Thattekadu Bird Sanctuary, Kerala
Nature Photography
Bird of the Day: Forest Wagtail
Dandeli, Karnataka
Bird of the Day: Andaman Treepie
Port Blair, Andaman Islands
Bird of the Day: Bar-headed Geese
Chambal, Madhya Pradesh
Bird of the Day: Oriental Magpie Robin
Bangalore, Karnataka
Bird of the Day: Indian Roller
Bangalore, Karnataka
Bird of the Day: Baya Weaver Male in the nest
Macroentomotography
Composite image by Levon Biss via ThisIsColossal
About five years ago we featured a piece that coined the term “entomotography,” and we’ve been sharing stories about insects frequently since then; one was even closely related to this post and could have shared the title, of bees photographed close-up. The specimens shown below, however, are not single photos but actually composite images of thousands of shots in the best lighting for each angle, stitched together to create amazing results. Kate Sierzputowski writes for ThisIsColossal:
Commercial photographer Levon Biss typically shoots portraits of world-class athletes—sports players caught in motion. His new series however, catches subjects that have already been paused, insect specimens found at the Oxford Museum of Natural History. The series originally started as a side-project capturing the detail of bugs that his son would catch at home, and is now displayed at the museum in an exhibition titled Microsculpture.
Composite image by Levon Biss via ThisIsColossal
Bird of the Day: Black Shouldered Kite
Great Rann of Kutch, Gujurat
Bird of the Day: Red-billed Pigeon
Tacacori, Costa Rica
Bird of the Day: Scaly Laughing Thrush
Tumling, Nepal
Bird of the Day: Black-breasted Weaver
Jaipur, Rajasthan
Bird of the Day: Himalayan Griffon
Tumling, Nepal
Bird of the Day: Brown Fish Owl
Yala National Park, Sri Lanka
Bird of the Day: Jungle Bush Quail
Bangalore, Karnataka
Bird of the Day: Barred Antshrike
Carara National Park, Costa Rica
Snapshots In The Interest Of Our Environment
@kellydelay captures a tornado-warmed supercell outside of Courtney, Oklahoma. Photograph: Kelly Delay
This story in the Guardian’s Environment section is told mostly with pictures, and is worth a minute’s review to consider how much more value we might extract from social media:
Sometimes, the best way to understand what’s happening on the other side of the world is to see it for yourself. Here are some of our favorite Instagrammers who focus on capturing our changing planet
A storm chaser from Slovenia, Marko Korosec (@markokorosecnet) has been researching severe weather events through forecasting, chasing and analysis since 2000. He counts the above capture of a “spaceship” supercell storm in Colorado among his most memorable chases. It was like “an UFO landing on Earth”, he writes.
Read/view the whole article here.
Bird of the Day: Fire-tailed Myzornis
Tumling, Nepal
Bird of the Day: Egyptian Goose
Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania
Bird of the Day: Grey-headed Woodpecker
Chopta, Uttarakhand
