A short note on Red-Whiskered Bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus)

One of the parents. The other sex.

One of the parents

In my last blog about the Indian Silver Bill I had just mentioned about these lovely bulbul birds. They are around for about 8 months now, hovering around in the backyard garden and near the balcony. This week the young ones of fourth family of these birds left the nest. All the four families have given me a great opportunity of watching them, making notes of their activities and observing their behavior. It was quite an amazing sight. In this blog I put down my observation made so far. These are my discrete notes made when ever I could get time to observe them. I wish I had more time to spend with them :)

A fully grown Red-Whiskered Bulbul may measure about 20 to 25cm. This one is easy to identify with its tall pointed black crest, the prominent red patch on it's cheek just below the eyes, from which it gets its name; Red-Whiskered Bulbul. Short pointed beak, black round eyes, white throat and under parts. It has a brownish spur from the shoulder level onto the breasts. Light brownish back, long tail, black and white under wings and a red vent. The flights of these birds are short and they dip and rise with flapping wings. These birds are very audible; you can easily hear their calls early morning. They have few patterns of call. They usually perch on the tree tops. 

These birds feed on small fruits, small wild berries, twigs, flowers, insects and bugs. I have noticed them feeding on the sapota fruit (commonly known as the 'chikku') and catching flies and caterpillars. Both the sex are identical, but seeing their behavior, the male seems to be bigger than the female, I am still not able to differentiate them properly though. They seem to be very comfortable around the human habitat. They were very comfortable in allowing me to sit just about a feet distance from them and they still seemed to be not caring about my presence.

One of the parent spotted on the chikku tree.

The Beginning....

These birds mate outside their nests. Both male and female gather small fibers, twigs, strands of grass and soft dried leaves for the inner nest. The nests are built about 9 to 10 feet above the ground level and it is cup shaped. All the families which I have noticed have built the nest in our grill-glass enclosed balcony, between the grills and the glass. One of the families reused the nest of the older bird. I observed that they do the nest inspection before occupying the previous nest. Only one family reused the built nest and the other 3 built their own. Not sure if all the 4 families were the same birds. The birds seem to be learning about the environment and from other birds, since all the birds have built the nest at the same place. The nest are probably built only after the parents are sure about the embryo development or during the mating process, since the birds lay eggs within just 3 to 4 days after the nest building is complete. The nest building takes about a week and once the nest is complete the female stays at the nest to lay the eggs. The first family I noticed was in December-2013 and the last family was in September-2014, this indicates that these birds lay eggs throughout the year.

Eggs and nesting....

They usually lay one or two eggs, which are dotted pale pink in color. Both the parents take part in incubating the eggs. While one parent is incubating the other one sits near the nest like a watchman. One of the parents will be at the nest incubating just after the sunset and till early mornings. In the day time the birds occasionally sit on the egg to incubate but they are always around safe guarding the nest. At night they seem to cover the entire nest by putting their heads inside the nest, spreading out their wings, puffed up and making a nice woolly blanket over the nest. The eggs hatch in 12 to 15 days. The chicks are born naked with closed eyes and so the parents still continue to incubate them till the features are grown. The new born are voracious eaters, so both the parents are engaged in gathering food for the just born. The celebration of the parents after the young ones birth is quite a sight :)   

Raising the Young Ones....

About a week, the young ones get their features and they would chirp!  The young ones are constantly fed through out the day. The parents are very protective and they defend the intruders. They tend to beat the intruders with their flapping wings; I experienced this with the second family. They tend to scare the intruders by making themselves look big, puffed up, crest back and the heads forward as if they will poke you with their beaks. 7 to 10 days the young ones would have feathers and wings. 

The grumpy little guy in defending mode.

The First Flight...

The parents teach the young ones to fly near the nest. This is the high time for the kids. They probably get just 2 to 3 days to learn to fly. The kids were hopping, jumping and trying to flap their wings on the floor. And some day they are suppose to leave their nests and fly independently. The first 3 families had given me a rough idea on duration of each phase. This time I was very sure when they will actually fly out of their nest. My guess was correct and I was able to spot them on the tree with their parents. And the parents were still busy feeding the young one. This time it was just one egg which hatched out of the two eggs. I can still spot the young one flying around the garden and learning the perfect fly! I was very fortunate to see some amazing moments this time. Here are some glimpses…..

