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Using HDR with digital photo from Dublin, Ireland

6/15/2014

There is a lot of reason to use HDR photos (high dynamic range) when shooting pics where there is a lot of light change across the photo. And digital cameras today are in tune with this. The idea is to bracket a photo's exposure and then combine the shots digitally to make a better pic.

This is not an altogether perfect fix to difficult lighting conditions, but can be quite useful at times. Here is a pic without such...

In Ireland, colored doors are part of the culture.

But few have the time to sit around and wait for the light to be just right on a particular door. So while this shot is okay, it can be improved with a bit of HDR work. I took three photos of the door, at metered, plus one and minus one. Putting this into software that averages them, I got this shot.

HDR shot of the door in Irelnad.

And I think this is better pic of a colorful door in Ireland.

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Melrose Caverns watzit

6/13/2014

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Most of the stuff I photographed in and around Melrose Caverns I can identify, but this one is another of the "don't know" group.

An unidentified critter from the property of Melrose Caverns.

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Falls Church, VA storm

6/12/2014

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They were calling for possible tornadoes and such, so I just pointed my camera out the window and let it capture what it captured.

http://youtu.be/d2wBGod7cIE

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Melrose Caverns, more pics

6/11/2014

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I had more photos from my last trip to Melrose Caverns, but wanted to get up the cave shots. Here are some more pics from the site.

Chewed leaf with water drop

But then I realized that this pic was more interesting sideways...

A leaf shark ready to eat some prey.

And I forgot to include this frog, which was found well into the cave in a pool. No clue how it got there, but it was captured and removed to a wetland.

An American bullfrog (Rana catesbeianus) or (Lithobates catesbeianus) depending on which week you check the official name.

This spider seems a twilight spider and not a dark zone spider. But doesn't seem to be in the Meta genus. Looks like a house spider of some sort, but that doesn't narrow it down much.

And one more mystery bug. I can't figure out this fly at all. Looks like a robber fly, but that is a guess.

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What is that

6/10/2014

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Not obvious, but a frog from the FCRE in Costa Rica. Good luck.

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Gladiator frog (Hypsiboas rosenbergi) from Costa Rica

6/10/2014

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A gladiator frog (Hypsiboas rosenbergi) from the Firestone Center for Restoration Ecology in Costa Rica.

A pretty nice webpage on this frog can be found at:

http://www.thenighttour.com/alien1/gladiator_treefrog.htm

The reason they are called Gladiator frogs is covered, although not conveniently up front.

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Busy, not lazy

6/9/2014

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I often go many months without a miss on the blog, but lately it's been tough to get something up every night.

Here is a grasshopper from the FCRE in Costa Rica.

Grasshopper from FCRE in Costa Rica.

Hope to get back to every night posting a pic.

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wood frog from Pennsylvania

6/6/2014

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Okay, I missed posting a pic last night (it gets busy), so will try to do two tonight.

Here is a wood frog (Rana sylvatica) in, well, the woods.

A wood frog (Rana sylvatica) in the woods. I was out catching bats at night and this guy/gal hopped out in front of me and thus got its picture taken.

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Snake of much consternation

6/4/2014

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Bothrops asper. Not the snake you want to play with.

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Bug I can't find my ID on (sorta)

6/2/2014

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UPDATE: I just read the comment from Warren, and it came to me. A crenulated bug. Well, not quite, maybe, but that was enough to get me to the Family: Aradidae (the flat bugs) and the Genus: Aradus.