a predetermined spot at which they perform some of their maneuvers like this one in which they pass by one another at a very close distance (remarkable) so here, shutter speed, aperture, steady camera and knowing that sweet spot where they pass is important to get sharp images. Here, I didn't know where that center point was so I panned with the number six plane and shot at 5 frames a second hoping to get the image I got, but because of my panning the number five plane became blurred (traveling the opposite direction of the pan). The show was wonderful and I learned a lot.
This image was shot with a 70-200VR lens at 5.6 and a shutter speed of 1/2500 sec.
Momotus lessonii lessonii
Birding Paradise, Paraíso, Chiriquí, Panama.
What was formerly called Blue-crowned Motmot is now six species. Lesson's is found from southern Mexico to western Panama.
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Tree Climbing Lesson. Yosemite National Park, California. June 7, 2009. © Copyright 2011 G Dan Mitchell - all rights reserved.
Two black bear cub and their mother climb trees in Yosemite National Park, California.
I was very fortunate to be able to watch this bear family a couple of years ago - and to have a long enough lens to do so without intruding on them. The mother bear seemed to be alternately letting the "kids" play around and do whatever they felt like, and then offering them "climbing lessons" on some of the trees. The cub with black fur seemed the most comfortable at this, quickly scrambling straight up the trunks to surprising heights, moving with agility that reminded me of monkeys. The brown-fur sibling seemed a bit more cautious and "mama" seemed to have to offer a bit of encouragement and support, much as a human parent might do. Her actions at this point reminded me of my own experience with my kids the first time they climbed something (that seemed to them to be) dangerous - I followed close behind with my "front paws" around them, ready to catch if necessary.
While the brown cub initially hesitated quite a bit, before long it also took off and quickly ascended way up in the tree, and before long the whole family was 20 or more feet off the ground.
G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer whose subjects include the Pacific coast, redwood forests, central California oak/grasslands, the Sierra Nevada, California deserts, urban landscapes, night photography, and more.
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#lesson3capitoline This was also fun but complicated. I feel like I need to try it again and slow down even more. It's HARD to pretend not to see all the details in order to keep from being side-tracked!
+Start to draw at the inside of previous leaf
- Following leaves should be painted from the inside of previous one
- So that you keep the leaves shape tight
+First drawing remains
- Object drawn first stays the front.
- The water makes line in between, which is beautiful
- So, the previous leaves must darker than latter one.