The Daily Bird #16

A gorgeous Cardinal from Kengi. Female, Cardinalis cardinalis. Click for full size.

The Daily Bird #15

Kengi has had a run of fabulous bird shots, so we will be seeing their work for a while. I just had to start with these, because what is more cute than a wet dinosaur? A wet, blue dinosaur! Click for full size.

Random Monday.

All the Gatherers 2

All photos are 1500 x 996, click for full size.

Day to Night.

STEPHEN WILKES
Pont de la Tournelle, Paris (from the series Day to Night), 2013.

Stephen Wilkes blends photographs taken over the course of a day, so there’s day and evening in a single photo. Fascinating and beautiful work, showing at the Robert Klein Gallery in Boston until August 20th, 2016.

Day to Night, Wilkes’ most defining project, began in 2009. These epic cityscapes and landscapes, portrayed from a fixed camera angle for up to 30 hours capture fleeting moments of humanity as light passes in front of his lens over the course of full day.

Day to Night has been featured on CBS Sunday Morning as well as dozens of other prominent media outlets and, with a grant from the National Geographic Society, was recently extended to include America’s National Parks in celebration of their centennial anniversary.

STEPHEN WILKES
Central Park Snow, New York City (from the series Day to Night), 2010.

You can see more of this stunning series here.

Cross Orb Weaver

The beautiful Orb Weaver who has set up house by my desk. (Yes, Chez Caine is spider central.) She is a Cross Orb Weaver, Araneus diadematus, just like Anita and Arabella, who went into orbit on Skylab 3 in 1973.

Fleur du jour: Pretty in Pink

A beautiful Dianthus armeria from D. Gregory. 1500 x 996, click for full size.

The Daily Bird #14

A Hairy Woodpecker, female, studio side. (Picoides villosus). All photos are 1500 x 996, click for full size.

Arachnid Nursery

While waiting for birds to show this morning, I noticed a web on a dead plant, and shot it to check the light. After a while, I got to wondering, what was that? So, I did the time-honoured ape thing, and poked, very gently, with a stick. Baby spiders! They are incredibly tiny, much smaller than they look in the photos. All photos are 1500 x 996, click for full size.