{"id":623,"date":"2013-05-06T02:57:38","date_gmt":"2013-05-06T02:57:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stacy.awegallery.com\/?p=623"},"modified":"2013-05-07T16:33:43","modified_gmt":"2013-05-07T16:33:43","slug":"may-week-1-orchre-stars-and-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stacy.awegallery.com\/?p=623","title":{"rendered":"May week 1 – Orchre Stars and friends."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"May<\/a>The Ochre Star is a wonderful subject at low tide.\u00c2\u00a0 You will often see them near mussel beds since it is one of their sources of food.\u00c2\u00a0 I prefer mine steamed, thank you!\u00c2\u00a0 The stars can be orange or purple or brown. When the tide goes out, their skin and arms become stiff and hard for protection from predators. Occasionally they will get stranded on the sand and then they can be easily moved into your \u00e2\u20ac\u0153frame\u00e2\u20ac\u009d without hurting them.<\/p>\n

Usually for low tide photography I like to carry as little equipment as possible so I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t accidentally knock an expensive lens or two into the water.\u00c2\u00a0 Often you need some sort of diffusion for tide pools to eliminate some of the reflections and glare on the water. (Camera Body, 18-200mm lens, Polarizing filter, tripod,).<\/p>\n

\"May<\/a>But if you arrive in the morning when the sun is still relatively low you might be able to get a good angle on a shallow tide pool as you see here.\u00c2\u00a0 Use your polarizing filter to reduce as much reflection as possible.\u00c2\u00a0 Look for shallow tidepools, perhaps where the sea star is not fully immersed.\u00c2\u00a0 The sun also gives the giant anemones their neon green look.\u00c2\u00a0 You get this angle best by being pretty low to the ground\/water, so a gardening kneeler is helpful for your knees or tushie.<\/p>\n

The giant green anemone is one of the most spectacular animals you can find in the tide pools along the Pacific coast. Giant green anemones live on the rocks of tide pools and in deep channels on exposed rocky shores. They can also be found on concrete pilings in open bays and harbors. From Alaska to Panama, these anemones flourish in the intertidal and sub tidal zones. These large anemones like to eat detached mussels, crabs, sea urchins and small fishes. Their predators include sea snails and sea spiders.<\/p>\n

\"May<\/a>In honor of Cinco De Mayo I offer you an Iris image.\u00c2\u00a0 An Iris is a flower that denotes \u00e2\u20ac\u0153message.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\u00c2\u00a0 May is a wonderful time to hear the messages around us.\u00c2\u00a0 Remember how Dolores Huerta<\/a> co-founded with Caesar Chavez the United Farm Workers.\u00c2\u00a0 In 1966 the working conditions in the fields were very bad.<\/p>\n

Caesar Chavez considered a potato boycott.\u00c2\u00a0 But Dolores Huerta said that in California it would make a greater impact to boycott the grape.\u00c2\u00a0 By 1970 the grape industry signed an agreement to improve wages and conditions for the migrant farm workers.\u00c2\u00a0 Hopefully this empowerment will continue to places and people still needing justice.\u00c2\u00a0 Think of the garment workers in Bangladesh.<\/p>\n

Since I am wearing a purple printed blouse, the message of the Iris may be: pay one dollar more per cheap garment so that conditions and wages will be improved for the mostly-women-workers in the factories that supply us with reasonably priced and beautiful clothes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Ochre Star is a wonderful subject at low tide.\u00c2\u00a0 You will often see them near mussel beds since it is one of their sources of food.\u00c2\u00a0 I prefer mine steamed, thank you!\u00c2\u00a0 The stars can be orange or purple … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[94,84,92,93],"class_list":["post-623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weekly-2","tag-green-anemone","tag-iris","tag-ochre-stars","tag-tidepools"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2hkEw-a3","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stacy.awegallery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stacy.awegallery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stacy.awegallery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stacy.awegallery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stacy.awegallery.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=623"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stacy.awegallery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stacy.awegallery.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stacy.awegallery.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stacy.awegallery.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}