Change of Weather
by Kathy Bassett
Title
Change of Weather
Artist
Kathy Bassett
Medium
Photograph - Photography - Digital Fine Art
Description
A duet of photography and texture with notes of added effects to highlight a bright Russian Olive branch, burning brightly in the late afternoon sun. Bird migration is the regular seasonal movement, often north and south along a flyway between breeding and wintering grounds, undertaken by many species of birds. Migration, which carries high costs in predation and mortality, including from hunting by humans, is driven primarily by availability of food. Migration occurs mainly in the Northern Hemisphere where birds are funnelled on to specific routes by natural barriers such as the Mediterranean Sea.Historically, migration has been recorded as much as 3,000 years ago by Ancient Greek authors including Homer and Aristotle, and in the Book of Job, for species such as Stork, Turtledove, and Swallow. More recently, Johannes Leche began recording dates of arrivals of spring migrants in Finland in 1749, and scientific studies have used techniques including bird ringing and satellite tracking. Threats to migratory birds have grown with habitat destruction especially of stopover and wintering sites, as well as structures such as power lines and wind farms.The Arctic Tern holds the long-distance migration record for birds, travelling between Arctic breeding grounds and the Antarctic each year. Some species of tubenoses (Procellariiformes) such as albatrosses circle the earth, flying over the southern oceans, while others such as Manx Shearwaters migrate 14,000 km (8,700 mi) between their northern breeding grounds and the southern ocean. Shorter migrations are common, including altitudinal migrations on mountains such as the Andes and Himalayas.The timing of migration is controlled primarily by changes in day length. Migrating birds navigate using celestial cues from the sun and stars, the earth's magnetic field, and probably also mental maps. Migration has developed independently in different groups of birds and does not appear to require genetic change; some birds have acquired migratory behaviour since the last ice age.
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October 30th, 2014
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Comments (22)
Laurel Adams
Kathy, there is such poetry In your Digital Photoartistry and the one line shares …in the BUZzz…thank you for your depth of feeling for and enjoyment of this autumnal Colour combination
Luther Fine Art
Congratulations! Your fantastic photographic art has been chosen as a Camera Art Group feature! You are invited to archive your work in the Features Archive discussion as well as any other discussion in which it would fit!
Bob Lentz
Congratulations! on this unique image’s being Featured in “The Artistic Aperture” group, and also Liked, Favorited, and Facebooked.
Kathy Bassett
Thank you Maria! I very much appreciate your kind comment, as I have painted in watercolors - so challenging and rewarding, your art form. Helps to see photography in new ways .. thanks again
Maria Hunt
Beautiful, Kathy.. SUCH a beautiful treatment. . I want my watercolors to do this. Love it F/L