by hankinslawrenceimages | Jul 29, 2011 | On the Web
Showy Orchis © 2010 Patty Hankins
Here are some posts and articles that I enjoyed this week – hope you enjoy them as well
Photography and Art Links
The Art Newspaper has Sculptor finds alleged copies of his work in corporate collection
G. Dan Mitchell has 10 Critical Tips for Landscape Photographers and Very Basic Filter Advice for New DSLR Shooters
Digital Photography School has Photography in Harsh Mid-Day Light
Virtual Photography Studio has The Basic Guide To Google+ For Photographers
Photo Attorney has Another Way to Search for Uses of Your Photos
Flowers, Plants & Gardening Links
Civil Beat has Saving Hawaii’s Rarest Orchid
Washington Post has Whitebark pine tree faces extinction threat, agency says
Maui News has Researcher breathes life into rare Hawaiian orchid species
Delaware Online has DuPont admits new herbicide has damaged spruce, pine trees
CBC News has Exotic ash borer threatens Montreal trees
National Park and National Wildlife Refuge Links
National Parks Traveler has Interior Secretary Wants Congress To Designate A Manhattan Project National Historical Park and Curatorial Facility Proposed for Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Four Other Park Service Units
Environment News Service has Climate Change Disrupts Great Lakes National Parks
Wildlife Links
Science Daily has Snow Leopard Population Discovered in Afghanistan
Christian Science Monitor has Rainbow toad: Found after 87 years, first photo ever
The Atlantic has A Way to Save America’s Bees: Buy Free-Range Beef
Buffalo News has Pair of injured eagles prove to be lovebirds
Birdwatching has Beyond the webcam: Open water and plentiful food beckon to Decorah Bald Eagles
Native Plants & Wildlife Gardens has I’ve Just Seen a Baby Hummingbird . . . NOT !
NYTimes has Evolution Right Under Our Noses
Washington Post has Long-distance swims associated with loss of sea ice may cause problems for Alaska polar bears and Largest population of endangered gibbon found in Vietnam, giving new hope to species
BBC has Chernobyl’s Przewalski’s horses are poached for meat
Environmental Issues Links
bittusahgal has a great video on YouTube She’s Alive… Beautiful… Finite… Hurting… Worth Dying for.
NYTimes has As ‘Sinks’ for Carbon, Forests Are Even Mightier Than Assumed
The Guardian has When Antarctica was a tropical paradise
by hankinslawrenceimages | Jul 15, 2011 | On the Web
Flame Azalea © 2010 Patty Hankins
Here are some posts and articles that I enjoyed this week – hope you enjoy them as well
Photography and Art Links
Artists Who Thrive has Artists Do Not have a Career – They have a Business
Dan Williams has Compositional Bird Photography
Strobist has I Try To Resist Memes…
PetaPixel has AP Sacks Photographer for Cloning His Shadow Out of an Image
Pixiq has Why you should take photos in RAW
CopyHype has Kind of Bamboozled: Why ‘Kind of Bloop’ is Not a Fair Use
Colby Brown has Google+, Social Marketing and the Changing Photo Industry
Maria Brophy has Self Promotion is NOT a Dirty Word – 11 Ways to Market Yourself
Flowers, Plants & Gardening Links
Mother Jones has Wait, Did the USDA Just Deregulate All New Genetically Modified Crops?
BBC has Urban plants’ role as carbon sinks ‘underestimated’
National Park and National Wildlife Refuge Links
National Parks Traveler has House Interior Appropriations Budget Carries Ill Winds for National Park System
Wildlife Links
Perishablenews.com has Cooking Demo At James Beard House Showcases Safe Preparation Of Lionfish
NYTimes has Answer for Invasive Species: Put It on a Plate and Eat It and In Midwest, Flutters May Be Far Fewer
Washington Post has At Assateague, struggles to keep the horses wild
St Petersburg Times has Florida panther faces new danger: Its growing fearlessness
by hankinslawrenceimages | Jul 8, 2011 | On the Web
Silvery Lupine © 2010 Patty Hankins
Here are some posts and articles that I enjoyed this week – hope you enjoy them as well
Photography and Art Links
Moose Peterson has One Should Listen to Oneself!
Huffington Post has Monkey Steals Camera, Takes Self-Portraits (VIDEO)
The Online Photographer has The Nerve of Some People
PhotoFocus has Google Plus – Read the Fine Print BEFORE You Sign Up
PhotoAttorney has Copyright Office Encourages Filers to Include Titles of Unpublished Works with Registration
Flowers, Plants & Gardening Links
Greenfudge.org has American Chestnut Restoration Breakthrough: The Tale of a Tree
Cool Green Science has Fixing the One Dumb Thing That Benjamin Franklin Did
Christian Science Monitor has Giant hogweed spreading across New York
Washington Post has Does an iridescent flower have more pollinating power? UK scientists show off shimmery blooms
National Park and National Wildlife Refuge Links
National Parks Traveler has PEER Maintains National Park Service Ignored Its Own Policies In Turning Blind Eye To Potential Wilderness at Big Cypress, Your Vote for “America’s Favorite Park” Could Help That Area Win $100,000 and Groups Urge National Park Service To Block Transmission Lines Along Everglades National Park
Refuge Watch has Addition to Rachel Carson NWR Could Be Lost Without Additional Funds
Wildlife Link
LA Times has Researchers find plastic in more than 9% of fish in northern Pacific Ocean
Environmental Issues Links
The Guardian has Scientists finally get angry about indifference to climate change
by hankinslawrenceimages | Jul 1, 2011 | On the Web
Colorado Blue Columbine © 2010 Patty Hankins
Just a few links this week – hope you find some of them interesting . . .
