Photography
grrlscientist | September 15, 2009tags: Pyrrhuloxia, Cardinalis sinuatus, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz
[Mystery bird] Pyrrhuloxia, Cardinalis sinuatus, photographed in Arizona. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow]
Image: Richard Ditch, 19 December 2004 [larger view].
Date Time Original: 2004:12:19 11:18:31
Exposure Time: 1/319
F-Number: 11.00
ISO: 320
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laelaps | September 15, 2009
An osprey (Pandion haliaetus) flying above the Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park.
laelaps | September 14, 2009
An American pika (Ochotona princeps), photographed in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming.
grrlscientist | September 14, 2009tags: nature, Seurasaari, Helsinki, image of the day
Wood fence on the island of Seurasaari (Helsinki, Finland).
Image: GrrlScientist, 4 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)
grrlscientist | September 14, 2009tags: Curve-Billed Thrasher, Toxostoma curvirostre, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz
[Mystery bird] Curve-Billed Thrasher, Toxostoma curvirostre, photographed in Arizona. [I will identify this bird for you in 48 hours]
Image: Richard Ditch, 9 April 2009 [larger view].
Date Time Original: 2009:04:09 16:05:57
Exposure Time: 1/319
F-Number: 4.50
ISO: 400
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grrlscientist | September 13, 2009tags: flowers, Gardening, Horticulture, Botany, nature, Helsinki, image of the day
Flower box in Rautatientori (downtown Helsinki, Finland).
Image: GrrlScientist, 3 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)
grrlscientist | September 13, 2009tags: Superb Blue Wren, Blue Fairywren, Malurus cyaneus, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz
[Mystery bird] Non-breeding male Superb Blue Wren, also known as the Blue Fairywren, Malurus cyaneus, photographed at Grafton, Australia. [I will identify this bird for you in 48 hours]
Image: Steve Duncan, 14 August 2009 [larger view].
Nikon D200 w/ Nikkor 300mm f/4.
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laelaps | September 13, 2009
A warning to visitors about bison, or a request to the bison? Photographed at Antelope Island, Utah.
bioephemera | September 12, 2009
Tyrannosaurus photoventris
Judith Hoffman, 2009
This is just awesome! It's a dinocamera from artist/photographer/metalworker/amateur time traveler Judith Hoffman:
That's a lens cap/shutter on his navel. He takes pinhole photos of the late Cretaceous using paper negatives.
Here's one of the "photos of the Cretaceous:"
The realism is mind-boggling! I feel like I'm about to be devoured by a plastic toy on the set of a B-movie!
You can see more fun photos here, at Judith's site. She also has a show opening tomorrow at the Peninsula Art Museum, 10 Twin Pines Lane, Belmont, California 94002.…
grrlscientist | September 12, 2009tags: flowers, Gardening, Horticulture, Botany, nature, Helsinki, image of the day
Dahlia blossom.
Photographed in downtown Helsinki, Finland.
Image: GrrlScientist, 3 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)
grrlscientist | September 12, 2009tags: African Green-pigeon, Treron calvus, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz
[Mystery bird] African Green-pigeon, Treron calvus, photographed drinking on the Masai Mara, Kenya, Africa. [I will identify this bird for you in 48 hours]
Image: Dan Logen, 31 August 2006 [larger view].
Nikon D2X, Nikon 200-400 mm lens, ISO 200, f/7.1, 1/45 sec.
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laelaps | September 12, 2009
A bee collecting pollen from a sunflower. Photographed at Antelope Island, Utah.
grrlscientist | September 11, 2009tags: flowers, Gardening, Horticulture, Botany, nature, Helsinki, image of the day
Dahlia blossom.
Photographed in downtown Helsinki, Finland.
Image: GrrlScientist, 3 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)
grrlscientist | September 11, 2009tags: Crested Tern, Great Crested-tern, Swift Tern, Thalasseus bergii, identify this bird, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz
[Mystery bird] Crested Tern, also known as the Swift Tern or Great Crested-tern, Thalasseus (Sterna) bergii, photographed at Michealmas Cay, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. [I will identify this bird for you in 48 hours]
Image: Steve Duncan, 24 August 2009 [larger view].
Nikon D200 w/ Nikkor 300mm f/4.
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laelaps | September 11, 2009
A close up of the thin layers of rock around one of the pools at the Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park.
grrlscientist | September 10, 2009tags: flowers, Gardening, Horticulture, Botany, nature, Helsinki, image of the day
Dahlia blossom.
Photographed in downtown Helsinki, Finland.
Image: GrrlScientist, 3 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)
grrlscientist | September 10, 2009tags: Burrowing Owl, Speotyto cunicularia, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz
[Mystery bird] Burrowing Owl, Speotyto cunicularia, photographed on Antelope Island, a wonderful birding location north of Salt Lake City, Utah. [I will identify this bird for you in 48 hours]
Image: Terry Sohl, 27 July 2009 [larger view]
Canon 50D, 400 5.6L lens.
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laelaps | September 10, 2009
Why did this male pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) cross the road?
To chase away some other males on the other side! (Though he had no beef with the bison.) Photographed at Antelope Island.
grrlscientist | September 9, 2009tags: flowers, Gardening, Horticulture, Botany, nature, Helsinki, image of the day
Wild rose, Rosa acicularis.
Photographed at the gardens at the Tarvaspää Café at the Gallen-Kallela Museum
near Tarvon Salmi in Helsinki, Finland.
Image: GrrlScientist, 2 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)
This is one of a large group of wild rose flowers that were blooming outside the front door of the cafe. The scent they produced was unbelievably strong and sweet and -- dare I say it? -- otherworldly.