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I like coffee because it gives me the illusion that I might be awake.
Shot at ; Naturally Naughty Photo Studio, Coast of Passion (50, 143, 2637)
Northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris) - Ano Nuevo State Park, California, USA
One last image of an elephant seal for now. Barring a beached whale, the northern elephant seal is the largest mammal you can see on land in North America. Adult males can weigh 5000+ pounds (2,300kg) and truly exceptional males have been recorded at approximately 8200 pounds (3,700 kg). For comparison, the largest grizzlies recorded topped out at ~1,500 lb (680 kg), the largest moose recorded was 1,808 lb (820 kg), and the heaviest wild American bison was 2,800lb (1,270 kg). The elephant seal in the photo was huge but must have been diminutive by elephant seal standards as he had not secured himself a place in the seal rookery where the largest alpha male seals dominate a portion of the beach, chase away smaller male seals, and secure a harem of females to mate with. Instead he was alone on the beach, meaning that sadly this year he will not mate. These seals are conservation success story and a prime example of why we should never give up on a species even when the outlook is grim. For a while this species was thought to have been hunted to extinction. We now know that the worldwide population dropped to about 35 individuals but following protections that were put in place in the early 1900s these seals have made a tremendous comeback. There are now thought to be well over 100,000 seals and the population continues to grow.
You can actually tell the sex of a warthog just by looking at its face. Males have four warts, two large ones beneath the eyes and two smaller ones just above the mouth; females have two small ones right below their eyes.
Great cover shot of Gregory Harrison from a cover of Dramalogue -- then the local theatre paper here in L.A.
Now back to our regular programming of the natural world...
Photographed down in my creek. I'm very excited I'll be taking an intensive 10 day class in Faux Bois next month so I thought I should begin collecting inspirational images.
Faux Bois (French for 'false wood') is an artform that likely dates back to the Renaissance, but the application of ferrocement over iron armatures sculpted to look like wood was popularized in France during the late 1800's.
Most often it is used in the making of outdoor structures, hand railings, planters, bird baths, and outdoor furniture.
The instructor of the course has served as a consultant on the recent restoration of some of these French masterpieces.
There are very few people working in this nearly lost art form. I have wanted to learn these techniques for a decade, and soon it will be a reality!!