tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38122152646485414282024-03-18T19:47:35.968-07:00EYE.LYFTthe art of alan mcclellandAlan McClellandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09164413737576261281noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812215264648541428.post-66986054076943947332017-10-16T04:35:00.001-07:002017-10-16T04:36:25.319-07:00Halloween Nightz <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">A little over a decade ago, my wife started the tradition of Christmas light cruising around the winter holiday season. Ever since then, I have enjoyed taking photos of the various enchanting light displays that are put on at parks, zoos and other suburban areas throughout Ohio. Many of which can be seen <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/eyelyft/albums/72157622944721175">here</a> as example. But last year, we decided to change things up and start a new tradition of Halloween light cruising. So here is the first series from taken throughout Columbus suburbs in 2016. Enjoy the Charms of the Season!</span></span></div>
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Alan McClellandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09164413737576261281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812215264648541428.post-25762387694164462362017-04-05T05:37:00.002-07:002017-04-05T05:46:12.205-07:00Forgotten Wonders Beneath the Trees • vernal series re-emerging<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Alan McClellandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09164413737576261281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812215264648541428.post-4431741232130053112017-01-26T06:15:00.001-08:002017-01-26T06:23:15.259-08:00Reflections of the Silverball<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;">
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">A little over two years ago, I discovered the charm and allure of the silverball and all things wonderful under the glass. I have been hooked ever since thanks an outstanding community of pinball players here in Ohio and grateful to all who I have met along the way. Especially those who have been generous enough to let me play pinball in the coolest of public locations and in their homes. In addition, I have been fortunate enough to visit several Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Chicago arcades and pin locations, events and expos. Through this I have had great opportunities to capture and play some of the rarest machines out there for both pins and arcades along the way. While enjoying documenting outstanding players enjoying the games. This has only helped fuel my passion for this stellar hobby I immensely enjoy and constantly re-exploring to this day. Which brings me to my new photography directions that have been taking shape these past few years. So here is the first of this new ongoing series that focuses on the silverball itself and the realms of light these games can reflect to the player.</span><br />
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Alan McClellandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09164413737576261281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812215264648541428.post-3044882755548361882016-09-26T10:05:00.002-07:002016-09-27T18:29:14.646-07:00Forgotten Wonders Beneath the Trees • fall series re-emerging<div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #3d85c6;">The fall season can not only produce a vast variety of colorful and engaging species, but a wealth of delicious edibles such as lion's mane, hedgehogs, chicken of the woods, hen of the woods, puffballs, honey mushrooms, oysters, lobsters, beefsteak, plus a variety of </span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">milk mushrooms, chanterelles and boletes.</span><span style="background-color: black; color: #3d85c6;"> </span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">This series covers </span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">fall season finds in Ohio from 2012-2015. Fruiting periods usually start in late September through mid to late October depending on rainfall patterns. Enjoy the charms of this gorgeous season!</span></span></div>
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Alan McClellandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09164413737576261281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812215264648541428.post-46339231518203521752016-08-12T13:52:00.001-07:002016-08-12T13:56:46.474-07:00Forgotten Wonders Beneath the Trees : West Virginia Summer series<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #3d85c6;">The West Virginia fungi series covers my two trips with my wife to the northwestern <a href="http://www.fs.usda.gov/mnf">Monongahela National Forest</a> in the amazing summers of 2012-13. Those summers produced an overwhelming amount of rain which made good for a vast diversity of species to be found. I have never witnessed to this day such a diversity of fungi species all in one weekend like that in my entire life of photographing them. I want to personally thank former <a href="https://ohiomushroomsociety.wordpress.com/">OMS</a> President–<a href="http://mushroomobserver.org/observer/show_user/369">Walt Sturgeon</a> for his lead on the area and perfect timing to this treasure trove of species. Without Walt's lead, I may have never encountered many of those species on just a regular trip out to West Virginia as many summers can be quite dry with little to no species fruiting.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #3d85c6;">My wife and I love West Virginia and have also enjoyed helping out with the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/Westvirginiamushroomclub/">West Virginia Mushroom Club</a>'s excellent <a href="https://ohiomushroomsociety.wordpress.com/2013/08/07/west-virginia-mushroom-clubs-summer-foray-2013/">foray in 2013</a>. They do these annually every year and have an excellent line-up of speakers and fungiphiles gather from all over the states and locally to enjoy the charms of the forest and bring further knowledge to others that love fungi as much as we do. So the next time the heavy rains arrive in the summer, you might want to plan a quick trip down there as it's well worth it!</span></div>
