Photography
grrlscientist | December 29, 2007tags: outback mosaic, Australia, NewScientist, Image of the Day
Outback mosaic.
Australia is the world's driest inhabited continent and has the most variable rainfall.
Image: Carole Tilney 2007 (NewScientist calendar 2008). [Much larger view]
grrlscientist | December 28, 2007tags: blue poison dart frogs, Dendrobates azureus, Dendrobatidae, NewScientist, Image of the Day
Blue Poison Dart Frogs, Dendrobates azureus.
Dendrobates azureus is a species of poison dart frog found in the Sipaliwini District in Suriname of South America.
Image: Gail Shumway/Getty Images 2007 (NewScientist calendar 2008). [Much larger view]
The poison dart frog is the common name for the Dendrobatidae family of small, diurnal frogs that are endemic to Central and South America. These frogs are widely referred to as poison arrow frogs or poison dart frogs, which reflectes the widespread…
grrlscientist | December 25, 2007
Orpheus, a male Hawk-headed (red fan) parrot, Deroptyus accipitrinus,
Christmas day 2007.
This is the best picture I've taken of him so far, but unfortunately,
I didn't notice that he had a bit of dried food stuck to the side of
his beak until after I took the picture. Of course, after removing it,
(wouldn't you know it) I was unable to get another suitable image!
Image: GrrlScientist, December 2007.
grrlscientist | December 24, 2007tags: christmas tree, holidays, photography
This is the Christmas tree located in my "watering hole", where I will be located this very evening, in fact, hanging out with friends. Unfortunately, I am not sure if I will have free wifi access on Christmas or New Year's days since the public libraries are closed on both holidays, but if I do find free wifi anywhere, it will be here!
Image: GrrlScientist 2007 [really large view]
I am having a great time, listening to christmas music in the pub and now, at this very moment, the bartender is playing some really fabulous music, Rumpelstiltskin,…
grrlscientist | December 24, 2007tags: seedhead on ice, plants, photography, nature, Image of the Day
This is the last image in a series of photos that my friend and long-time reader, Dave Rintoul, took in the aftermath of the recent ice storm that gripped the midwest of the United States. This series began on 20 December.
Seedhead on Ice (Ice Storm, 2007)
Image: Dave Rintoul, KSU [larger view]
Go here to see more of Dave's ice storm photography.
grrlscientist | December 23, 2007tags: NYC, holidays, photography
I finally figured out how to use the optical zoom setting on my new camera.
Amsterdam Avenue in NYC at Christmas, as seen from the window of my watering hole. The snowflakes were made by the staff and customers by cutting up paper placemats and taping them to the window.
Image: GrrlScientist, 23 December 2007.[larger view].
grrlscientist | December 23, 2007tags: ice storm 2007, ice fingers, photography, nature, Image of the Day
I am running a series of images that my friend and long-time reader, Dave Rintoul, took in the aftermath of the recent ice storm that gripped the midwest of the United States. This series began on 20 December and the last image in this series will appear on 24 December.
Icy Fingers (Ice Storm, December 2007)
Image: Dave Rintoul, KSU [larger view]
grrlscientist | December 22, 2007tags: ice storm 2007, curly twig in ice, photography, nature, Image of the Day
I am running a series of images that my friend and long-time reader, Dave Rintoul, took in the aftermath of the recent ice storm that gripped the midwest of the United States. This series began yesterday and the last image in this series will appear on 24 December.
Curly Twig in Ice (Ice Storm, December 2007)
Image: Dave Rintoul, KSU [larger view]
grrlscientist | December 21, 2007tags: seedhead on ice, plants, photography, nature, Image of the Day
Beginning today, I am running a series of images that my friend and long-time reader, Dave Rintoul, took in the aftermath of the recent ice storm that gripped the midwest of the United States. The last image in this series will appear on 24 December.
Ice on Branch (detail)
(Ice Storm, December 2007)
Image: Dave Rintoul, KSU [larger view]
grrlscientist | December 20, 2007tags: Friday Ark, blog carnivals
This week's edition of the Friday Ark is now available for you to enjoy, and just in time, too, WHEW!
grrlscientist | December 20, 2007tags: zebras, Equus quagga burchelli, photography, Image of the Day
Burchell's (plains) zebras, Equus quagga burchelli, create a mirror image in their enclosure at the Zoological Park in Delhi, India.