The little guy. On the same day he ventured out of the nest.

Looking out for his parents.

Feeding time

And the second round!

And now the birds flew away, I will have to wait for the next one to come! It was total happiness observing these little winged creatures. Many a times I just forgot to click some photographs and kept starring at them!

My photographs may not do justice to these beautiful creatures and amazing moments. These photographs are just a small attempt to portray their life.

All the above mentioned points are out of my own observations. I have refereed few sites for some information. The birds, the nests and the young ones were not harmed in anyway in the process of observing and photographing them.

I have also tried to record their calls. These birds have few patterns of calls, I have just recorded two patterns here. The one is just the usual call you get to hear around. The second one is 'Search Call' for the young ones or for the other partner. 

Here is the link for the calls : http://arunsphotographyjournal.blogspot.in/2014/08/the-natures-sound-strips.html

References :

Text references : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-whiskered_bulbul

Better Photographs of the young ones : http://www.drkrishi.com/tag/red-whiskered-bulbul

The natures sound strips!

The nature's sound strips!

This blog post contains list of nature sounds I have recorded so far. I look forward to record many more melodious musics of nature. These are the sound strips recorded from my mobile. Headphones are recommended while you enjoy these sounds!

The purple rumped sunbird

Indian silver bill

Indian palm Squirrel 

The Red-Whiskered Bulbul. This is the usual call of this bird.

The Red-Whiskered Bulbul. This is the search call the parent makes looking for its young one / for its partner.

Turn to full manual!

Turn to full manual.....

I have always struggled to switch on to full manual mode on my DSLR!  And even now, at times, I am just afraid to use the manual mode. I thought of putting things together what I have learned so far and see if that helps someone :) I believe this would be an easy guide to the beginner since I have been through the same phase ans still perfecting it. I have tried to sum up my learning and experience.

While many of us, including me, are still struggling with the automatic mode (Aperture priority / shutter priority / program mode), turning the dial on to the manual mode has a lot of advantage. The DSLRs are actually made to be controlled by the user and not the camera limiting the user! The auto modes are built in the beginners DSLRs, probably to just ease in the transition from auto to fully manual mode. For a good photograph, the technical details might not be important. A simple and humble mobile phone camera can produce a better image. But controlling the DSLRs manually is a vital thing to recreate what we visualize at the back of the brain.

But why???

The two main cost contributing factors of DSLRs are the sensor and the heavy algorithm which gets hardwired into every camera! The DSLRs comparatively have a less software, assuming the user will control many factors. That might be the reason you see less auto modes on a DSLR compared to an advanced compact digital camera!

When we are using the automatic mode, we are giving the camera algorithm an upper hand to decide on the other several factors. For example, when we are on the aperture mode, the algorithm has a control on the shutter speed. Though the camera decides the best shutter speed for the scene, it somewhere fails to exactly replicate the exposure of the photograph which we have visualized. (The camera averages out the light depending on the metering mode and calculates the shutter speed. The camera might have calculated a little faster shutter speed, averaging the light, which under exposes some parts. Or a slower shutter speed which over exposes!). A fractional change in the exposure can completely change the overall look of the photograph. Similarly in shutter priority mode, the aperture (in turn the DOF) is in camera’s control. (In the program mode and auto mode, the camera controls almost everything!).

While in manual mode, we have the supreme control over the exposure triangle! Hence, giving a total control over the photographs. To conclude, dialing to the manual mode has its own advantage; it gives you complete control on the exposure (Shutter speed, aperture and the ISO). Switching to it might be difficult, but once you are handy with it, photographs come out creative and spectacular :)

How do I????

Step 1: Very important, turn your dial to Manual mode and believe in your self that you are going to click better than any other modes :)

Turn the dial to 'M' mode.

Step 2: I would probably set an appropriate aperture first depending on the DOF I would need! Say a shallow DOF for a portrait or a deep DOF for a landscape. You can still set the shutter speed first.

To adjust the aperture, hold on to the (+/-) button and rotate the wheel. The light meter is towards the negative side, indicating it is under exposed.

Step 3: Set the appropriate shutter speed for the scene. Higher shutter speed for freezing motion or lower shutter speed to have movement in the photograph. If you have set the shutter speed at the first step, set the aperture now.