Photography and Art Links
PhotoWalkPro has Copyright vs. Fair-Use – or, What’s fair to some may not be to others
Guy Tal has Actually, There’s No App for THAT
Beyond Megapixels has How To Photograph Fireworks
National Park and National Wildlife Refuge Links
The National Parks Conservation Association has published a new report, The State of America’s Parks. Several sites, including National Parks Traveler, examiner.com and the New York Times, reported on it.
The Daily Reporter has Feds propose linking, expanding wildlife refuges in La & Ark to 172,000-acre expanse
National Parks Traveler has Hiking North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Heritage , Is There A New Unit of The National Park System Coming To Your Neighborhood? and Traveler’s Checklist: Gettysburg National Military Park
Refuge Watch has iNature Trail at Ding Darling NWR
Wildlife Link
Yahoo News has Endangered species hit hard by historic Ariz. fire
National Parks Traveler has Bald Eagle Hatching on Anacapa Island is Big News for Channel Islands National Park
Beautiful Wildlife Garden has Rescuing Injured Wildlife
by hankinslawrenceimages | Jun 24, 2011 | On the Web
Western Blue Flax © 2010 Patty Hankins
I made it home yesterday from my trip to Yellowstone, Glacier and Grand Teton National Parks. I’m starting to process my photos and will be sharing some with you soon. In the meantime, lots of links this week since I haven’t posted a links post in a few weeks . . .
Photography and Art Links
Scott Wyden has How to write and format a DMCA Letter
Maria Brophy has Is it okay to copy and sell another’s work? Plagiarism and the Golden Rule
PhotoAttorney has You Get What You Pay For . . . , Why You Should Use Conditions in Your Licenses and Court Rules for Photographer in Copyright Infringement Case
Mat Gleason at Huffington Post has The Career Benefits of Boycotting Charity Art Auctions
Plagiarism Today has Why Register a Copyright If You Don’t Want to Sue?
Pixiq has Watermarking your images: Yay or nay?
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press has Removing photo credit creates DMCA liability
NY Times has Mysteries of a Nazi Photo Album and World War II Mystery Solved in a Few Hours
Flowers, Plants & Gardening Links
Native Plants and Wildlife Gardens has Plant Natives in the Side Yard and Native Cultivars – Good, Bad, and Ugly
National Parks Traveler has Plan Crafted To Address Threats To Whitebark Pine Forests in Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
The Telegraph has Brazil to create ‘botanical Wikipedia’ to catalogue the Amazon
National Park and National Wildlife Refuge Links
National Parks Traveler has Interior Secretary Adds Six Natural Landmarks To National Natural Landmarks Program, PEER Still Wondering What Happened to 40,000 Acres of Potential Wilderness in Big Cypress National Preseve, With Summer Arriving Tomorrow, Don’t Find Yourself In National Park Search-and-Rescue Reports, Some Numbers To Keep in Mind When Reviewing Yellowstone National Park’s Winter-Use Plan, Mark Your Calendar: Rededication of Shenandoah National Park Set For June 25, Federal Judge Rules A Creek Bed in Canyonlands National Park Is Not A Road, and Enjoy The National Parks This Summer…But Don’t Overlook Your Safety
NY Times has Interior Chief Promises Major Push in Congress for New Wilderness Package
Examiner.com has Don’t get lost! Hiking tips for national park trails
Wildlife Link
Dan Williams has The Secret to Locating Birds
Invasive Notes has Invasive Xylotrechus hircus – A New Beetle Species Tries to Sample Our Forests and Landscapes
National Parks Traveler has Birding in the National Parks: An Introduction
AZA has Back from the Brink – Little Known Prairie Species Rebounds
Green Buzz has The Rarest Big Cat in the World
Great News Network has Breaking news: Serengeti road cancelled
USFWS has Four bald eagles shot in West Virginia: Reward offered for information about shootings
Environmental Issues Links
NY Times has Largest-Ever Dead Zone ‘a Disaster in the Making’ for La. Fishermen
BBC has World’s oceans in ‘shocking’ decline
Yale Environment 360 has Brown to Green: A New Use For Blighted Industrial Sites
by hankinslawrenceimages | May 27, 2011 | On the Web
Catawba Rhododendron (c) 2010 Patty Hankins
These are a few articles I enjoyed reading this week. Hope you find some interesting links . . .
Photography and Art Links
My Modern Met has Tiny People’s Wonderful World of Food
NYTimes has Fine Print Blurs Who’s in Control of Online Photos
Flowers, Plants & Gardening Links
Native Plants and Wildlife Gardens has Wildlife Value for All and Finding Native Groundcovers
NY Times has A Tree Hugger, With a Twist and A City Prepares for a Warm Long-Term Forecast
TH Online has Garlic mustard weed taking root
Cool Green Science has Nature Brains: Will Climate Change Spoil Fruits and Nuts?
National Park and National Wildlife Refuge Links
National Parks Traveler has NPCA Leading Petition Drive To Protect Funding for National Parks, Tornado Destroys Great Blue Heron Rookery At Mississippi National River and Recreation Area and National Park Service Director Takes Chair Of North American Wilderness Committee
Wildlife Link
National Parks Traveler has Grand Teton National Park Urging Motorists To Slow Down and Watch Out For Wildlife, Study Points To Value Of Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem For Future of Wolverines and Marking ‘Endangered Species Day’ In the National Park System
Environmental Issues Links
Mongabay has Ten-year-old takes on KFC for destroying US forests
