Photography

tags: Chambers Street, Park Place, World Trade Center, Oculus, Andrew Ginzel, Kristin Jones, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC Oculus, #6 (1998). Stone mosaic on walls throughout Chambers Street station complex (A, C & E trains); also, there is a stone and glass floor mosaic at Park Place entrance, which connects to this station via a tunnel. Artists: Andrew Ginzel & Kristin Jones. Image: GrrlScientist, 3 January 2009 [larger view]. Oculus is located in passageways under the World Trade Center and was largely untouched by the events of 9/11. Oculus will also be…
tags: Prairie Warbler, Dendroica discolor, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] Prairie Warbler, Dendroica discolor, photographed at Newton Hills State Park in southeastern South Dakota. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Terry Sohl, June 2007. Photo taken with a Canon 50D, 400 5.6L. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Review all mystery birds to date.
An African wild dog (Lycaon pictus), photographed at the Bronx Zoo.
tags: Chambers Street, Park Place, World Trade Center, Oculus, Andrew Ginzel, Kristin Jones, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC Oculus, #5 (1998). Stone mosaic on walls throughout Chambers Street station complex (A, C & E trains); also, there is a stone and glass floor mosaic at Park Place entrance, which connects to this station via a tunnel. Artists: Andrew Ginzel & Kristin Jones. Image: GrrlScientist, 3 January 2009 [larger view]. Oculus is located in passageways under the World Trade Center and was largely untouched by the events of 9/11. Oculus will also be…
A snow leopard (Panthera uncia), photographed at the Bronx Zoo.
tags: Elf Owl, Micrathene whitneyi, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] Elf Owl, Micrathene whitneyi, photographed outside a gorgeous little bed and breakfast on the outskirts of Tucson, Arizona. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Terry Sohl, 7 May 2008 [larger view]. Photo taken with a Canon 50D, 400 5.6L. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Review all mystery birds to date.
tags: Long-billed Dowitcher, Limnodromus scolopaceus, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] Long-billed Dowitcher, Limnodromus scolopaceus photographed in Brazoria Refuge, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Joseph Kennedy, 12 February 2009 [larger view]. Nikon D200, 1/640s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400 Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Review all mystery birds to date.
Sasha, the Amur tiger (Panthera tigris altaica), photographed at the Bronx Zoo.
I find these photos by Emma Livingstone -- onen of 30 photographers singled out in a recent "rising photographer" story (hat tip: Kottke) -- especially fetching. Many more at her well-designed site. Among other charms, they bring to mind the painting of Gerhard Richter: September 11
tags: Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Polioptila caerulea, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Polioptila caerulea, photographed in Starr County Park, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Joseph Kennedy, 5 April 2008 [larger view]. Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/1000s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Rick Wright, Managing Director of WINGS Birding Tours Worldwide, writes: Now here's a little bird, barely bigger than the menacing thorns it's paused…
A red panda (Ailurus fulgens), photographed at the Bronx Zoo.
tags: Chambers Street, Park Place, World Trade Center, Oculus, Andrew Ginzel, Kristin Jones, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC Oculus, #2 (1998). Stone mosaic on walls throughout Chambers Street station complex (A & C trains); also, there is a stone and glass floor mosaic at Park Place entrance, which connects to this station via a tunnel. Artists: Andrew Ginzel & Kristin Jones. Image: GrrlScientist, 3 January 2009 [larger view]. Oculus is located in passageways under the World Trade Center and was largely untouched by the events of 9/1l. Oculus will also be…
African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus), photographed at the Bronx Zoo.
tags: leucistic House Finch, Carpodacus mexicanus, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] leucistic House Finch, Carpodacus mexicanus, photographed on Farm Island near Pierre, South Dakota. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Terry Sohl, 16 February 2009 [larger view]. Photo taken with a Canon 50D, 400 5.6L. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Rick Wright, Managing Director of WINGS Birding Tours Worldwide, writes: "It's not in the book." A birding acquaintance of mine, long since passed away, I fear, once told me about the "…
tags: Chambers Street, Park Place, World Trade Center, Oculus, Andrew Ginzel, Kristin Jones, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC Oculus, #1 (1998). Stone and glass floor mosaic at Park Place entrance, which connects to this station via a tunnel; also there are hundreds of stone mosaic eyes on the walls throughout Chambers Street station complex (C & E trains). Artists: Andrew Ginzel & Kristin Jones. Image: GrrlScientist, 3 January 2009 [larger view]. Oculus is located in passageways under the World Trade Center and was largely untouched by the events of 9/1l. Oculus…
This morning I decided to make the most of the unusually warm weather by heading to the Bronx Zoo. I will post some of the photos I took during the coming days and weeks, but I couldn't wait to share this shot of a snow leopard.
tags: Streak-backed Oriole, Icterus pustulatus microstictus, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] Streak-backed Oriole, Icterus pustulatus microstictus, photographed at the Water Ranch in Gilbert, Arizona. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Richard Ditch, 15 December 2006 [larger view]. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Rick Wright, Managing Director of WINGS Birding Tours Worldwide, writes: Any doubt that this is an oriole? Good. Confused about just what an oriole is? Better. The English word was first applied, naturally…
A grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis), photographed at the Bronx Zoo.
tags: Short-eared Owl, Asio flammeus, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] Short-eared Owl, Asio flammeus, photographed at Fort Pierre National Grasslands in South Dakota. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Terry Sohl, 9 December 2005 [larger view]. Photo taken with a Canon 50D, 400 5.6L. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Review all mystery birds to date.
Thomson's gazelles (Eudorcas thomsoni), photographed at the Bronx Zoo.