To adjust the shutter speed, rotate the wheel left / right. Adjusting the shutter speed gradually brings the light meter indicator towards the middle. Finally, over expose it a little.

Step 4: Adjust the ISO to properly expose the photograph. But remember, higher the ISO more the noise! It is always safer to be at your camera’s lowest ISO possible. It is always good to know what would be the highest comfortable ISO of your camera at different situation.

Press the 'i' and adjust the ISO. ISO increased from 100 to 400, tweaked the shutter for proper exposure.

Step 5: Having said to adjust the aperture, shutter and the ISO, we only get to know whether the frame is correctly exposed or not by looking at the light meter. To correctly do this, press the shutter button half way till the scene is in focus and see the light meter, proper exposure is when the indicator points to the middle (“0”). If the indicator is away from the middle, either left or right, you will have to start tweaking the settings. Follow step 2 to 4 and again check at the meter. The indicator should be at the middle to have a good exposure. And of course, it is your image; you need not always expose the frame having the light meter at the middle! You have all authority to make what you want!

This seems to be very easy or may be very tough, but you will understand only when you try it out. These setting are to be changed on the fly to suit your requirements. You will have to click a lot of images and try a lot of combinations to get what you want :)

Cheat codes!

• Setting aperture must be an easy play, once you are sure about what DOF you are going for. You will have to tweak it only when it is limiting the other parameter (Shutter and ISO). Aperture also plays a role in letting the amount of light on the sensor! Mind it :)
• Setting the shutter speed might be little tricky. Firstly, deciding the speed of moving object would be difficult. A flying bird and a water droplet have different speed. You can predict it to an extant! 1/60^th of a second and below would give a slow shutter (hand holding would be difficult), starting with somewhere around 1/250^th of a second would be a good start, 1/500^th of a second and above can freeze most of the things around. Secondly, deciding the amount of light you would like to allow to fall on the sensor. Slower the shutter, higher the amount of light and faster the shutter, lower the amount of light!
• It is all about playing with the 3 components of the exposure triangle, compensating stops from each component to satisfy the other and get the best exposure! The light meter is the guide :)
• Expose towards the right! Always try to over expose (little) the photograph by couple of stops! That is the light meter should be one or two points towards the positive side. This will ensure the scene is well exposed, but again it depends on the scene and the photograph. A little bit about too much over exposure and its a problem again! Keep watch of the clipped highlights on the camera display screen. Tweak and click again!
• The EV (Exposure Compensation)! Feel free to use the exposure compensation to deliberately over ride the light meter and tell the camera to strictly over expose or under expose the photograph depending on the need!

Adjusting the Exposure Compensation, setting it to +0.7

• Keep in mind to change the parameters every time when the light / the scene changes, when you have shifted to manual mode. Unlike the automatic mode, the parameters are not automatically adjusted by the camera!

These photos are with reference to Nikon D5100 camera and it should be similar with most of the Nikon family cameras. Refer your camera's manual to map the buttons on your camera.

I would love hear any correction on any of the above mentioned statements. Open to learning :)
Please post your comments down here to discuss on any of the statements!

Some useful links :

Basics of Digital photography : http://berniesumption.com/photography/beginners-guide-for-geeks/
This site explains the basic terminologies of digital photography.

Everything from camera to printing : www.cambridgeincolour.com/
A detailed explanation about everything you want to know.

Some interesting photographs and tutorials : 121clicks.com

A short note on the Indian Silverbill

The Beginning...

Apart from just photographing the aves around, my interest grew on observing their behaviour and making notes of it, when there was a pair of Red-whiskered Bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus) flying around in the backyard. I could spot them almost every time I looked out of the window.  One day they were inside the enclosed balcony, searching for something and eventually over days they built a nest, laid eggs and young birds with the parents flew away. This took place for at least over 45 days. I had made my discrete notes on its daily activities. From building the nest, laying eggs, safe-guarding the eggs, incubating them, celebration of the birds when the eggs were hatched, defending from any intruders, feeding, parenting and teaching the young ones to fly, it was quite an amazing sight. Their behaviour was fascinating and this experience gave me a good insight into the bird's life. Roughly about a month later there was 1 more family nesting at the same place and the whole process was repeated. So I had a double chance to make my notes precise. These observations were made over 4 months; December-2013 to March-2014. The whole process was fun :)

