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Another sandstone peak resting on a substrate of hard pre-Cambrian gneiss. From a slide.
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17" x 18" - Ceramic & various types of glass a hand built substrate.
Inspired by a photo my niece took of her three kiddos!
Another Snowy Egret feeding at the Riparian Preserve in Gilbert, Arizona.
"The color contrast between black legs (including the forward directed tarsi) and yellow toes is not accidental and serves a vital function for the bird. Snowy egrets use several types of foot movements during prey capture. They might vibrate the leg and foot, drag a foot over the substrate, probe the substrate, or stomp the foot up and down. All of these serve to startle potential prey, including crawfish, insects, snakes, fish, molluscs, and frogs. Sometimes they run about and grab their prey, other times they are patient stalkers. One peculiar behavior they have is called bill-vibrating, whereby they place their bill in the water and rapidly open and close it, thus scaring and confusing critters swimming in the area."
Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) stirring up the substrate for small fish and invertebrates, Hertfordshire
Nature’s sculptures are indiscriminately created of living and inanimate elements, organic and inorganic substrates. It makes use of the matter that rests on the shelves of its terrestrial studio. The wildlife photographer is inspired by nature’s creativity and uses the photograph as a medium to record that beauty. The art in photography derives not from creation of the subject but from the desire to search out that which nature has provided and capture it through a manipulation of light and surroundings. It is a labor of patience and love that grants remuneration predominantly through an enrichment and elevation of one’s spirit. #YellowRumpedWarbler
Municipio de Boca Chica/Santo Domingo
República Dominicana
La Matica .... In the yesterday Palomas Coronitas, today Garzas bedroom ........ La Isla La Matica has a thousand and one history in each Dominican .. !!
La Matica Island is located 500 m distant from the coast of the town of Boca Chica. It is 200 m long (east-west) and 50 m wide (north-south). Its coral origin, with a rocky substrate very exposed on the south coast where the waves hit with great force. In protected areas from the effects of tides, it is possible to find sand and fine material.
It is formed by three parts separated by artificial channels more or less defined. The smallest one is the one that is towards the East, while the biggest one, and of greater elevation, is the one that is towards the West. The channel between the central and western portions is the one that is better defined and allows navigation in small boats.
It is possible that the natural vegetation of the islet was of red mangroves (Rhizophora mangle) on the northern coast, and tight mangroves (Avicennia germinans) on the south, with white poplars (Thespesia populnea) in the interior. All these species are constituents of the native coastal vegetation in that part of the country. Currently, there is an impenetrable red mangrove forest on its coasts, with its adventitious roots extended to the ground. Behind the mangrove swamps, there are pristine mangroves (Avicennia germinans), mainly near the southern coast of the western portion. In this last part there are also yellow mangrove (Laguncularia racemosa) and button (Conocarpus erectus), together with white poplar and beach grape (Coccoloba uvifera).
Until the first decades of the 20th century, La Matica was visited by a large number of pigeons, especially the pigeon crowned (Columba leucocephala). RodrÃguez says: "La Matica, picturesque little island in the middle of the bay of Andrés, where there are abundant pigeons." And Monsignor Meriño, referring to the bay of Andrés, says: "being its beach very famous for the abundance that there is in it of pigeons during the months of May to October". On the map of Casimiro N. de Moya, La Matica appears with the name of Palomas.
In the 1950s, during the stay of AW Rogers as the second administrator of the Hotel Hamaca on the beach of Boca Chica, the islet was converted into a zoo, which was fully developed before 1957. A landing was built to receive the boats from the hotel and the channels were prepared. Paths were opened between the trees and there were spaces enclosed with meshes or wire fences to protect some captive animals.
The infrastructure made by Eng. Rogers was destroyed by a strong hurricane occurred in the 1950s, leaving only remains of some walls near the south coast.
Human activity in La Matica, especially in the northern part, in recent years, includes the visits of fishermen and tourists who frequent Boca Chica beach. Tourists arrive on foot between the water or in the dinghies or pedal boats rented in Boca Chica.