Image: BBCNews.
Burchell's zebra has distinctive stripes that run diagonally and lengthways on the rump and continue on to the belly. They often have chestnut or yellowish "shadow" stripes in the middle of the white stripes on their rumps. If you look closely at the two animals in the image, you'll notice that they are not marked identically -- in fact, each individual zebra has a unique…
grrlscientist | December 19, 2007tags: christmas tree, holidays, photography
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Christmas Tree, 2007.
This tree stands in the plaza between the New York State Theatre, the Metropolitan Opera House, and Avery Fischer Hall -- I walk past this tree twice every day on my way to the library where I get free wifi. It's a lot prettier at night than it is during the day (I think it is very ugly in the daytime). In the background, you can see the lights from a few buildings that look out over the western side of Central Park in Manhattan.
Image: GrrlScientist 2007 [really large view]
grrlscientist | December 19, 2007tags: California Gull, Larus californicus, birds, ornithology, Image of the Day
Gull with Reflection.
California Gull, Larus californicus, with reflection -- Great Salt Lake, Antelope Island Causeway, April 2005.
Image: Dave Rintoul, KSU [really large view]
grrlscientist | December 18, 2007tags: eared grebe, Podiceps nigricollis, birds, ornithology, Image of the Day
Sun and Sparkles.
Eared grebe, Podiceps nigricollis. Great Salt Lake, Antelope Island Causeway, April 2005.
Image: Dave Rintoul, KSU [really large view]
grrlscientist | December 17, 2007
This is a picture of my friend, Jared, Christmas in NYC, 2007.
He wasn't too keen to have his picture taken, so I told him not
to worry, I am just learning how to use my new digital camera,
so the picture would not look good anyway. Well, I was wrong!
I think it looks great.
Image: GrrlScientist [larger view]
Thanks for the camera, Karen! I can already see that I will be spending some serious time learning how to use this thing, because it is really different from a regular camera -- the kind that uses, you know, film and stuff.
laelaps | December 9, 2007
A Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) playing with a plastic drum at the Philadelphia Zoo. This isn't much of a post, but I should probably note that this is my 200th post here on ScienceBlogs (time sure does fly, huh?), and you readers have left nearly 900 comments thus far. More posts should be coming up today, including a review of The Loch Ness Horror and the continuation of a meme. I guess I'm just so fascinating that people keep wanting to know 7 things about me...
grrlscientist | December 8, 2007I have been reading reviews about digital cameras until I am ready to go blind, but I finally made a decision, as you can tell if you read below (and look to the right).
First of all, my constraints were that I could choose any digital camera that was $300 or less, and I could spend up to $50 on a memory card. So I spent weeks looking at cameras and reading about them, and fell in love with two different models; the FujiFilm FinePix S5000 3.1MP Digital Camera with 10x Optical Zoom and the Canon PowerShot SX100IS 8MP Digital Camera with 10x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom. I finally decided on…
grrlscientist | December 7, 2007tags: Friday Ark, blog carnivals
The 168th edition of the Friday Ark is now available for you to enjoy. This blog carnival specializes in linking to images of animals, although some of these images also have stories that accompany them. They included some of my contributions, too!
bleimanb | December 5, 2007A week ago we asked you-- our very attractive, highly intelligent and unbelievably nerdy readers --to tell us what your favoritest animal in the world is. We received a flood of responses, and we wanted to show some pictures of the highlights.
Adam likes the Ai, a maned three-toed sloth that lives in the jungles of South America because they are "stupid-looking"
Meg has a fondness for...
...saiga antelopes
Jonathan, yawn, likes killer whales
J-Dog believes lobe-finned fish to be "dizz-own" in his "hizz-ouse"
Who knew? Jenbug likes sloths and hyenas!
Anne-Marie Hodge, fittingly, likes…
aardvarchaeology | December 2, 2007
My Bulgarian ICQ buddy Tatyana Mircheva is studying design in Birmingham, UK. Recently, she published this photograph on her blog. It's really good, and I assumed it was some professional advertising shot she'd lifted from the net. Turns out it's a self-portrait, shot at home with the aid of a bedroom lamp and a blanket from Ikea! Tatyana chose her gear, posed the shot and lit it, and her roomie snapped it. I'm impressed!
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