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Photography & Cinematography

Jewels — Sat, 10 May 2008 02:05:51 +0000

Collections, books, films and projects by Jewel Mlnarik.

portland, oregon
Portland from the 405
Peering off the 405

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Birds of Costa Rica

Jewels — Sun, 01 Feb 2015 19:59:25 +0000

Maybe it was the “Birds of North America” book that laid by my dying grandfather’s bed in his living room, or how we spent hours watching for and identifying birds through those windows … but I grew into my twenties fascinated by birds. Some day, I think, I’ll be a real birder. For now, I’m happy that our modern day birds don’t have teeth (like their ancestors) and I simply laugh at the % of vacation photos that have birds in them.

Reconstruction of Iberomesornis romerali, a toothed enantiornithe, from Wikipedia.

And so like with the Birds of Kaua’i, I give you the Birds of Costa Rica. (Does she see a Quetzal? you ask. Scroll down to find out.)

Alas, I did not see a Quetzel. Thus, it’s imperative I return to the region some day. Birded out? Check out non birding Costa Rica adventures on my Flickr set.

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Stranger Q+A

Jewels — Sat, 21 Sep 2013 18:14:43 +0000

If you received a mini photo and question, you’re invited to post your answer here. You’re free to share as little or as much information about who you are and the question you received. Thanks for sharing!

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An ANSI Photo Experiment: you can too!

Jewels — Fri, 30 Aug 2013 05:21:03 +0000

I could make ANSI art all night when it’s as easy as uploading a photo to Hacker Tools. And I can see myself in a not too distant future spending more time perfecting the auto-generated graphics to be just what I want. For no other purpose than to relive my Contra days.*

This brief adventure came about by a post on Twitter by the always interesting @furtivecode. I had long been a fan of ASCII Art, from the days when I had to learn how to type on (gasp) a typewriter from a teacher who John Hamm studied and styled himself after to be Don Draper.* So of course I was both shocked and immediately interested in playing with ANSI.

And this is what happened a short hour later. Some photographic “studies” using a modern day color palette, the original ANSI palette, variety of figures and contrasts. Can you match them up to the originals? There will be more!


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* Not really

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Falls Creek Falls

Jewels — Sun, 21 Jul 2013 22:09:51 +0000

Not much to say other than OH MY LAWDY I just saw the most beautiful falls that I’ve ever seen. Better than the one I climbed in Maui, better than the Jurassic Park opening scene, better than Niagra. Falls Creek Falls, creatively named for both the creek and the falls.

Without further ado, some photos to begin your wandering and a review by someone else who sums it up much better than I could try in my post hike fatigue. (Ignore her notation on it only being 1.7 miles. That’s the baby hike to the falls viewing. Seeing as how we missed a few turns, we ended up hiking at least 7 miles with about 1500 ft elevation gain.)

Huge thanks to Rebecca for her research and planning!

Falls Creek Falls Vertorama

Caught on Macro: Watching a Spider Kill a Wasp

Jewels — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 08:09:24 +0000

The highlight of my trip to Estacada today was playing with my make-shift macro lens in an attempt to photograph a bee or a wasp, only to catch it getting caught for brunch by a peculiar spider. (I sometimes take off my lens, turn it around and hold it against the camera body with my hand. This then requires a few practice shots to get the light metering right and a lot of “walking like an egyptian” head movements to focus.)

I’ll spare you the details on how I fumbled my way through self-timer settings since I needed three hands for this camera trick and recommend a fixed macro lens. After doing some research (aka. googling), I can report that my spider is a Misumena Vatia: a chameleon of arachnids belonging to the Crab Spider species.

As I leaned in to test a macro shot on a white flower, the bee I’d been eyeing disappeared. When I heard him buzzing, I stepped back cautiously and that’s when I saw him fluttering as if he were stuck in something. I figured a web but did not expect that the white “goo” I thought I saw was actually a spider.

Luckily, the red markings I initially took for blood made the spider easier to identify. These 2 red stripes are simply the devilish markings on this spider that camouflages itself to match the flower it hunts on.

Really hope I can think of something else to dream about. And not Robin Tunney from a scene in The Craft.

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“Put a Bird on It” – visitors to Kaua’i

Jewels — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 05:45:00 +0000

On my recent trip to Kaua’i, I spotted more birds than several of my visits to Maui. This could be due to the large number of roaming Red Junglefowl, or that once I started looking, I couldn’t stop. Of all the birds I did notice, it seems a majority were brought here over the past hundreds of years- likely as pets and stowaways. Unfortunately, I didn’t get great pictures of all the ones I liked and I never saw a Brown Booby nor a Pueo (I wonder if they get hungover on Kaua’i).

a pair of Nene

A Red-Crested Cardinal. He’s trying to help me out and still I can’t seem to focus quite fast enough. Lucky for me, I found a man with a net who picked a few fresh mangos from the tree. No eating off the ground for this chick.

Gonna guess Finch or Papya Bird. Came to Hawaii in the 1800’s, likely as escaped pets. Saw a few of these near Lihue and on my drive to Waimea Canyon.

A cattle egret chillaxing near the remains of the Russian Fort Elisabeth.

Nene Xing. Nene spotted in a refuge originally set aside to protect the Koloa Maoli (Hawaiian Duck). [fisheye lensbaby

Love Birds. The Nene is monomorphic- with male & female being nearly identical with the exception that the male is somewhat larger.

Walk Like an Egyptian. The Nene was aggressively hunted in the 1800s but is now increasing in numbers thanks to captive propagation. Check out the bracelet.

Red Junglefowl. aka: roosters. and apparently Hawaii’s first introduced species, being brought over by the Polynesians over 700 yrs ago.

In my searching to find out some of these birds & their histories, I stumbled across 2 fabulous resources- enjoy.

A local’s page of Hawaiian Birds
Kaua’i Birds

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Ride By: pt 2

Jewels — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 07:25:36 +0000

A trio from a ride to Kennedy School one fine Saturday. As the sun began to set, I found myself wanting to peer inside windows and catch glimpses of people settling in next to lamps and fire lights. Instead, I realized I forgot my own bike lights and did my best to pedal on. I’d never been so bummed to see so many blinds. What happened to the age of picture windows and front porch perching? See Ride By Shooting for more.

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Ride by Shooting: Take 1

Jewels — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 16:07:27 +0000

Warning: do not try this at home nor on the streets w/out proper helmet and balance.

Compared to last week’s experiment, from the “safety” of my car, I found that I was less likely to capture people from my bike. Instead, I focused on architecture or waited until I was comfortably seated behind a book to spy on my fellow citizens.

Nevertheless, a few from the first roll, to be digested later.

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drive by shooting: 2

Jewels — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 06:47:55 +0000

Last week I posted some new photos from a 1 day photo project: browse Portland by car. Before I post photos from this weekend’s shoot: “Ride by Shooting”, here’s a few more from the safety of my car. Click here to view the first batch.

[view on flickr]

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