I just wanted to let you know that I have created a new video called Orchids. It features several of my orchid photographs and Bach’s “Sheep May Safely Graze” performed by the wonderful harpist (and my friend) Pamela Bruner.
If you like Pamela’s music – be sure to check out her CD’s on her website – PamelaBrunerMusic.com. Sheep May Safely Graze can be found on her Sweet Spirit CD.
I hope you enjoy my new video.
Chinese Five Color Peppers (c) 2010 Patty Hankins
Here are some sites I found interesting this week. Hope you find them interesting as well
Photography and Art Links
Social Times has 20 Twitter Influencers Every Photographer Need to Follow
PaidContent has Lawsuit Tests Whether Twitter Pictures Are Free For The Taking
Art Print Issues has 2011 Color Forecast Driven by Affordable Remodeling Trend
Photo Attorney has Three More DMCA Cases of Note for Photographers
Wired has Earth as Art: Stunning New Images From Space
Flower and Gardening Links
BBC News has Cocoa Genome Will Save Chocolate Industry
National Park and National Wildlife Refuge Links
National Park Traveler has Whitebark Pine Trees in Crater Lake National Park Under Attack From Blister Rust, Pine Needles, Conservation Groups Question Cape Hatteras National Seashore’s Preferred ORV Management Plan, and Marine National Parks Have Experienced Vast Losses of Coral Reefs to Bleaching and Disease
Cape Gazette has Feds Approve Prime Hook Dune Repairs
Refuge Watch has Interior Announces New Refuge Unit in Kansas and Support Full Funding for the Land & Water Conservation Fund
Wildlife Links
National Parks Traveler has Lead-Tainted Carcasses and Gut Piles Pose Hazards for Endangered Condors, National Park Service Establishing Protocols for Dealing with White-Nose Syndrome in Bats, and These Worms Can Jump – and They’re Unwelcome Pests at Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Wildlife Gardens has Wildlife Webcams to Take Your Breath Away
NYTimes has California Condors May Face Threat from DDT From Years Ago and For the Desert Tortoise, a Threat and an Opportunity
Wildlife Promise has Heading Toward a Record Setting Year at Hudson Bay
Mongabay has Massive Shark Sanctuary Declared in the Coral Triangle
Environmental Issues Links
NYTimes has As Glaciers Melt, Science Seeks Data on Melting Seas
Science Daily has New Explanation for the Origin of High Species Diversity in Amazon
GreenBiz has Getting Past the Whiteness of Green
SaveBiogems has Peace-Athabasca Delta
Conservation Magazine has Ease-y Does it: Do Conservation Easements Work
Last fall I photographed several types of chrysanthemums. One of the most interesting types was two different sets of Hagoromo Intermediate Incurve Mums. Both sets were photographed at Longwood Gardens, about a month apart.
(c) 2010 Patty Hankins
Intermediate incurve mums are one of three types of incurve mums: irregular, regular and intermediate. Incurve mums have upward curving petals. The flowers on the intermediate incurve mums tend to be about 6 inches in diameter.
(c) 2010 Patty Hankins
The second set of Hagoromo mums I photographed were a darker shade of pink than the first set. They also hadn’t opened up as much as the first set. I really enjoyed photographed the patterns and textures of the flowers that were just starting to open up.
(c) 2010 Patty Hankins
(c) 2010 Patty Hankins
(c) 2010 Patty Hankins
(c) 2010 Patty Hankins
I hope to get a chance to see the 2010 Chrysanthemum display at Longwood Gardens. The 2009 chrysanthemums were amazing – I can’t wait to see what they have on display this year.
Showy Orchis (c) 2010 Patty Hankins
I’ve recently added a new photo – Showy Orchis – to my Beautifulflowerpictures.com website.
Showy Orchis (Galearis spectabilis) are one of my favorite spring wildflowers. I love just love the shape and colors of the flowers. I photographed this showy orchis along the Cove Hardwood Trail in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park this past spring.
This photograph is available as either a 12X15″ or 20X26″ gallery-wrapped canvas. You can order Showy Orchis from my website and I will have it available at shows.
Opening Night Rose (c) 2010 Patty Hankins
Here are some sites I found interesting this week. Hope you find them interesting as well
Photography and Art Links
A cute video on Youtube – Potter at an Art Fair
Plagiarism Today has The Cooks Source Case: Public Domain vs Public Domain and Should You Send a DMCA Notice Via a Comment Form?
Black Star Rising has Can Photographers Create Their Own Demand?
WPPIOnline has Top 10 Misconceptions about Photography and the Law: A Conversation with Attorney Carolyn E. Wright
NYTimes has Ansel Adams or Not? More Twists
The Independent has Modern Art was CIA WeaponFlower and Gardening Links
Beautiful Wildlife Garden has Not All Berries Are Created Equal
National Park and National Wildlife Refuge Links
National Parks Traveler has Republicans on House Natural Resources Committee Planning Big Changes for Public Lands, Marine Wilderness at a Crossroads in Point Reyes National Seashore, Winter, A Season of Contrasts Across the National Park Service, Civil War Preservation Trust Working to Save 49 Acres Surrounded by Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park, North Face Deal Could Generate Big Bucks for National Park Foundation, But is it a Good Deal for You?, and Report: Climate Changes Could Batter Acadia National Park Economically, Environmentally
Wildlife Links
BBC News has Plastic Debris Killing Adriatic Loggerhead Turtles
National Parks Traveler has More Black-Footed Ferrets Call Wind Cave National Park Home and As Winter Settles in, Seasonal Migrations Lend Interest to Wildlife Watching in America’s National Parks
Montreal Gazette has Roadkill is Oldest Bald Eagle Ever Documented
Refuge Watch has Book Alert: Seeking Refuge: Birds and Landscapes of the Pacific Flyway
Environmental Issues Links
Science Daily has Oil Will Run Dry 90 Years Before Substitutes Roll Out, Study Predicts