by hankinslawrenceimages | Oct 29, 2010 | On the Web
Southern Blue Flag Iris (c) 2010 Patty Hankins
Here are the rest of this week’s links. Hope you find them interesting.
Photography and Art Links
Maria Brophy has Why Artists Should (Not) Be Paid for Their Artwork
PhotoAttorney has When You Are Eligible for Statutory Damages for Infringements
Jeff Revell has A Few Tips for Fall Color
Dan Heller has Flatter Stock Marketing Tiers
The Upshot has Very Early Photographic Images of Humans Discovered
Black Star Rising has Sometimes, Photographers Are Their Own Worst Enemies
Gardening, Flower and Plant Links
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center and the U.S. Botanic Garden have launched Landscape for Life
Karen’s Garden Tips has Botany for Gardeners: The Leaf-Autumn Coloration
National Park & Wildlife Refuge Links
National Parks Traveler has Portions of Skyline Drive in Shenandoah National Park to Close at Night During Hunting Season, Economic Analysis Predicts Minimum 4-1 Return on Restoring Everglades Ecosystem,Warmer, Drier, Crowded, Grizzly-less and Lots of Thistle: The Yellowstone of the Future, Shenandoah National Park Ready to Embark on Year-Long 75th Birthday Celebration,
Refuge Watch has Cherry Valley NWR is #553
Wildlife Links
BBCNews has Dolphins Learn to ‘Walk on Water’ and Iberian Lynx: Radical Moves for World’s Rarest Cat
Reuters has Secret Life of Birds My Give Info on Climate Change
Christian Science Monitor has Will Florida’s Burmese Pythons Move North? How Far?
The RecordLive.Com has Record Numbers of Whooping Cranes Coming
National Parks Traveler has Proposal for State-Federal Collaboration on Combating White Nose Syndrome in Bats Out for Public Review
RestoretheGulf.org has Nearly 500,000 Acres Enrolled in Cooperative Federal Effort to Protect Birds in Spill Zone
Environmental Issues Links
BBC News has Nature’s Gift: The Economic Benefits of Preserving the Natural World
Christian Science Monitor has Will Space Tourists Be Earth Polluters? Scientists Sound a Warning and Biodiversity Study Sounds an Extinction Alert (For Things With Spines)
by hankinslawrenceimages | Oct 28, 2010 | On the Web
Butterfly Weed (c) 2010 Patty Hankins
I’ll be doing two links posts this week since I haven’t done one in a few weeks. Hope you enjoy these links.
Photography and Art Links
Black Star Rising has Photographers, Be Sure to Watch Out For Online Scams
Jim Goldstein has Review: Ansel Adams in the National Parks
Photo Business News & Forum has Lessig’s Kool-Aid: Proposed New Norms – Don’t Drink
Dear Rich has How to Register a Group of Published Photos
Plagiarism Today has The Facebook, The DMCA and The Problem with Counternotices
Photopreneur has Surviving the Death of Stock Photography
PhotoAttorney has A DMCA Case of Note for Photographers
Gardening, Flower and Plant Links
NYTimes has A Seed Library for Heirloom Plants Thrives in the Hudson Valley
Wildlife Garden has Getting to Know Plants’ Wildlife Value and It’s a Girl! Why Sex Matters in a Wildlife Garden
Washington Post has The Mighty American Chestnut Tree, Poised for a Comeback
Sustainablog has Indian Scientists Developing a Green Paint from Flowers
Karen’s Garden Tips has Botany for Gardeners: The Leaf Part I General Characteristics
Christian Science Monitor has Milkweed: Not Just for Monarch Butterflies
National Park & Wildlife Refuge Links
National Parks Traveler has Interior Secretary Signs Cape Wind Project Lease, Stresses Need for U.S. to be Energy Independent
Wildlife Links
NYTimes has Scientists and Soldiers Solve a Bee Mystery
National Parks Traveler has In Race to Halt Spread of White-Nose Syndrome in Bats, USFWS Grants $1.6 Million for Research and DNA Tests Indicate Yellowstone NP Elk, Not Bison, Most Likely to Spread Brucellosis
Christian Science Monitor has Dracula Fish, Lipstick Gecko, 23-foot Carnivorous Plant Among New Species Discovered
BBCNews has On How the Leopard Got Its Spots
Ventura County Reporter has Volunteers Saving Condor Chicks from Danger
Environmental Issues Links
CNN has UN Summit Sends S.O.S. on Biodiversity
Slate has Can Biodiversity Conservation Reduce Poverty?