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La Matica....En el ayer Palomas Coronitas,hoy dormitorio de Garzas........La Isla La Matica tiene mil y una historia en cada dominicano..!!
La Isla La Matica se encuentra a 500 m distante de la costa del pueblo de Boca Chica. Tiene 200 m de largo (este-oeste) y 50 m de ancho (norte-sur). Su origen coralino, con un substrato rocoso muy expuesto en la costa sur donde el oleaje golpea con mucha fuerza. En las áreas protegidas de los efectos de las mareas, es posible encontrar arena y material fino.
Está formada por tres partes separadas por canales artificiales más o menos definidos. La más pequeña es la que se encuentra hacia el Este, mientras que la mayor, y de mayor elevación, es la que se encuentra hacia el Oeste. El canal entre las porciones central y occidental es el que está mejor definido y permite la navegación en pequeños botes.
Es posible que la vegetación natural del islote fuera de mangles rojos (Rhizophora mangle) en la costa norteña, y mangles prietos (Avicennia germinans) en la sureña, con álamos blancos (Thespesia populnea) en el interior. Todas estas especies son constituyentes de la vegetación costera nativa en aquella parte del paÃs. Actualmente, en sus costas existe un bosque impenetrable de mangle colorado, con sus raÃces adventicias extendidas hasta la tierra. Detrás de los mangles colorados, se encuentran mangles prietos (Avicennia germinans), principalmente cerca de la costa sur de la porción occidental. En esta última parte también se encuentran los mangles amarillo (Laguncularia racemosa) y botón (Conocarpus erectus), junto con álamo blanco y uva de playa (Coccoloba uvifera).
Hasta las primeras décadas del siglo 20, La Matica era visitada por una gran cantidad de palomas, especialmente la paloma coronita (Columba leucocephala). RodrÃguez dice: "La Matica, pintoresca islilla en medio de la bahÃa de Andrés, en donde hay abundantÃsimas palomas". Y Monseñor Meriño, refiriéndose a la bahÃa de Andrés, dice: "siendo su playa muy afamada por la abundancia que hay en ella de palomas durante los meses de Mayo a Octubre". En el mapa de Casimiro N. de Moya, La Matica aparece con el nombre de Palomas.
En la década del 1950, durante la estadÃa de A. W. Rogers como segundo administrador del Hotel Hamaca en la playa de Boca Chica, el islote fue convertido en un parque zoológico, el cual se desarrolló plenamente antes del año 1957. Se construyó un desembarcadero para recibir los botes provenientes del hotel y se prepararon los canales. Se abrieron senderos entre los árboles y habÃa espacios cercados con mallas o alambradas para proteger a algunos animales cautivos.
La infraestructura hecha por el Ing. Rogers fue destruida por un fuerte huracán ocurrido en la década del 1950, quedando solamente restos de algunas paredes cerca de la costa sur.
La actividad humana en La Matica, especialmente en la parte norte, en los años recientes, incluye las visitas de pescadores y turistas que frecuentan la playa de Boca Chica. Los turistas llegan a pie entre el agua o en las yolas o en botes de pedal alquilados en Boca Chica.
Fotos Aereas/
One of the more common and easily recognised Galerina species in that the cap has a papilla (a raised area in the centre of the cap).
Common name: None
Found: Native Forest
Substrate: On wood
Spore: BrownHeight: 60 mm
Width: 25 - 35 mm
Season: Autumn
Edible: No
Taking an old, unused "Pano-Sabotage ( TumbleWorld ) piece from last Spring ( 2015 ) and subjecting it to photo manipulation to express the explosion of colour that Spring is. My 'take' is a visionary one as opposed to a pure recording. In my mind, this is how I see these things. ( This version created May 5, 2016 ).
Again, the pixelation provides a few themes - an open admission of the digital medium from which this image sprang and where it resides, a contrast to the irregularity and "irrationality" of Nature, a springboard from which to see that contrast leap, and an understanding that we somehow need a balance of both.