A Portrait of Red-Whiskered Bulbul

Crest to Tail

Red-Whiskered Bulbul gathering strands of grass to build its nest

The Indian Silverbill

I had only bookish knowledge of the Indian Silverbill or White-Throated Munia (Lonchura malabarica) and had spotted just couple of times. I was excited when my mom told me that there are birds hovering around the weaver bird nest (which we had brought from our farm lands back in our village) tied in the balcony. I was somehow sure that a bird must be using the weaver bird's nest as its nesting place. I was then delighted to spot these small birds chirping around the balcony. A short-triangular-shiny grey bill, brownish upper parts, white rump, buffy-white ear coverts, throat, breasts, belly and flanks, scaly-brown crown, black tail, gradient dark wings, black round eyes and short 3-finger-clawed feet. Both the sex looks similar. I spent nearly 10 hours with them out of the 48 hours I had on my weekend visit.

The Indian Silverbill - Morning sun bath

The Indian Silverbill

The Indian silverbill or white-throated munia (Lonchura malabarica) is a small passerine bird found in the Indian Subcontinent and adjoining regions that was formerly considered to include the closely related African silverbill (Lonchura cantans). They forage in small flocks in grassland and scrub habitats. [Source extract from Wikipedia]

The Indian Silverbill

I found them mostly flying around the trees and shrubs in front of the house. They had made the Baya Weaver (Ploceus philippinus) bird's nest has its dwell. They have adapted to the nest very well. They must have made good inspection of the nest before choosing one; they had chose a strong well-built nest out of the 3 hanging nests.

Though references say they are usually found in flocks of 40 to 60 birds, I could not spot any other bird than this pair. They make swift flights with fast beating wings. More than half the time in a day they sit around the nest to protect their eggs. Early morning and the late evening they spend more time inside the nest compared to the mid day. Both the parents spend a lot of time incubating the eggs inside the nest. Accidently (may due to strong monsoon winds), there was one egg which had fell out and broke into peices. The eggs must be tiny with white shell.

The Indian Silverbill - Perched on a tree

The Indian Silverbill - Pecking small insects from its body

They are very shy and sensitive birds. My cameras shutter sound was enough to alert them, they had a very sharp hearing capability. Their vision was very sharp, a small movement around would alert them. Outside the nest they spend their time chirping and acknowledging the other bird call, pecking small insects from their body and wings, looking around for food and having fun. They get puffed up, spreading there wings and feathers to keep themselves warm. They look fat when they do so otherwise they look slender!

The Indian Silverbill - Cleaning their wings

The Indian Silverbill - Pecking small insects from their tail feathers

The Indian Silverbill - Spreading out their wings and Cleaning

The Indian Silverbill - Keeping warm

The Indian Silverbill - Shaking off its body!

The Indian Silverbill - Having some good time together.

The Indian Silverbill call is very short silent chirping sound. I have recorded its call on a very windy day, the bird call is fairly audible. Head phones recommended.

I enjoyed every bit of this first hand experience of watching them. These small creatures know the way to be happy! There are high value lessons that we should learn from animals and birds around. Looking forward for more such beautiful opportunity.

All the Indian Silverbill observation and photographs are dated  12,13 July 2014.
None of the birds / its nest / eggs / young ones were threatened / disturbed during this observation / photographs.

One of the egg which fell down and broke. The ants fed on the broken egg leaving behind this shell. The egg is 1.5cm long and 4cm in circumference. This was collected and photographed on Oct 22nd 2014.

References and further reading :

Red-whiskered Bulbul : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-whiskered_bulbul

Indian Silverbill : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_silverbill

African Silverbill : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_silverbill 

Baya Weaver Bird : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baya_Weaver

A short note on the Indian Palm Squirrel

It was a Saturday morning, no one else know the importance of a Saturday morning sleep more than a software professional, there was a loud and prolonged "Chip Chip Chip Chip" call from the back yard garden as if a bird was calling for help..Got out of bed and peeped out to see a pair of squirrels screaming as if they were to make a symphony! Opened mouth, wags its tail with every call of "Chip Chip", it seems as if its coughing with every call and they acknowledged each others call by responding with a louder "Chip Chip" :) This went on for about 10 minutes but it was too late when I realized that i should get my camera! Though it spoiled my weekend morning sleep, it has become my favorite subject of study and photography for over 2 months now...