by hankinslawrenceimages | Oct 8, 2010 | On the Web
Immortality Bearded Iris (c) 2010 Patty Hankins
Here are some links I found this week – hope you find them interesting.
Photography and Art Links
Wired has Kodak Sees a Very Real Resurgence for Film
Photo Business News and Forum has Property Releases – Not Necessary One Court Rules
Several sites including Duckrabbit, Photo Business News & Forum, and A Photo Editor have posts about the AFP vs Morel case
Melody Lea Lamb has The Power of Twitter for Artists
National Park & Wildlife Refuge Links
National Parks Traveler has Dark Skies in National Parks Make It Easier to Spot the Space Station: Here’s How to Look For It
UPI has Everglades Land Deal Mired in Legal Issues
Wildlife Links
The Daily Green has The Madagascar Turtle Crisis
NYTimes has The BP-Spill Baby Turtle Brigade
BBC has Experts Baffled by Small Bangladesh Tigers
Discovery News has Photographs Show New Mexico’s Wildlife on the Move
Billings Gazette has Highway Wildlife Crossings Attract All Kinds
Telegraph has One Species becomes Extinct in England Every Fortnight
Defenders of Wildlife has Right Steps Taken Toward Habitat Protection for North Atlantic Whales
by hankinslawrenceimages | Oct 1, 2010 | On the Web
Cherry Parfait Rose (c) 2010 Patty Hankins
Here are some links I found this week – hope you find them interesting.
Photography and Art Links
Black Star Rising has Someone Ripped Off My Photos Three Years Ago. Can I Still Sue?
HandMade in PA has Top 10 Reasons You Should Buy Contemporary Art
Virtual Photography Studios has Is Your Photography the $50 Assembly Product or the $5,000 Original
Plagiarism Today has The Lara Jade Coton/TVX Case: The Full Story
Gardening, Flower and Plant Links
BBC News has Rare Foissilised Flower Found, Related to Sunflowers
Easy Shade Gardening has Create Shade Garden
Scientific American has Death and Chocolate: Disease Threatens to Devastate Global Cocoa Supply
CSMonitor has When to Prune Trees and Shrubs? Wait Til After the Leaves Fall
Black Mountain News has Fall Colors Are Expected to be Vibrant this Year
Discovery News has 20 Percent of Plant Species Face Extinction
National Park & Wildlife Refuge Links
Refuge Watch has Oil Lingers at Bon Secour NWR
National Parks Traveler has Interior Secretary Salazar Issues “Scientific Integrity” Order
Wildlife Links
National Parks Traveler has Record Summer of Turtle Nesting at Cape Hatteras National Seashore Spawns . . . Debate, Great Gray Owls in Yosemite National Park Deemed to be Distinct Subspecies,
CSMonitor has Florida Panther Comeback a Success with Many Asteriks , South Africa Rhinos: Poachers Now Take 20 Rhinos Per Month,
LATimes has Another Deadly Challenge for the Sea Otters
Audubon Magazine has National Parks: The Mother Lode
The Guardian has This Seal Was Declared Extinct in 1892. So What is it Doing Alive and Well Today?
Environmental Issues Links
Rainforest News has General Mills Moves Away from Rainforest Destruction
Sustainable Business has 60 MPG Standard Would Save America $101B Per Year in 2030
by hankinslawrenceimages | Sep 24, 2010 | On the Web
White Calla Lily (c) 2010 Patty Hankins
Here are some links I found this week – hope you find them interesting.