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Alan McClellandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09164413737576261281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812215264648541428.post-14729297218862038282016-07-25T05:20:00.002-07:002016-07-25T05:35:49.340-07:00Forgotten Wonders Beneath the Trees • summer series re-emerging<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #500050; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #3d85c6; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Well it's been about three years since my last update to my ongoing Ohio fungi series. This series along with my upcoming West Virginia fungi series has been a project in the works due to amount of editing and identification work through hundreds of photos taken from the summer of 2012 to the fall of just last year. As with most hobbies, the deeper you go into it, the more work you create for yourself. But finally the new additions to this series will unfold this year and next as I will be posting each season again to show you what beautiful gems you can find on the forest floor and where you may find them in Ohio.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #500050; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #3d85c6; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I have long anticipated to get this series out there and the summer installment is by far my very favorite time of the year for finding the most colorful and enchanting species out there. Fungi colors can range the entire visible spectrum between the months of late June through August in most regions of Ohio if you look in right places at the right time. Plus this season is the best time of year to truly find a diversity of edible species contrary to what so many may believe to be is in the spring and fall seasons. You can find a diversity of edible boletes, chanterelles, russula and lactarius species alone, along with oyster, trumpet, lobster, parasol, hedgehogs, bear's head and lion's mane. Summer is the season for fungi, so next time you are out in nature keep your eye to the forest floor for some of these species. Enjoy the charms of summer!</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">There is so much we still can learn from these creatures and for future generations to gain respect and appreciate them while they are still roaming this planet. So with the help of Zoos, Wildlife Sanctuaries and Preserves, we are able to experience this for the time being up close and personal. At the same time, excellent people and organizations are helping educate the public on our immense diversity of species through stellar film series such as the </span><a href="http://dsc.discovery.com/tv-shows/planet-earth"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Planet Earth,</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00lbpcy"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Life,</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> and </span><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/tvradio/programmes/wildchina/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Wild China</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> series alone. These along with the endless related sites on the web such as </span><a href="http://www.arkive.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">ARKive</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> are helping educate future generations to come and the importance of what each particular species holds on this planet.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I believe in protecting and preserving all natural habitats and to capture the species on film in their native habitat is probably one of the best solutions to educate the children of tomorrow. So here are some glimpses of some the beautiful creatures that are current residents of these great institutions in Ohio and neighboring states. All photos were taken at </span><a href="http://www.aviary.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">the National Aviary in Pittsburg,</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><a href="http://www.colszoo.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Columbus,</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><a href="http://www.clemetzoo.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Cleveland,</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><a href="http://www.toledozoo.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Toledo,</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><a href="http://www.akronzoo.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Akron,</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><a href="http://www.pittsburghzoo.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Pittsburg,</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> and </span><a href="http://www.indyzoo.com/SitePages/home.aspx"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Indianapolis Zoos,</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> as well as few Ohio Nature Preserves and Parks from the Summer 2009 to Fall of 2011. Click on the links below to see more from each series and Enjoy!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is the fourth installment of this five part series that I captured between early September to early October of 2011. Ever enchanting colors unfold on the forest floor as the leaves start to slowly decay with wonderful richness. Much like late summer, fungi continues to flourish and fruit in the Allegheny Plateau and Till Regions of Ohio. Old growth Forest preserves and Hocking Hills Valley proved to be best for finding a vast variety of species especially. This series was captured at <a href="http://www.hockinghills.com/clearcreek/">Clear Creek Metro Park</a>, <a href="http://ohiodnr.com/location/dnap/wahkeena/tabid/969/Default.aspx">Wahkeena Preserve,</a> <a href="http://www.hockinghills.com/cedar_falls.html">Cedar Falls,</a> <a href="http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/parks/nelsonk/tabid/775/Default.aspx">Nelson-Kennedy Ledges,</a> and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hocking_Hills_Reservoir">Rose Lake</a> area located with Hocking Hills State Park. </span></span></div>