Jackson Pollock and Ad Reinhardt run smack into each other. ;-)
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Music Link: "Lux" - Brian Eno, from his album "Lux". This is a 4 minute plus edit that was played online on Nov. 17, 2012, four times that day. Each playing was meant to coincide with four periods of the day, Sunrise, Morning, Afternoon and Night. This specific project was called "Day of Light".
Photographers from all over the world were invited to register on Eno's website and to participate by sending images in that were shot ONLY while "Lux" was performed. So unless you were fast, your images were pretty unprocessed.
As a registered participant, you were able to send in as many images as you wished, one after another. Eno and his staff were standing by, capturing submissions and then showing them as visuals to the performance of "Lux". Once submitted, there was a short lag, followed by an automatic email confirmation that your piece was accepted and was in queue to be played. It was very exciting. So each photographer could rightly say that they had collaborated with Brian Eno on the "Day of Light" project.
I was one of those photographers. 3 of my shots were used. Since thousands of submissions were tendered, it's not surprising that none of my three made the final cut that you see here. No matter. I am proud to have participated in the actual event.
Light - bright, heaven-like radiance, being the main support and substrate of my image here, I chose "Lux" as accompaniment for that reason and also to remember my participation in the "Day of Light" project. "The Bursting Life" ... was NOT one of the images used.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4H0aflNXCGo
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Gorgonians are colonial animals attached to the substrate. Sea fans, sea whips and sea plumes are common examples. A colony's hold fast, although appearing rootlike, does not gather nutrients. The supportive skeleton of a stem is formed by tightly bound or fused calcareous spicules. This core is surrounded by gelatinous material called the rind. Retractable polyps are embedded in the rind extending their tentacles and bodies through the surface openings. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Island Of Madagascar
Off the East Coast of Africa
Berenty Reserve
This lemur was photographed in an area called the spiny forest. Here it is sitting in the middle of some cactus.
Verreaux's sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi), or the white sifaka, is a medium-sized primate in one of the lemur families, the Indriidae. It lives in Madagascar and can be found in a variety of habitats from rainforest to western Madagascar dry deciduous forests and dry and spiny forests. Its fur is thick and silky and generally white with brown on the sides, top of the head, and on the arms. Like all sifakas, it has a long tail that it uses as a balance when leaping from tree to tree. However, its body is so highly adapted to an arboreal existence, on the ground its only means of locomotion is hopping. The species lives in small troops which forage for food.
The Madagascar spiny forests (also known as the Madagascar spiny thickets) is an ecoregion in the southwest of Madagascar. The vegetation type is found on poor substrates with low, erratic winter rainfall. The ecoregion contains an outstanding proportion of endemic plant species and is part of the Global 200.
Notable inhabitants of the spiny thickets include the spider tortoise (Pyxis arachnoides) and the radiated tortoise (Astrochelys radiata), the gecko Ebenavia maintimainty, several lemurs including Verreaux's sifaka, Grandidier's mongoose, and eight endemic birds.
Widow Skimmer is one of the group of dragonflies known as king skimmers. The nymphs live in the water, molting and growing until they are ready to emerge from the water and then molting a final time to reveal their wings.
This species can be found commonly across the United States (except in the higher Rocky Mountains areas) and in southern Ontario and Quebec.
This species is found commonly in muddy substrates, or still bodies of waters such as ponds, lakes, streams, and creeks. They are predators that prey on other insects such as mosquitoes. They catch their prey using their legs. Use their fangs to bring prey into mouth. (wiki)
Nikon D7100
Nikon 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED AF-S VR
280mm - f5.6 - 1/400 - ISO 200
A tiny, delicate-looking tern. Mainly coastal, but also occurs inland locally. Breeding plumage has black cap with white forehead chevron, black-tipped yellow bill. Readily identified by tiny size, though wintering adults can be confusingly similar in patterning to Common Tern; look out for black stripes extending from the shoulder to the wingtip. Breeds colonially on sandy and stony substrates, at times with other terns, from beaches to riverbanks and lakeshores. Often overlooked unless noisy and mobbing you at a colony. Flies with hurried deep wingbeats; splash dives in water to catch small fish.