Photography and Art Links
Michael Dubovoy has an essay at Luminious Landscape on Photography, Rain or Shine
Photography Business News & Forum has Beware Your Copyright Infringements – Case in Point
Examiner has Model Photo Shoots on Federal Land Threatened
Dear Rich has Registering Groups of Photos: eCO or Form CO?
CurrentPhotographer has Silly Things Customers Have Said to Photographers
Digital Photography School has Taking Photos in Busy Tourist Destinations with No People in the Shot
HistoricLOL has Photo Collection: Tilt Shift Van Gogh
Gardening, Flower and Plant Links
Christian Science Monitor has A Guide to the New Echinaceas or Coneflowers
TransAtlantic Plantsman has Autumn Fruits Confirm an Old Wives’ Tale
National Park & Wildlife Refuge Links
Refuge Watch has Refuge System Closing Caves and Mines and Interior Announces Land Acquisitions for Refuges
Southwest Airlines has Southwest Airlines to Donate $1 From Early Bird Check In Purchase to National Wildlife Refuge Association
Wildlife Links
WWF has World’s Rivers and Dophins at Risk
Helium has Causes of Worldwide Amphibian Declines
NYTimes has Researchers Search Cascades for Signs of Grizzlies and Extreme Heat Bleaches Coral and Threat is Seen
TreeHugger has Super Rare Asian Unicorn Captured, Dies in Captivity
BBC News has Highest Living Tigers Found in Himalayas and ‘Lost’ Frogs Found After Decades
Environmental Issues Links
Baltimore Sun has Arctic Summer Sea Ice Third Smallest on Record
OnEarth has Why We Should Care About Forest and Peat Fires in Russia
Cool Green Science has Speak Up For Nature! Send a Message to President Obama
by hankinslawrenceimages | Sep 17, 2010 | On the Web
Pearly Everlasting (c) 2009 Patty Hankins
Here are some links I found this week – hope you find them interesting.
Photography and Art Links
ArtistsWhoThrive has Ignorant Theft
FineArtsView has Art Marketing: Feed Their Addiction
Photo Business News & Forum has The TSA – Misguided Government Propaganda Targets Photographers, A Copyright Ruling That Could Affect Photographers, and iStockPhoto . . . Wait It’s All About the Money
PhotoPreneur has Photography Deals That Are Worse Than They Look
ArtBizBlog has Start a Fan Page on Facebook, and a second part of Fan Page on Facebook
Cradoc PhotoSoftware has Maintaining Your Digital Rights as a Photographer
Virtual Photography Studio has How To Write A Photography Disclaimer
Plagiarism Today has Groupon Offering Photog Causes Plagiarism Stir
Gardening, Flower and Plant Links
Gardening Made Easy has Using Plants Indoors
Science has Rare Plant Species Found in Kodiak
National Park & Wildlife Refuge Links
National Parks Traveler has Fall Spectacular: Great Autumn Hikes in the National Parks, Friends of Great Smoky Mountains National Parks Buys 20 Acres for the Park, What do GOP Politicians Have Against National Park Landscapes?, and Counting Bats at Mammoth Cave National Park.
Oh Ranger has Light Pollution Threatens Our Dark Night Skies
Wildlife Links
Science Daily has Most Penguin Populations Continue to Decline, Scientists Warn
TreeHugger has NASA Satellites Reveal Connection Between Mountain Pine Beetle Infestation and Wildflowers
Softpedia has Candid Camera Follows Wild Animals
NaplesNews has First Sighting of Rare Cuban PeeWee Reported in Everglades National Park
USFWS has a video on YouTube – Rehabilitated Sea Turtles Released
Bradenton.com has More than 500 Red Lionfish Caught in Keys
AP has Scientists Find Drugs That May Fight Bat Disease
National Parks Traveler has All Was Not Lost When Loggerhead Turtle Determined to Nest at Cape Hatteras National Seashore was Run Over
Environmental Issues Links
The Sun News has Study Finds Marsh Being Drowned as Sea off SC Rises
Sustainablog has Fish Kills: Unreported Oil Spill News?