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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099926573891871955.post-46913043232941359612014-12-30T12:13:00.000-05:002014-12-30T12:13:18.709-05:00Export Image File Info as CSV<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099926573891871955.post-41460187196853113322014-05-07T22:58:00.001-04:002014-05-07T23:00:32.933-04:00History of earth as told by trees<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099926573891871955.post-13456558505691836562014-03-07T10:13:00.003-05:002014-03-07T10:13:50.224-05:00RGB Color Settings for Adobe Photoshop and Illlustrator<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Often designers and photographers are surprised to see that the color of their RGB images changes when viewed online or sent to print. One easy way to prevent this is to make sure that your color settings are set to convert incoming files to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SRGB" target="_blank">sRGB</a> and to export files with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SRGB" target="_blank">sRGB</a> embedded.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099926573891871955.post-22529732952364810012013-10-24T09:11:00.001-04:002013-10-24T09:12:41.589-04:00Science Talk - Featuring NYBG Plant Specimen Images<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="http://www.nybg.org/" target="_blank">The New York Botanical Garden</a> has launched <a href="http://www.nybg.org/science-talk/" target="_blank">Science Talk</a> - a blog featuring botanical insights from members of the Science Department.<br />
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It features images of plant specimens from the <a href="http://sciweb.nybg.org/science2/VirtualHerbarium.asp.html" target="_blank">Virtual Herbarium</a>, like this specimen, recently identified as a new species, <i>Swartzia schottii</i>, by <a href="http://www.nybg.org/science-talk/2013/10/a-new-species-of-tropical-tree-with-roots-in-the-history-of-international-commerce/" target="_blank">Benjamin Torke</a>.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099926573891871955.post-41808211128596764742013-10-03T13:01:00.001-04:002013-10-03T13:05:34.234-04:002 Millionth Plant Specimen Digitized - Rare Native Carnivorous Plant<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="http://www.nybg.org/" target="_blank">The New York Botanical Garden</a> recently added the two-millionth plant specimen to its digital research collection - <i><a href="http://sweetgum.nybg.org/vh/specimen.php?irn=2172470" target="_blank">Sarracenia purpurea</a></i> - a purple pitcher plant, a very rare native carnivorous species that was collected at a highly protected preserve in Dutchess County, New York. <i><a href="http://www.nybg.org/press_releases/TWO-MILLIONTHDIGITIZEDSPECIMEN.pdf" target="_blank">Read more here</a>.</i><br />
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The purple pitcher plant is in decline in much of its range.</div>
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(Photo by <a href="http://www.nybg.org/science/scientist_profile.php?id_scientist=105" target="_blank">Robert Naczi, Ph.D.</a>)</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099926573891871955.post-20982889386289589292013-07-26T22:27:00.003-04:002013-08-29T10:09:32.651-04:00The History of Botany - by Tom Park<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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How did we transition from simply using plants to studying them? View a short history of botany in this video by Tom Park, one of our interns at <a href="http://www.nybg.org/" target="_blank">The New York Botanical Garden Herbarium</a>.<br />
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This week, <a href="http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?EventID=1060172" target="_blank">The New York Botanical Garden</a> welcomes <a href="http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?EventID=1060172" target="_blank">Monocots V</a>, the 5th International Conference on Comparative Biology of Monocotyledons.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099926573891871955.post-49116256145560001632013-06-25T12:16:00.001-04:002013-07-02T16:12:06.663-04:00Crowd Sourcing The New York Botanical Garden Herbarium Plant Database<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The <a href="http://www.nybg.org/science/">William and Linda Steere Herbarium at The New York Botanical Garden</a> houses over 7 million plant specimens gathered from around the world for over the past two hundred and fifty years.</div>
