| Keywords: bird birds field sparrow fieldsparrow taxonomy:binomial=spizella pusilla taxonomy:binomial=spizellapusilla spizella pusilla spizellapusilla spizella sparrow washington d.c. washingtondc district of columbia districtofcolumbia foot feet dinosaur scute claw claws droege biml lights out washington d.c. lightsoutwashingtondc lights out washington lightsoutwashington usgs migration bird strike birdstrike window night nocturnal migration nocturnalmigration dead dead bird deadbird death black background I love bird feet...Here is the curved, plated, semi-reptilian presentation of a lost dinosaur in the form of a Field Sparrow that lost its life running into a window at  night in Washington D.C. during migration.  This one picked up by the Lights out Washington group that counts birds that strike buildings at  night in the relatively low buildings surrounding the Capitol and the Mall.                    ~~~~~~~~~~{{{{{{0}}}}}}~~~~~~~~~~   All photographs are public domain, feel free to download and use as you wish.   Photography Information: Canon Mark II 5D, Zerene Stacker, Stackshot Sled, 65mm Canon MP-E 1-5X macro lens,  Twin Macro Flash in Styrofoam Cooler,  F5.0,  ISO 100,  Shutter Speed 200    Beauty is truth, truth beauty - that is all Ye know on earth and all ye need to know          " Ode on a Grecian Urn"                        John Keats    You can also follow us on Instagram account USGSBIML     Want some Useful Links to the Techniques We Use?  Well now here you go Citizen:   Basic USGSBIML set up: www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-_yvIsucOY   USGSBIML Photoshopping Technique:  Note that we now have added using the burn tool at 50% opacity set to shadows to clean up the halos that bleed into the black background from "hot" color sections of the picture. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bdmx_8zqvN4   PDF of Basic USGSBIML Photography Set Up:   ftp://ftpext.usgs.gov/pub/er/md/laurel/Droege/How%20to%20Take%20MacroPhotographs%20of%20Insects%20BIML%20Lab2.pdf   Google Hangout Demonstration of Techniques: plus.google.com/events/c5569losvskrv2nu606ltof8odo or  www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c15neFttoU   Excellent Technical Form on Stacking: www.photomacrography.net/   Contact information:   Sam Droege   sdroege@usgs.gov 301 497 5840  I love bird feet...Here is the curved, plated, semi-reptilian presentation of a lost dinosaur in the form of a Field Sparrow that lost its life running into a window at  night in Washington D.C. during migration.  This one picked up by the Lights out Washington group that counts birds that strike buildings at  night in the relatively low buildings surrounding the Capitol and the Mall.                    ~~~~~~~~~~{{{{{{0}}}}}}~~~~~~~~~~   All photographs are public domain, feel free to download and use as you wish.   Photography Information: Canon Mark II 5D, Zerene Stacker, Stackshot Sled, 65mm Canon MP-E 1-5X macro lens,  Twin Macro Flash in Styrofoam Cooler,  F5.0,  ISO 100,  Shutter Speed 200    Beauty is truth, truth beauty - that is all Ye know on earth and all ye need to know          " Ode on a Grecian Urn"                        John Keats    You can also follow us on Instagram account USGSBIML     Want some Useful Links to the Techniques We Use?  Well now here you go Citizen:   Basic USGSBIML set up: www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-_yvIsucOY   USGSBIML Photoshopping Technique:  Note that we now have added using the burn tool at 50% opacity set to shadows to clean up the halos that bleed into the black background from "hot" color sections of the picture. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bdmx_8zqvN4   PDF of Basic USGSBIML Photography Set Up:   ftp://ftpext.usgs.gov/pub/er/md/laurel/Droege/How%20to%20Take%20MacroPhotographs%20of%20Insects%20BIML%20Lab2.pdf   Google Hangout Demonstration of Techniques: plus.google.com/events/c5569losvskrv2nu606ltof8odo or  www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c15neFttoU   Excellent Technical Form on Stacking: www.photomacrography.net/   Contact information:   Sam Droege   sdroege@usgs.gov 301 497 5840 |