I was sure I would get some good photographs if I start stalking them for a while and so it began, I used to sit beside the window for hours to sight them. These are very quick, they jump and run in wink of an eye! Observing them for a while and making notes of their behavior lead me to study about them more.

Some casual poses!

The Indian Palm Squirrel (Funambulus palmarum) also known as three-striped palm squirrel because of it's prominent white three-strips on its back. The middle strip runs from its head to the tail and the other two outer strip runs from the fore limbs to the hind limbs. It has a light brownish-grey colored furry body with a bushy tail which it can move independent of it's body. Probably it uses the tail for the balance like other big mammals. Its chest and the abdomen region till the tail is white fur. It has five digits on the fore limbs and the hind limbs like other mammals, with small sharp claws which helps them to clinch on the barks and hold on to its food. It probably has a 2 long sharp teeth in the front to bite on the nuts and fruits.It has a long tongue and a pink short nose which keeps sniffing around. Plain round black eyes and a small ear keeps them alert to its environment.

It seemed as if the male (left) is trying to impress the female(right) by its stunts.

Made for each other! I have spotted them together many a times. They hang around each other all the time. Each one is very affectionate on the other. They both play around the tree and rest together. It is not just humans who show affection on his/her partner!

Always together

 

The kiss

As I started my observation, I saw more than 3 to 4 squirrels in the surrounding. But these two were like the native of this tree(sapota tree, commonly known as the 'chikku' tree). I have seen them chasing around the third squirrel to defend their food and territory. Though some references say the squirrels are omnivorous, i have not seen them  feeding on anything else apart the sapota fruit. Once they feed on it, they try to wipe off the gluey substance which comes from the fruit on the rough bark.

Feasting on the Sapota fruit

The secret!

Weekend laziness

Though these creatures stay alert all the time, the predator always keeps an eye on these. One day I noticed an eagle(probably) had hunted one of those neighboring squirrel. The squirrel was "Chip-ing" loudly for the help. I was a helpless viewer..All part of the food chain!

I wish them happy life.I wish I see their offspring sometime sooner. If they are able to hear me "It was a total pleasure watching you both fight, love and share your lives with each other"

Pecking out small insects from their furry body

Checking its bushy fancy tail!

We somehow forget about these small creatures around us.These are the most common animals we see around and so the interest on them are not as much as the big mammals. This blog post is an attempt to portray their life lives and to put down my notes so far. I look forward to record their calls, a small video to depict their lives and record their life happenings.

References :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_palm_squirrel

http://a-z-animals.com/animals/indian-palm-squirrel/ : Tells recent accidental introduction of the Indian palm squirrel into western Australia has made them a pest as the Indian palm squirrel has no real natural predators which has made the population of Indian palm squirrels in Australia thrive. 

http://www.daff.qld.gov.au/plants/weeds-pest-animals-ants/pest-animals/a-z-listing-of-pest-animals/photo-guide-to-pest-animals/indian-palm-squirrel An Australian website list the 3-stripped squirrel as a major rodent and class 1 pest.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVRzRAJL3MI A sample of the squirrel call.

I have also referred some of the papers on the Squirrel and its calls. I might have to check for the permission before referring from this blog.

So here is the Squirrel call, which i wanted to record.. Had to do a early morning drill to record it. Recorded on 8th July 2014.

My journey As a photographer

"You don't take photographs, you make it" 

                                                                    -Ansel Adams

"My life is shaped by the urgent need to wander and observe, and my camera is my passport." 

                                                                      -Steve McCurry

This is just a brief dairy of my experiences, my learning. This note is a open book, I have tried to put down whatever I have felt throughout this journey. This note would be a bookmark to see back from a future day!

I remember, I probably would have scrolled through hundreds of amazing photographs that day on a website. I was awestruck, amazed and thrilled. That was the day I decided, I should at least start learning the art of photography and i was very sure that it would take decades for one perfect photograph. It should be a year now, since i bought my BIG camera, Nikon D5100. But the photography interest grew way long before it, with my simple and humble Nikon L810.

Few photographs from my initial days of photography!

