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Scientific Name: Crepis capillaris (L.) Wallroth
Common Name: Smooth Hawksbeard
Certainty: positive (notes)
Location: Southern Appalachians; Smokies; CabinCove
Date: 20060627
Lactophrys triqueter. This species can reach a length of around 1.5 feet. They feed on sponges, tunicates, and shrimp.
The bone and the steel are polished and smooth, which is a nice contrast to the forge finish and the beaten copper.
Different day. Different fire. Different lens.
Water demand is through the roof. Looking at a string of 100+ days ahead. It was 80 degrees with winds to 20 mph at 5 am this morning. Going to be too hot to water mid day. I'll drop to 16 hours, or 1", applications, twice every 6 days per section instead of 24 hours, or 1.28" every 5 days per section. Important part is to get the water penetration 12" deep with each watering.
The commonly used expression by boaters and fishermen, "Smooth As Glass", is rarely as true as it is here. Because in the tidal waters it is rare that it is truely so smooth as this. You almost cant tell where the water stop and the sky begins. A beautiful sunrise and reflection of it. :)
Bull River, Savannah, Ga. USA
In Central Wisconsin, some smooth green snakes develop a tan coloration, which is not seen in other areas. Presumably to help them blend in with the sand and brown vegetation. In this area they range from bright green to completely tan.
Opheodrys vernalis, Black River State Forest, 9 June 2018.
Smooth Newt - Lissotriton vulgaris - Обыкновенный тритон
Russia, Moscow region, Bashkino, 05/21/2012
This was from a batch of shots I took a few weeks ago that were, being blunt, utterly terrible. The exposure was all wrong, I bodged camera settings left right and center; it was almost like I hadn't used the camera for so long I was actually unlearning things!
Add in the fact that the day was overcast and it felt like a bit of a washout really.
Enter a copy of Lightroom 4 which I just received today and as a simple test of some of the new features I used this photo. There's still a whole load of things wrong with it on a technical level, but at least now it's something half-decent and which I'm actually quite pleased with.
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There were numerous newts in the pond in the butterfly garden at the reserve. There were at least 2 sorts, but this was the only one I was able to photograph reasonably. It is at the bottom of the pond, but the pond is not deep and the water was clear. It isn't a great photo but I am pleased to have it taken in its natural environment.
This image began with a hand-drawn curve composed of many points cionnected by line segments.. The points were reduced to a small number with the Ramer-Douglas-Peucker (RDP) algorithm and then connected with smooth Bezier curves into a "Bezier Path," a sequence of Bezier curves.. The path was extrapolated into many curves on either side of the original.