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Bonus Photo: Long Exposure Heron

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This is a 13 second exposure. The only bird I’ve ever chased that you can do a 13 second exposure of is the blue heron. The tipoff that this is a long exposure is the way the water becomes kind of weirdly silky. This is a crop–obviously, I wish the background wasn’t so much in focus, and that the bird was isolated, but it’s hard to take wildlife photography after dark with no flash.

Bonus Photo: Long Exposure Heron

Daily Photo: Giant Slug of Doom

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I had heard horror stories as a kid about the size of slugs in Oregon. The climate is just right up there for them. I’d seen slugs of the thumb-sized variety before. But I had never seen a six inch long monstrosity until Multnomah Falls.

By the way, I speak invertebrate, and here he is saying, “IF I WERE 1000% BIGGER, I WOULD DEVOUR YOUR WORLD AND EVERYTHING IN IT!”

Slugs are all talk, though. Nothing to worry about.

Daily Photo: Giant Slug of Doom

Daily Photo: Jelly

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Now these jellies turned out to be a little bit easier to photograph, primarily because they moved much slower than the others. Their tentacles look remarkably delicate. They remind me of microscopic hydra, almost. The transparency and the blurry ones in the background just add to the sensation that I’ve captured this through a microscope. In reality, they’re a little smaller than the palm of my hand.

Daily Photo: Jelly

Daily Photo: Jelly III

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These aquarium jellyfish are surprisingly difficult to photograph. The lighting conditions are very poor, and they move just quickly enough that a slow shutter speed fails to freeze the action. Even with a tripod, there’s motion blur in places. Out of a dozen shots, this is the one I was most happy with, although I got a couple of okay shots of another jelly species as well I will probably share with you tomorrow!

Daily Photo: Jelly III

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Resting Dragon

Resting Dragon

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Nest of Evil

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