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01.25.09Take Nothing But Great Pictures
Aquaria, Fish, documenting nature, tools (12)This is the second part in our two-part series on HAPPY TIDE POOLING! from guest contributor Minette Layne. We hope some of you can use these techniques next time you step onto the reefs. Enjoy! Souvenirs are nice, but even if the beach you’re at allows collecting of animals or shells from the beach, it’s best to leave all that stuff there. Even shells that seem empty usually have loads of animals living on or in them (sometimes they’re microscopic, but they’re always there) and the shells break down on the beach to provide shelter, food, and minerals to thousands of other ...
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01.21.09Tide Pool Etiquette
Aquaria, Fish, Necessary Provisions, Scientist, documenting nature, tools (38)This post is part one in a two-part series by Minette Layne, a tide pool naturalist and docent in Seattle and a very special guest contributor at Boy's Almanac. Minette is a frequent and, might I say, AWESOME photographer of wildlife and otherwise. You can find her images on Flickr. Today, she will give us all tips on how to be better amateur naturalists on the reefs at low tide: Know When To Go The first step when planning a tide pool outing is to know when to go. When I first started going out to look at the sea creatures, it ...
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01.07.09Sketching with Children
Aquaria, Fish, Sketchbook, documenting nature, tools (5)The world is rich with movement and texture and pattern and form, and while a child can joyfully paraphrase his real or imagined world in his art, there will come a time when he wants to capture more. Let's assume your child has come to you asking for help drawing something difficult, something from life. What do you do? There are several ways in which you can capture your subject on paper, but the method you choose to capture it will depend on your subject. Let's talk about the several approaches to sketching that you can take: gesture sketching These are quick ...
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