PhotoBlog
This site also documents my return to photography, one image a day, one story at a time.
News - Things get worse for the French wolf
Early this month I posted about a decree by the French ecology and agriculture ministry addressing the concerns of farmers and resulted in relaxed hunting laws for wolfs and increasing the number that could be killed this coming season. The news is not getting any better, with the french government landing on the side of livestocks. [LPO reports]
News - My exposure to animal-human conflicts
Thankfully, I have never seen any real conflict, but I have seen many animals on the state highways around and running through national parks.
News - Crowd Sourcing Science
A recent paper by Brewin et al. 2015 in PLOS looks at "the Potential of Surfers to Monitor Environmental Indicators in the Coastal Zone". In short, they demonstrated that by using the abundant surfer population in the south west United Kingdom (UK), they could generate ~40 million data points per year, overcoming the current inadequate sampling methods. This data would be invaluable for costal monitoring and management.
Macro on the cheap...
Want to try macro photography, but don't have the cash... well here is an option!
Macro photography is fun... but a good macro lens is expensive (as all good lenses are). So if you want to try it, but don't have the cash to do it... just flip your standard lens around... no, i'm not kidding!
Interview - Me being interviewed for Bandipur Beckons
Hear me being interviewed about wildlife photography and Bandipur Tiger Reserve!
A while ago now I was interviewed by a good friend of mine, Shreejata Gupta, about my love for wildlife photography and Bandipur Tiger Reserve in Karnataka, India. For me it is cringworthy, but hopefully you'll enjoy it!
News - The babbling babbler!
A recent scientific paper published in PLoS Biol by provided some rather amazing results... Humans are not the only species that can talk!
Image of Babblers taken from wikipedia many thanks Avcida.