There are masters whose photographs and thoughts have inspired all the times. Those ultimate frames, jaw dropping photographs, the hidden world in every shot and the thought process behind every shutter release, hats off... More than their photographs, the story behind it would be worth listening, their travel experiences, small incidents which led them click a brilliant frame, photographs out of coincidences, their mistakes and their big success... I am not just talking about those national / international award winning photographers or the NatGeo photographers, i have seen few around, just like me but with a great passion about photography. Many a times i tend to imitate their work, follow their path and blindly say "He did it, so do I"! I agree, photography should be a reflection of individual creativity, but we tend to learn a lot of things when we imitate / follow few good work.

The Garlic - Something which I tried to imitate from a fellow photographer

I am no expert now, I still do the same mistakes which I used to do with those first few frames, the only difference is that, I now know exactly what is the mistake. Now having found the mistake, it is time to correct it. And I believe that during this process is when good photographs come out. I always tell myself, there is a lot to learn, a diligent learning would always lead me to good photographs. I still do not have one "Woooow" kind of photo, but there is a level of satisfaction with few my photographs. Over the months i have become more restless, you can find me in a very unusual place wandering like a headless chicken for one good photograph. I keep enchanting " Anything for a good photograph"!

One of such photograph, which was a satisfaction

I was depressed, it was disappointing, I was disheartened, there were days when i just came back empty handed, with bad experiences... It was very recently that I understood that i should take all these as my learning. I was super happy, jumped around assuming a photograph was brilliant, but only later realized it was no extraordinary! I have stuck an emotional face to my photography, I am very much attached to it!

While i see a lot of great photographs around, on the other side there are some people with the DSLRs, roaming around in the parties and get together, clicking the weird faces, tagging them on the social media and boasting themselves as "photographers", I am sorry I do not buy it! Except for few constructive groups / forums / pages, good contacts and good repository of photographs, the social media will not help much to grow as a photographer. The solid websites with loads of knowledge, constant review by better photographers and good interaction with the fellow photographers are few means which has resulted in improvement.

Mysore Streets - Chamaraja circle

One from my spider series

Streets of Mangalore - Krishna Janmashtami Procession

Markets

A portraiture from Yakshagana

Kambala

After Life

The sand plover

It is still a long way to go to call myself as a "Photographer", I am just a hobbyist. I just go around clicking whatever I like. Landscapes, portraits, bird photography, still life and street photography are few genres I have tried, but yet to figure out what I am good at! I have also tried my hand in making photo-stories, but utterly failed, it needs little more time I guess.

There is still a lot of things to learn, a long way to pursue. Photography so far has thought me many things, it has changed my point of view and the perspective of seeing things in a more positive way. Those times at work, its like meditation, sit hours for just 1 photograph. There aren't a perfect photograph, it is the context, the perspective and the story behind them make it perfect!

Singing off with a lot of hopes to make some great photographs ahead!
Anything for a good photograph!
-Arun

Nikon L810 was my first digital camera.
Couple of my photographs are from my Samsung Galaxy Note.
And most of the photographs are from my Nikon D5100 + 18-55 + 55-300 Nikkor lens

“You don’t take a photograph, you make it.” – Ansel Adams - See more at: http://www.johnpaulcaponigro.com/blog/11531/22-quotes-by-photographer-ansel-adams/#sthash.s0rpPXhf.dpuf

“You don’t take a photograph, you make it.” – Ansel Adams - See more at: http://www.johnpaulcaponigro.com/blog/11531/22-quotes-by-photographer-ansel-adams/#sthash.s0rpPXhf.dpuf

“You don’t take a photograph, you make it.” – Ansel Adams - See more at: http://www.johnpaulcaponigro.com/blog/11531/22-quotes-by-photographer-ansel-adams/#sthash.s0rpPXhf.dpuf

“You don’t take a photograph, you make it.” – Ansel Adams - See more at: http://www.johnpaulcaponigro.com/blog/11531/22-quotes-by-photographer-ansel-adams/#sthash.s0rpPXhf.dpuf

“You don’t take a photograph, you make it.” – Ansel Adams - See more at: http://www.johnpaulcaponigro.com/blog/11531/22-quotes-by-photographer-ansel-adams/#sthash.s0rpPXhf.dpuf