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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). Rodríguez 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 país. Actualmente, en sus costas existe un bosque impenetrable de mangle colorado, con sus raíces 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). Rodríguez dice: "La Matica, pintoresca islilla en medio de la bahía de Andrés, en donde hay abundantísimas palomas". Y Monseñor Meriño, refiriéndose a la bahía 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 estadía 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 había 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.
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The newspaper is from 1890 and was used as a substrate and insulation for the hand-printed wallpaper
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
The Shore Lark, known more widely as the Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris), is a small, ground-dwelling passerine adapted to open, sparsely vegetated landscapes. Its preferred habitats are wide, exposed areas with short vegetation or bare ground, such as tundra, coastal flats, stony plains and windswept grasslands. The species feeds mainly on seeds outside the breeding season, switching to insects during breeding, and is well adapted to harsh, cold environments. Its cryptic plumage provides excellent camouflage against sandy or stony substrates, while the distinctive black “horns” of the adult male give the species its English name.
Globally, the Shore Lark has a broad Holarctic distribution, breeding across northern Eurasia, Greenland and much of North America. In Britain, however, it is a scarce and irregular winter visitor rather than a breeding species. Most records occur between October and March, primarily along the east coast of England and Scotland. Favoured British wintering sites include sandy beaches, saltmarshes, coastal grazing marshes and occasionally arable fields close to the coast. Numbers vary greatly from year to year, depending on weather conditions in northern Europe, and birds seen in Britain are usually from Scandinavian or Arctic populations displaced south by severe winters.