Photography
grrlscientist | February 22, 2008tags: amphibian, frog, photography, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife
Red-eyed tree frog and either Ichthyostega or Acanthostega shadowing it
as portrayed in tiles on the walls of the NYC uptown subway stop (A-B-C)
at 81st and Central Park West. (ISO, no zoom, no flash).
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [wallpaper size].
Read more about the AMNH tile artworks and see the AMNH tile artworks photographic archives -- with all the animals identified.
laelaps | February 22, 2008
Unfortunately I don't have any photographs of charismatic carnivores in the snow, but here's another shot of Zeff the Amur Tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) on a cold February morning. I could probably get some today or tomorrow, but being that the snow is still coming down it's probably safer not to try and make it over the George Washington Bridge today.
grrlscientist | February 21, 2008tags: insect, wasp, photography, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife
I think this is an Ichneumon wasp species (but which one?)
as portrayed in tiles on the walls of the NYC uptown subway stop (A-B-C)
at 81st and Central Park West. (ISO, no zoom, no flash).
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [wallpaper size].
Read more about the AMNH tile artworks and see the AMNH tile artworks photographic archives -- with all the animals identified.
laelaps | February 21, 2008
Two members of the three-cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) coalition at the Philadelphia Zoo.
grrlscientist | February 20, 2008tags: spider, arachnid, photography, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife
Yellow garden spider, Argiope aurantia, guarding her egg case,
as portrayed in tiles on the walls of the NYC uptown subway stop (A-B-C)
at 81st and Central Park West. (ISO, no zoom, no flash).
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [wallpaper size].
Read more about the AMNH tile artworks and see the AMNH tile artworks photographic archives -- with all the animals identified.
laelaps | February 20, 2008
I had nearly forgotten about this photograph of a sloth bear (Melursus ursinus), but it's one of my favorites. Don't let their name or insect-based diet fool you, though; they can move quite quickly and are can be very dangerous to encounter. This is not because they are especially aggressive, but rather because they usually cannot see or hear humans until they are nearly on top of the bear, at which point the bear may attack in defense. Such facts don't mean much if you stumble into a sloth bear on a dark night, though, and according to at least one study there were as many as 735 sloth…
grrlscientist | February 19, 2008tags: columbus circle, manhattan, photography, NYC, NYCLife
Columbus Circle/CNN, NYC, at night.
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [wallpaper size].
If you look closely at the previous picture and compare it to this one, you will find that the tall building on the right in this picture is actually on the left side of the previous image. I am also wondering if you notice how the buildings in the image curve in from both sides, sort of like the city closing in around you? I think this must be an artifact of the camera itself, am I right? Is there any way to fix that, or should I instead plan on…
grrlscientist | February 19, 2008tags: columbus circle, manhattan, photography, NYC, NYCLife
Columbus Circle, NYC, at night.
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [This is interesting in wallpaper size, in a sort of "Where's Waldo" sort of way].
grrlscientist | February 19, 2008tags: subway car, manhattan, photography, NYC, NYCLife
A subway car being moved on surface streets in Manhattan.
It's amazing to realize how BIG these things are when compared to other, more familiar, vehicles.
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [Do you really want this in wallpaper size?].
I had finally rooted myself out of my apartment and was sitting at my local coffee shop, when I looked up and saw .. a SUBWAY CAR sitting in the middle of the street! I was so surprised that I didn't react fast enough, so I was sitting there, grumpy that I'd missed this weird photographic opportunity, when…
grrlscientist | February 19, 2008tags: snake, reptiles, photography, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife
Unknown (to me) species of snake
as portrayed in tiles on the walls of the NYC uptown subway stop (A-B-C)
at 81st and Central Park West. (ISO, no zoom, no flash).
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [wallpaper size].
Does anyone have any idea as to what is that weird appendage is that is hanging off the snake's tail?
Read more about the AMNH tile artworks and see the AMNH tile artworks photographic archives -- with all the animals identified.
laelaps | February 19, 2008
While petsitting for a friend this past summer, I noticed that every afternoon a female white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) would bring several fawns into the yard to forage every afternoon. Most days I had to photograph them from the house, the sound of a door opening sending them off into the woods, but on one particular day I was able to sneak outside and able to conceal myself in the bushes. This fawn came particularly close (although, as you can see from the blur on the right, I was still in the middle of my chosen cover), but the shutter quickly gave me away.
grrlscientist | February 18, 2008tags: birds, brown kiwi, Apteryx mantelli, photography, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife
Brown Kiwi, Apteryx mantelli,
as portrayed in tiles on the walls of the NYC uptown subway stop (A-B-C)
at 81st and Central Park West. (ISO, no zoom, no flash).
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [wallpaper size].
Read more about the AMNH tile artworks and see the AMNH tile artworks photographic archives -- with all the animals identified.
laelaps | February 18, 2008
A snow leopard (Panthera uncia) cub snacking on a bit of bone at the Bronx Zoo.
grrlscientist | February 17, 2008tags: reptile, snake, photography, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife
Is this a rainbow snake, Farancia erytrogramma?
Snake, as portrayed in tiles on the walls of the NYC uptown subway stop (A-B-C)
at 81st and Central Park West. (ISO, no zoom, no flash).
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [wallpaper size].
Read more about the AMNH tile artworks and see the AMNH tile artworks photographic archives -- with all the animals identified.
laelaps | February 17, 2008
Like yesterday's photo I was not able to get close enough to this animal to get a better shot, but given the difficulty I had photographing this chipmunk (Tamias sp.) I was still happy I was able to get a shot at all.
grrlscientist | February 16, 2008tags: Scandentia, tree shrew, photography, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife
This might be a tree shrew (but which species?)
as portrayed in tiles on the walls of the NYC uptown subway stop (A-B-C)
at 81st and Central Park West. (ISO, no zoom, no flash).
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [wallpaper size].
Read more about the AMNH tile artworks and see the AMNH tile artworks photographic archives -- with all the animals identified.
laelaps | February 16, 2008
I don't have a powerful enough lens to take close-up photographs of birds (yet), but I think you can still see how robust this particular red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) is. I photographed him in July of last year, singing to stake his claim to his territory, and I don't think I've seen a male with brighter shoulder-patches before or since.
grrlscientist | February 15, 2008tags: amphibian, African reed frog, Hyperolius marmoratus, photography, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife
African reed frog, Hyperolius marmoratus,
as portrayed in tiles on the walls of the NYC uptown subway stop (A-B-C)
at 81st and Central Park West. (ISO, no zoom, no flash).
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [wallpaper size].
Read more about the AMNH tile artworks and see the AMNH tile artworks photographic archives -- with all the animals identified.
laelaps | February 15, 2008
When I think of large, African carnivores, the big cats and spotted hyena come most immediately to mind. Indeed, most of the documentaries I watched growing up focused on the warfare between lion prides and hyena clans, and I had no idea that the African Wild Dog (Lycaon pictus) existed until a few years ago. These dogs differ from other canid genera in a number of ways, most prominently the lack of a dewclaw and a set of massive molars. While they do not consume as much bone as spotted hyena, wild dogs are quite capable of cracking bones, and they make good use of their stout distal…