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Plants supply most of the world’s food, fuel, shelter and medicine, and plant specimens help us answer the most critical questions facing our planet. <a href="http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2009/12/science/the-herbarium-primary-data-source-for-biodiversity-research/">Questions such as: “How many species are there and how are they related? What environmental factors control their growth? And how do plants respond to climate change?”</a></div>
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Choose an expedition studying the <a href="http://volunteer.ala.org.au/project/index/2277905" target="_blank">Oaks of North America</a> or the <a href="http://volunteer.ala.org.au/project/index/2277194" target="_blank">Plants of the Caribbean</a>. Click the “Start Transcribing” button to log in and get started.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099926573891871955.post-54057805309331983292013-06-05T16:10:00.000-04:002013-06-06T09:29:06.498-04:00Herbarium - The Movie, by Alister Sanderson<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Herbarium - an <a href="http://alistersanderson.com/" target="_blank">Alister Sanderson</a> film with music by <a href="http://www.johnkstone.info/index.html" target="_blank">John Stone</a> and the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Queens-Chamber-Band/125783024100314" target="_blank">Queens Chamber Band</a>.</div>
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Digital imaging training with: (standing, left to right)Do Van Hai, MS., Tean Thi Thanh Huong, Vu Anh Thuong (seated, left to right) Duong Thi Hoan, Ph.D. Nguyen the Cuong, Ph.D., and Nguyen Van Hieu.</div>
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Scientists at the <a href="http://www.tsl.ac.uk/" target="_blank">Sainsbury Laboratory</a> in Norwich have used plant samples collected in the mid-19th Century to identify the pathogen that caused the <a href="http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/historyonline/irish_potato_famine.cfm" target="_blank">Irish potato famine</a>.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099926573891871955.post-25256358068176541122013-05-10T06:39:00.001-04:002013-05-25T15:24:47.648-04:00Taking the Vietnam Flora from Isolation to Integration - JRS Foundation Grant<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I am in <a href="http://digitalphotorepro.blogspot.com/p/hanoi.html" target="_blank">Hanoi, Vietnam</a> visiting the <a href="http://www.iebr.ac.vn/english/homeE.asp" target="_blank">Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources</a> at the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology as part of <a href="http://www.nybg.org/science/scientist_profile.php?id_scientist=3" target="_blank">Doug Daly's</a> "<a href="http://www.jrsbdf.org/v3/2012Grants/Grant%20Summary%20-%20New%20York%20Botanical%20Garden.pdf" target="_blank">Taking the Vietnam Flora from Isolation to Integration</a>" grant funded by the <a href="http://www.jrsbdf.org/v3/home.asp" target="_blank">JRS Foundation</a>.<br />
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I have just concluded installing a digital imaging workstation and three days of <a href="http://digitalphotorepro.blogspot.com/2013/05/lightroom-tethtered-capture-manual-for.html" target="_blank">digital imaging training</a>, including the <a href="http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikon-d800-d800e" target="_blank">Nikon D800E</a> and <a href="http://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom/kb/tethered-camera-support-lightroom-4.html" target="_blank">tethered capture</a> via Adobe Lightroom 4.3.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099926573891871955.post-61950652383130321912013-05-07T20:05:00.001-04:002013-07-02T07:20:30.917-04:00Conserve Useful Plant Resources - Wild Medicine: Healing Plants Around the World<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="http://www.nybg.org/science/scientist_profile.php?id_scientist=83" target="_blank">Dr. Ina Vandebroek</a> recently shared a <a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B5L2FF0VryJncEc5NGFKU3Z0cHM/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Global Call for Action to Conserve Useful Plant Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge</a> that was developed during a workshop held at the <a href="http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/" target="_blank">Missouri Botanical Garden</a>.<br />
