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Dandelion (Taraxacum) in black and white.
Fine art composition: b&w conversion, selective levels, clean up
You may notice that this green iguana is not in fact green! She came to The Living Rainforest after being a pet for a number of years. It is common in the pet trade to selectively breed individuals with more desirable traits, and artificially create different colour morphs. This can cause issues within the captive population of the species, as it often involves in-breeding.
The green iguana (Iguana iguana), also known as the American iguana or the common green iguana, is a large, arboreal, mostly herbivorous species of lizard of the genus Iguana. Usually, this animal is simply called the iguana. The green iguana ranges over a large geographic area; it is native from southern Brazil and Paraguay as far north as Mexico, and has been introduced from South America to Puerto Rico and is very common throughout the island, where it is colloquially known as gallina de palo ("bamboo chicken" or "chicken of the tree") and considered an invasive species; in the United States, feral populations also exist in South Florida (including the Florida Keys), Hawaii, the U.S. Virgin Islands and the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. Green iguanas have also successfully colonised the island of Anguilla, arriving on the island in 1995 after rafting across the Caribbean from Guadeloupe, where they were introduced.
A herbivore, it has adapted significantly with regard to locomotion and osmoregulation (the maintenance of constant osmotic pressure in the fluids of an organism by the control of water and salt concentrations) as a result of its diet. It grows to 1.5 m in length from head to tail, although a few specimens have grown more than 2 m with bodyweights upward of 9.1 kg.
This animal is a resident of The Living Rainforest which is an indoor greenhouse tropical rainforest that is located in Hampstead Norreys in Berkshire, England. It is an ecological centre, educational centre and visitor attraction consisting of three glasshouses, operated and run by the Trust for Sustainable Living. The glasshouses are named Amazonica, Lowlands and Small Islands respectively.
The Living Rainforest has been accredited by the Council for Learning Outside of the Classroom and awarded the LOtC Quality Badge. Each year around 25,000 children visit the Living Rainforest as part of their school's curriculum. It is open 7-days a week from 09:30 to 16:00.
Eagle eye focused in a closeup portrait.
Hope everyone has a great weekend out there and thanks for stopping in my friends!
Photo taken from Hwy 4 above Sprout Lake in British Columbia, on Vancouver Island. This helicopter is recovering trees that have been cut and bringing them down to the lake below. Most of the area forests have been harvested, then re-planted like the trees in the background.
You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep spring from coming. Pablo Neruda
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Two years ago on the first day of the new year I went to Santa Cruz, California, for sunset at the Twin Lakes State Beach. Late at night I went to the Santa Cruz Harbor. One yacht had a big illuminated peace sign, another was engulfed in lights in the shape of Starship Enterprise, the USS Enterprise of Star Trek. We need peaceful exploration, especially this year with uncertain political change in the USA.
I processed a balanced, a soft, and a paintery HDR photo from two RAW exposures, blended them selectively, and carefully adjusted the color balance and curves. I welcome and appreciate constructive comments.
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It's not to often that I get to use the 100mm macro lens so I'm glad I put it to use. These flower shots have turned out to be a lot of fun so I will be back to the gardens soon.
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From the moment I knew we would be visiting the Isle of Skye on our Scottish hols this was one of the places I had to see and photograph. The view here is spectacular with the sheer cliffs and headland jutting out into the sea.
Located as it is on the most westerly point of the island it took us 2.5 hours to drive the 80+ miles from our base on Lock Carron. The last 11 miles were via a single track road sprinkled with ‘passing places’ which literally hugged the contours. When we arrived at the minuscule car park there was a further tortuous mile long walk down a steep, staircase and a well-used tarmac footpath before we got to the lighthouse complex.
It was designed and built by one of the "Lighthouse Stevenson's". David A Stevenson (1854 in Edinburgh – 1938) built twenty six lighthouses in and around Scotland. The light and its associated dwellings cost £4,350 when they were built in 1909. The station was converted to automatic operation in 1990 and the light keepers were withdrawn. It was a shame to see that most of the walled site is now derelict with the contents of the storage areas strewn across the site. Only the light and its building were in good condition.
We were extremely lucky with the weather. As you may know a Scottish holiday can be somewhat inclement but on this occasion the gods were with us and the sun even made an appearance. I would have loved to have been here with a setting/rising sun but I wasn't on my own and we had other things to see. Next time maybe!
7 exposure, tripod mounted hdr +3 to -3. Post processing using acr, photomatix, photoshop cc with topaz denoise and clarity plugins. Image selective sharpened. Nikon D700 with 24-70 f2.8 at 60mm, ISO 200, f9, average exposure 1/200sec.