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It's the down season here in California -- not much pretty clouds for sunsets and the Golden Gate Bridge is inundadated with high fog that isn't good for photos. I decided to go back and play with some older photos using Nik's Silver Efex Pro. I've had this photo for a while but I didn't like the clipping in the sky. Once I turned it B&W using Nik's software the shapes of the rocks and water really come out. I arrived at Gray Whale Cove but couldn't figure out how to get down. Cell Phone service was spotty but I finally got ahold of Willie and figured out how to get down to the beach. Willie was already set up by this little channel hoping that the water would rise into it and create some great little motion at sunset.
This was also the first time I saw how amazing Graduated Filters could be. While Willie kept taking great photo after great photo, everything I came out with had clipping in the sky. Once the sun finally set there weren't enough clouds to make any color so I had a hard time getting a good photo. For the most part I had to blend 2 photos: one for the foreground and one for the sky. I immediately went out and purchased the Lee Filter Holder and some graduated filters. Such a good purchase and worth every penny!
Nikon D300s w/Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8 ED-IF AF-S:
17mm, f/16, 0.8 sec, ISO 200, Tripod
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Gray Treefrog
Scientific name:
Hyla chrysoscelis and Hyla versicolor
Features:
Gray treefrogs are Missouri’s most common species of treefrog. Two species of gray treefrogs occur in Missouri: Cope’s gray treefrog, Hyla chrysoscelis, and the eastern gray treefrog, Hyla versicolor. There is always a large, white marking below each eye. Large, adhesive toe pads are present on fingers and toes.
Color:
May be gray, greenish-gray or brown. Bright green specimens are
often seen. The inside of each hind leg is washed with yellow-orange.
Size:
Average from 1 ¼ to 2 inches in head-body length.
Habitat:
Forest-dwelling
Breeding:
Late May and early June in fishless, woodland ponds.
Call:
These two species are nearly identical in appearance and are best separated by their calls. Cope’s gray treefrog sounds like a buzzer, while the eastern gray treefrog has a birdlike, musical trill.
Information Taken from:
© Brian E Kushner
SIZE:
Length
8.3–9.4 in
21–24 cm
Wingspan
8.7–11.8 in
22–30 cm
Weight
0.8–2 oz
23.2–56.5 g
SPECS:
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Size & Shape
A medium-sized, slender songbird with a long, rounded, black tail and a narrow, straight bill. Catbirds are fairly long legged and have broad, rounded wings.
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Color Pattern
Catbirds give the impression of being entirely slaty gray. With a closer look you’ll see a small black cap, blackish tail, and a rich rufous-brown patch under the tail.
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Behavior
Catbirds are secretive but energetic, hopping and fluttering from branch to branch through tangles of vegetation. Singing males sit atop shrubs and small trees. Catbirds are reluctant to fly across open areas, preferring quick, low flights over vegetation.
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Habitat
Look for Gray Catbirds in dense tangles of shrubs, small trees, and vines, along forest edges, streamside thickets, old fields, and fencerows.
FACTS:
* The Gray Catbird’s long song may last for up to 10 minutes.
* The male Gray Catbird uses his loud song to proclaim his territory. He uses a softer version of the song when near the nest or when a bird intrudes on his territory. The female may sing the quiet song back to the male.
* The Gray Catbird belongs to the genus Dumetella, which means “small thicket.” And that’s exactly where you should go look for this little skulker.
* The oldest known Gray Catbird lived to be 17 years 11 months old.
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USMA Cadets conduct Air Assault Training at the South Dock Repelling Site. West Point, NY, June 29, 2022. (U.S. Army photo by Kyle Osterhoudt, USMA)
Date: February 29, 2020
Location: Patterson Park - Baltimore, Maryland
Description: Eastern Gray Squirrel seemed frozen in place and was still in this pose after I walked away.
Jocelyne and I were doing some gardening today and we came across this little guy in behind one of my flower pots. Isn't he the cutest little tree frog. He's quite tiny, only a couple centimeters long. I just love his colouring, he can actually change colour according to his surroundings and will turn from gray to green and black to white...pretty cool hey. I'm not much into picking up frogs anymore, I think I gave that up when I was a little kid though briefly got back into when our kids were little and needed help capturing frogs but that was years ago :-) But I braved it and did pick up this little guy so you could see how tiny he is in comparison to my hands (there's a picture in the comments). And he wasn't a real squirmy frog like the leopard frogs we find in our yard, so he was kind of nice to hold, he just stuck to my thumb.
I've posted some more Spring shots on my blog.
Set of 12 gray digital papers with gray and white damask, polka, arrows, quaterfoil and shell pattern.
Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus).
Spreading Hedge Parsley (Torilis arvensis).
April 30, 2024.
Mike Lewis Park. Grand Prairie, Texas. Dallas County.
Nikon D850. Nikkor AF-S 300mm f/4E ED PF VR + TC-14e III teleconverter.
(420mm) f/7.1 @ 1/800 sec. ISO 320.
The first of these I've seen and photographed. Now I know what is meant by the term, "sitting in the catbird seat." Gray Catbirds are relatives of mockingbirds and thrashers, and they share that group’s vocal abilities, copying the sounds of other species and stringing them together to make their own song.
Natural History info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gray_Catbird
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Photographer: Vanessa Rudloff
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The Great Gray Owl (Strix Nebulosa) is usually found in areas of Alaska and Canada. They like to live close to swamp areas and also can be found in forest areas where there is enough moisture. It is rare to hear them vocalize unless mating when they may make a hissing, clicking, or hooting sound.
I found this abandoned house in a pine forest clearing.
This is an old logging area near Hamlet, Or.
Looking at me as if it was expecting more. Found a fairly large pack of them by a friend's house.
Tenuous Link: animal on cement
Her maiden voyage was on May 27, 1936. Her career as luxury ocean liner changed drastically during World War II. She was stripped of her luxurious interior, her exterior painted a camouflage gray. Refitted as a troop transport, she eluded German U-Boats trying to find and sink her; in spite of a $250,000 bounty and the the Iron Cross offered by Hitler. She became well-known as "The Gray Ghost" .
During the war, she transported over 71,000 troops. A record never broken was a single voyage carrying 16,683 souls.
www.lostliners.com/QueenMary/grayghost.html
She's been in many many films and other productions www.jimusnr.com/QueenMary.html
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