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A perfect introduction to the upcoming exhibition at <a href="http://www.nybg.org/" target="_blank">The New York Botanical Garden</a> about <a href="http://www.nybg.org/exhibitions/2013/wild-medicine/index.php" target="_blank">healing plants</a> like the <a href="http://sweetgum.nybg.org/vh/specimen_list.php?QueryName=DetailedQuery&StartAt=1&QueryPage=http%3A%2F%2Fsciweb.nybg.org%2Fscience2%2Fvii2.asp&Restriction=NybRecordType+%3D+%27Specimen%27&col_DetFiledAsPhylumLocal=&col_DetFiledAsFamilyLocal=&col_DetFiledAsTaxonLocal=&col_DetFiledAsGenusLocal=Cinchona&col_DetFiledAsSpeciesLocal=&col_DetFiledAsTaxonRef-%3Eetaxonomy-%3EClaOtherValue_tab=&col_DetFamilyLocal_tab=&col_DetTaxonLocal_tab=&col_DetGenusLocal_tab=&col_DetSpeciesLocal_tab=&col_DetTaxonRef_tab-%3Eetaxonomy-%3EClaOtherValue_tab=&col_DetTaxonRef_tab-%3Eetaxonomy-%3EComName_tab%7CVerName_tab=&col_DetDeterminerLocal_tab=&col_ColParticipantLocal_tab=&col_int_ColCollectionNumber=&col_int_DarDayCollected=&col_int_DarMonthCollected=&col_int_DarYearCollected=&col_DarContinent=&col_ColSiteCountryLocal=&col_ColSiteProvinceLocal=&col_ColSiteDistrictLocal=&col_ColSiteTownshipLocal=&col_ColSitePreciseLocationLocal=&col_HabHabitat=&col_FeaPlantFungDesc=&col_HabSubstrate=&col_int_ColBarcode=&col_DetFiledAsTypeStatus=&ImagesOnly=true&LimitPerPage=20&+Search+=+Search+" target="_blank">cinchona</a> tree, the source of quinine, which treats malaria, and <a href="http://sweetgum.nybg.org/vh/specimen_list.php?QueryName=DetailedQuery&StartAt=1&QueryPage=http%3A%2F%2Fsciweb.nybg.org%2Fscience2%2Fvii2.asp&Restriction=NybRecordType+%3D+%27Specimen%27&col_DetFiledAsPhylumLocal=&col_DetFiledAsFamilyLocal=&col_DetFiledAsTaxonLocal=&col_DetFiledAsGenusLocal=Salix&col_DetFiledAsSpeciesLocal=&col_DetFiledAsTaxonRef-%3Eetaxonomy-%3EClaOtherValue_tab=&col_DetFamilyLocal_tab=&col_DetTaxonLocal_tab=&col_DetGenusLocal_tab=&col_DetSpeciesLocal_tab=&col_DetTaxonRef_tab-%3Eetaxonomy-%3EClaOtherValue_tab=&col_DetTaxonRef_tab-%3Eetaxonomy-%3EComName_tab%7CVerName_tab=&col_DetDeterminerLocal_tab=&col_ColParticipantLocal_tab=&col_int_ColCollectionNumber=&col_int_DarDayCollected=&col_int_DarMonthCollected=&col_int_DarYearCollected=&col_DarContinent=&col_ColSiteCountryLocal=&col_ColSiteProvinceLocal=&col_ColSiteDistrictLocal=&col_ColSiteTownshipLocal=&col_ColSitePreciseLocationLocal=&col_HabHabitat=&col_FeaPlantFungDesc=&col_HabSubstrate=&col_int_ColBarcode=&col_DetFiledAsTypeStatus=&ImagesOnly=true&LimitPerPage=20&+Search+=+Search+" target="_blank">white willow</a>, whose bark leads to the production of aspirin.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099926573891871955.post-79842608302808963292013-05-01T17:48:00.001-04:002013-05-03T13:46:07.085-04:00Copystand Tutorial - Lightroom Tethtered Capture - Nikon D800-E<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Here is a page from a step-by-step illustrated guide to assembling a <a href="http://digitalphotorepro.blogspot.com/2011/04/standardized-copy-stand-photography-for.html" target="_blank">copystand</a> and how to use Adobe Lightroom's tethered capture feature with the <a href="http://digitalphotorepro.blogspot.com/2013/03/nikon-d800e-sample-image.html" target="_blank">Nikon D800-E</a> camera.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099926573891871955.post-85933508026247942732013-04-22T13:44:00.001-04:002013-04-22T14:52:24.689-04:00Click and Drag This Picture - Lytro Photography at The 2013 Orchid Show<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Here is another fascinating attribute of <a href="http://www.lytro.com/" target="_blank">Lytro</a> photography (<a href="http://pinterest.com/savinmotion/lytrography/" target="_blank">lytrography</a>?). In addition to allowing post-capture <a href="http://www.steves-digicams.com/knowledge-center/how-tos/photography-techniques/understanding-selective-focus.html#b" target="_blank">selective focus</a> (click the image below to see what I mean), you can also shift the perspective of the image (click-and drag).<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099926573891871955.post-83110835537481107342013-04-20T11:14:00.002-04:002013-04-22T13:25:32.281-04:00Click This Picture - Lytro - Light Field Photography at The New York Botanical Garden Orchid Show 2013<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I received the <a href="http://www.lytro.com/" target="_blank">Lytro</a> camera yesterday. While I am interested in using it for photographing plant specimens that require <a href="http://digitalphotorepro.blogspot.com/2012/10/boletus-innixus-frost.html" target="_blank">broad depth of field</a>, I could not resist giving it a test drive at the <a href="http://www.nybg.org/exhibitions/2013/orchid-show/" target="_blank">2013 Orchid Show</a>.</div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Cortinarius armillatus forms mycorrhizal symbiosis with roots of birch trees. </span></i></div>
