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Grey Birch in a Dwarf Pitch Pine Barren on the Shawangunk Ridge near Sams Point. Dwarf Pine Barrens are very rare, fire dependent, environments.
The dwarf witch alder (Fothergilla gardenii) is a tall shrub I’ve had in my garden for many years, and each spring I marvel at its unusual flowers.
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The Sculptor Dwarf Galaxy is a dwarf spheroidal galaxy that is a satellite of the Milky Way.
Apo TEC140 (140/f7.2) - FLI Proline 16803 - L (180m) R (90m) G (90m) B (90m) - Warrumbungle Observatory, Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia
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Not like the real thing though ... but mine in my backyard grew to 30-40' around and 20 feet high. Oh but the butterflies and birds that came to it ... I just couldn't keep up with it. The dwarf variety has been "bred" out of the great aroma.
I had to cancel my trip to Costa Rica in April (obviously) to celebrate my friend's 50th Birthday :-( Hope I can get there for my yearly trip in October to see everyone and for the exciting photo opportunities like this Mexican Hairy Dwarf Porcupine.
Name: Oriental dwarf kingfisher
Scientific: Ceyx rufidorsa motley
Malay: Pekaka Sepah
Family: Alcedinidae
IUCN Red List (V3.1, 2016): Least Concern
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(Yet another updated build) Kashyyyk aquatic variant dwarf spider droid moc. Only change this time around is the antenna, but it does make a big difference. Looking back at my previous attempt, the 5L bar I used looks ridiculous.
Ophiopogon japonicus, Asparagaceae, 麥門冬
** This is a series of photos I took in the Medicinal Plants Garden in Beijing, China. Almost all of these plants are used in traditional Chinese medicine **
took advantage of the free senior day at the zoo wednesday to hit the rainforest....hadn't been in there in a couple years
Dwarf dogwood among the crowberry, cranberry and bearberry plants, with it's brilliant red berries.
In autumn the dwarf dogwood leaves will turn deep burgundy, making the red bunchberries all the more dramatic.
We have a big bay window in our computer room ("office" would be much too grandiose a term for it...) and I often use the light from that window when I don't feel like fiddling with flash or some other artificial light source; and it's that window light that I used for this shot of the end of a dwarf pomegranate that had fallen to the ground in our yard.
Week 45 - Light From A Window
Zinnia x hybrida
Zinnia x hybrida cultivars are a cross between Zinnia elegans and Zinnia angustifolia. They have the short, compact size and profuse flowering of the former and the disease resistance of the latter. Flowers average between 2 and 3 inches in diameter.
Zinnia x hybrida is considered a dwarf group -- they have been bred to be much shorter and bushier than the species plants.
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This California ground squirrel is dwarfed by the boulders and falling water at Vernal Falls, Yosemite.
This is one of the flowers I wanted to shoot when the towhee sidetracked me Saturday. Five weeks after the first ones started to bloom, we still have a number of crocuses, as well as daffodils and these irises; our forsythia has some flowers open, and several flowering trees in the neighborhood are opening up. So it looks as if spring has arrived, but just over a week ago we had some snow, and some years March is our coldest month. Still, any return of winter now would almost surely be brief. Saturday was a very comfortable spring day, but mostly overcast.
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The very tiny Dwarf Lake Iris... only found in a few locales around the Great Lakes... a real beauty in miniature!
Yay! Yesterday I finally found my first Knysna Dwarf Chameleon (Bradypodion damaranum)!
These tiny little camouflaged lizards can only ever be found in the Knysna forests... and they are notoriously difficult to spot! I first noticed this one on a tree trunk... completely brown and blended-in... and basking in a small patch of sunlight. But by the time I'd got my camera out (and on the tripod) and was ready to take a photo... he (or she) was already partially shaded. So I decided to carefully move him (or her) onto a fully-lit fern-leaf... where she (or he) immediately turned a bright shade of green... and then posed politely for a few minutes before slowly ambling off again. Wow... how cool was that! I sure wouldn't mind being able to change the colour of my skin... to blend-in better with my surroundings! :)
Although I wasn't entirely surprised that this chameleon was able to change from brown to green in less than 30 seconds... I must admit that until this morning... I had absolutely no idea how it was able to perform this little magic trick. We all know that chameleons are masters of camouflage and can change colour at the drop of a hat... but I wonder how many of us have seriously considered how that could even be achieved?
There are only two ways that we can possibly see things. Either the thing that we are seeing is emitting light (like the sun or a light-bulb)... or it's reflecting certain wavelengths of the emitted light (from the sun or light-bulb). When something appears green to us... it simply means that the object is absorbing all the wavelengths of light except green. An object that appears black is absorbing the full spectrum of (visible) light... and an object that appears pure white is reflecting everything and absorbing nothing.
Since chameleons are clearly not emitting light... they must somehow be able to change the way that their skins reflect the light. After some consultations with my Google Guru... I discovered how they do it.
Unlike squid and octopi which can change colour by accumulating (and dispersing) pigments within their skin cells... chameleons have two thick layers of special skin cells known as Iridophore cells (iridescent cells that have pigment)... which reflect the light differently when the skin is relaxed than when it is tense. The iridophore cells contain nanocrystals of different sizes and shapes... and the dramatic colour change is achieved simply by relaxing or tensing the upper layer of these cells. When the skin is relaxed the nanocrystals in the iridophore cells are very close together... and thus reflect only the shorter wavelengths of light (like blue and green). But as soon as the chameleon gets excited (or angry)... these skin-cells tense up and the nanocrystals move apart... reflecting only the longer wavelengths (like yellow, orange and red).
However... I also learned that only adult male chameleons are able to change colour. Females and young chameleons are mostly a dull colour due to a very reduced upper layer of iridophore cells.
So... it appears that this little guy (not girl) was feeling very relaxed while posing for me on this fern-leaf.
Now I know something new. And if you're still reading this... then you do too. :)
Acontias grayi - Gray’s Dwarf Legless Skink. From Velddriff, Western Cape.https://www.tyroneping.co.za/lizards/acontias-grayi-grays-dwarf-legless-skink/
This is my dwarf army. Close to the dragon is their king, his bear is in the next upload. Soon I will upload all my 6 armies: elves, angels, monsters, humans and centaurs.
I hope you like it.
Stay tuned, more will come :)
A beautiful dwarf tulip doing its best to attract the bees. Took a number of exposures around f2.8 but the depth of field was sadly lacking. Changed to f16, used a tripod, upped the ISO to 400 and waited for the wind to calm.
Collared dwarf gecko (Sphaerodactylus glaucus)
This cute little lizard dropped onto my shoulder when I was investigating an old abandoned house in the jungle for birds.
I cropped this pretty significantly. I was in a pretty big hurry at the time because it was getting darker and I wanted to try to find an owl and get some shots in a cave before it got any darker. So the best shots I got were in hand and I usually don't like to post those kind but I might anyway.