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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. :)
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 :)
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.
Lovely weekend to all...
coming soon @ www.mynameistank64.blogspot.com
Bird: Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher (Ceyx erithaca).
PJ 412
This is the first of many shots I took from the top of The Shard. Here you can see 'The Walkie-Talkie' to the front, `The Cheesegrater' to the rear and `The Gherkin'. The older buildings looking tiny in comparison!
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Cornus canadensis. Also known here as "bunchberry."
A common and widespread plant of our northern boreal forest.
Fairbanks, Alaska.
Hello, this is a small build of a dwarf spider droid of The Clone Wars. It was very fun to build, how do you create the legs, etc. But I’m happy with the result and I’ll use it for a MOC which is coming soon. If you like it please leave a fave or write at the comments below. Bye!
My second squad of characters. Now its Engi.
"Still, them Engineers can cast a good cannon, and they know how they work like no one else. You want to land a shot on a Goblin a mile away, ask an Engineer to lay the gun for you, and he'll ask you which eye you want to hit."
—Durgrim Redmane, Longbeard
Name: Oriental dwarf kingfisher
Scientific: Ceyx rufidorsa motley
Malay: Pekaka Sepah
Family: Alcedinidae
IUCN Red List (V3.1, 2016): Least Concern
Gear: SONY α1 + SEL600F40GM
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