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A <a href="http://www.sciencemag.org/content/339/6127/1615" target="_blank">new study</a> undertaken by a diverse group of scientists in Sweden has found that contrary to popular belief, most of the carbon that is sequestered in northern boreal forests comes about due to fungi that live on and in tree roots, rather than via dead needles, moss and leaf matter.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099926573891871955.post-72195658097673560642013-03-14T17:25:00.002-04:002013-03-14T17:25:33.578-04:00Nikon d800e Sample Image<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This is my first test shot with the <a href="http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/d800.htm" target="_blank">Nikon d800e</a> 36 megapixel DSLR using the <a href="http://slrgear.com/reviews/showproduct.php/product/216/cat/30" target="_blank">Sigma 50mm f2.8 DG Macro</a><span style="text-align: center;"> </span>lens. I will have more on this as I continue to get familiar with the camera.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><a href="http://sweetgum.nybg.org/vh/specimen.php?irn=1287662" target="_blank">Rosa canina L.</a></i></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099926573891871955.post-40947780803618868522013-02-10T12:26:00.002-05:002013-02-11T10:12:28.251-05:00Herbaria as Tools for Biogeographical and Environmental Studies - Benefit From the Computerization of Collections<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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“Plant specimens stored in herbaria are being used as never
before to document the impacts of global change on humans and nature," writes <a href="http://www.esad.ulaval.ca/en/staff/professors/claude-lavoie.html" target="_blank">Claude Lavoie</a> in his recent paper <a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1433831912000595" target="_blank">Biological collections in an ever changing world: Herbaria as tools for biogeographical and environmental studies</a>.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Lavoie has gathered statistics on the use of herbarium specimens in papers that “study <a href="http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/ghgemissions/gases/co2.html" target="_blank">pollution caused by carbon dioxide</a>, heavy metals, hydrocarbons, nitrogen, and phosphorus,” and “to identify priority sites for protected areas, especially in Africa and South America.”</div>
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The <a href="http://digitalphotorepro.blogspot.com/2012/07/botany-2012-idgibio-digitization.html" target="_blank">digitization of collections</a> has dramatically increased the number of specimens included in studies. Lavoie writes that since 2004 “82 studies benefited from the computerization of collections. Indeed, the median number of specimens per study rose from 226 (without the use of computerized collections) to 15,295 (with the use of <a href="http://sciweb.nybg.org/science2/VirtualHerbarium.asp" target="_blank">computerized collections</a>)”</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099926573891871955.post-69625191966567779682013-02-07T12:06:00.000-05:002013-02-07T12:07:21.688-05:00Digitizing Seaweed - "Preserving the Forest of the Sea"<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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"This year, with the click of a mouse and high-speed internet access, seaweed scientists around the world will be able to more quickly and methodically study the impact of <a href="http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/" target="_blank">climate change</a> on large swathes of seaweeds archived at the <a href="http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/uc/" target="_blank">University Herbarium at UC Berkeley</a>. Funded by a grant she submitted to the <a href="http://www.nsf.gov/" target="_blank">National Science Foundation</a>, in 2011, Miller and her team began taking high-resolution photographs of nearly 80,000 specimens of seaweed collected from the west coast of North America. Undergraduate work-study students have been invaluable to this project, <a href="http://digitalphotorepro.blogspot.com/2011/05/mk-direct-photo-e-box-1419.html" target="_blank">photographing up to 400 specimens a day</a>." - Sheraz Sadiq <a href="http://science.kqed.org/quest/video/science-on-the-spot-preserving-the-forest-of-the-sea/" target="_blank"><i>Keep Reading</i></a></div>
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