Virginalis Water Lily (c) 2010 Patty Hankins
Here are some links I found interesting this week – hope you enjoy them
Photography & Art Links
Alain Briot has a new essay at the Luminous Landscape on Composing with Color Part 2
Black Star Rising has Put Color Theory to Work in Your Photos
Copyright Litigation Blog has 4th Circuit: Fine Art Paintings from Photographs and Actual Damages from Copyright Infringement
Southern Flourish has an article about artist Conni Togel on page 20 of their premier issue. Conni’s sheep art is incredible.
Christian Science Monitor has Photoshop and Facebook, Victorian Style
Jim Goldstein has a review of the iPhone App: iFotoGuide – Arches & Yosemite
Plagiarism Today has Setting Yourself Up For Copyright Infringement
Seven Days has A Photographer is “Banned” for Taking Photos on Church Street
PhotoFizz has Photographers Raise Concern over Polaroids on Sotheby’s Auction Block
Marie Brophy has What Can We Learn from a Bikini Model on Art and Copyrights
Flower & Gardening Links
Christian Science Monitor has 10 Steps to Success with Your First Vegetable Garden,and A Blizzard of Snowdrops
Transatlantic Plantman has How Do You Know if A Plant is Hardy?
National Wildlife Federation has Hidden in Plain Sight
eNature has a Native Gardening and Invasive Plants Guide
The Natural Capital has Learn Your Wildflowers and Wild Edibles
Washington Gardener has It’s About Blooming Time
National Parks Traveler has Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage Coming to Great Smoky Mountains National Park
National Park & Wildlife Refuge Links
National Parks Traveler has several great posts this week including
- Cost Savings Means that NPS Can Fund More Projects in the Parks,
- Groups Argue Against Proposed Transmission Lines for Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
- Celebrate National Wildlife Week in Your Favorite National Park
- Shenandoah National Park Soon to Open Facilities for Spring, Summer
- Lend a Hand to Help Clean up Civil War Battlefields on April 10
- Traveler’s Checklist for Cape Hatteras National Seashore
- Fish & Wildlife Service Proposes to List Loggerhead Turtle Species as Endangered
- Is There Economic Value to that National Monument in Your Backyard
- How Might the National Park System Appear if Not for the Use of the Antiquities Act of 1906
Refuge Watch has information about contacting Congress about the National Wildlife Refuge System Funding
Wildlife Links
Garden Variety has The Business of Bees
BBC News has Ivory and Bluefin Tuna Top Agenda at UN Wildlife Summit
State of the Birds 2010 Report on Climate Change has been released.
Discovery News has Camera Shy Pregnant Male Seahorse Photographed Giving Birth
Telegraph UK has Penguin Couple Pose for Photograph
Washington Post has Controversy Over Endangered Virginia Big-Eared Bats