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<br />Alan McClellandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09164413737576261281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812215264648541428.post-52061391616982296062012-07-15T04:55:00.003-07:002012-07-15T04:59:00.034-07:00Forgotten Wonders Beneath the Trees • summer series II<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">This is the third installement of this five part series that I captured between mid July to late August of 2011. Species start to flourish on the forest floors around this time of year, making it some of the best times to see true diversity in the world of fungi. As exploration continued in the Hocking Hills Valley and Clear Creek regions, I also branched out on weekends with my wife to several other nature preserves and state parks such as: </span></span><a href="http://www.ashlandcountyparksdistrict.com/pine_hill"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Pinehill Crall Woods</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> and </span></span><a href="http://ohiodnr.com/location/davey_woods/tabid/886/Default.aspx"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Davey Woods</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> state nature preserves, </span></span><a href="http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/parks/parks/buckck/tabid/716/Default.aspx"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Buck Creek</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, </span></span><a href="http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/parks/parks/portage/tabid/779/Default.aspx"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Nimisila</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, </span></span><a href="http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/parks/parks/saltfork/tabid/785/Default.aspx"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Salt Fork</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, and </span></span><a href="http://www.heartofohio.com/ShawneeStatePark.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Shawnee</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> state parks. All of which proved worthy of unveiling quite a diversity species that I have not seen anywhere else so far in the that year. Hereís a glimpse of some of those magical moments captured!<span id="goog_1198773723"></span><span id="goog_1198773724"></span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/"></a></span></span></div>
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Last year, I went to two spectacular fireworks events–<a href="http://www.redwhiteandboom.org/">Red, White and Boom</a> and <a href="http://www.athensohio.com/614/rediscover-athens/thunder-in-the-valley">Thunder in the Valley</a>, which proven to be some the best Ohio pyrotechnic displays to date! I had not been to Red, White and Boom since 1998 and Nelsonville’s Thunder in the Valley was a new charm! Here is a glimpse of those evenings under the scintillating skies in 2011.<br />
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<br /></div>Alan McClellandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09164413737576261281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812215264648541428.post-21296274312375517242012-06-20T05:48:00.002-07:002012-06-20T06:11:43.667-07:00Forgotten Wonders Beneath the Trees • summer series I<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is the second installment of a five part series that I captured between mid-June through early July of 2011. The diversity and richness of species starts to unfold here in Ohio within the Summer season. <a href="http://www.mushroomexpert.com/boletales.html">Boletes</a> and a variety of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agaric">Agarics</a> start to come up, bringing a whole new realm of colorful enchantment to the Forests themselves. Much of my time was focused in the <a href="http://www.hockinghills.com/">Hocking Hills Valley</a> region and <a href="http://www.metroparks.net/ParksClearCreek.aspx">Clear Creek Metro Park</a> system last year which always seemed promising everytime I had gone. I even seemed to find a few critters along the way that made the trips more magical. Today is the first day of Summer and one of the best Seasons to get out enjoy Ohio's lush array and diversity of Fungi species!<br />
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This is a personal series of Ohio wildlife I shot from spring 2010 to the current spring season. All captured moments where taken at various <a href="http://ohiodnr.com/tabid/860/Default.aspx">Ohio Nature Preserves</a>, <a href="http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/parks/tabid/726/Default.aspx">State</a> and <a href="http://www.metroparks.net/">Metro Parks</a>. This is part of an ongoing series that I have done over the years in the honor of Ohio's great wealth of beautiful wildlife species, flora, plants and fungi. Enjoy!<br />
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<br />Alan McClellandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09164413737576261281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812215264648541428.post-25197738680091526942012-05-21T20:32:00.000-07:002012-05-22T05:33:17.043-07:00Spring Traditions and the Forgotten Wonders Beneath the Trees<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">As far back as I can remember, my brother taught me to appreciate the forest and every little wonder within it. Much like he taught me to appreciate reptiles and amphibians, he also sparked my interest into the mysterious world of Fungi during my teenage years. He would take me along every year in late April to go </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.mushroomexpert.com/morchellaceae.html">morel</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">picking with my cousins who lived in Ashland. We would go to our cousin’s best scouted areas for hours to find these elusive treasures. If we were lucky enough to find many, we usually followed this up in the evening with a tasty meal of delicious mushrooms! This spring tradition carried on for years to come.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">During my college years in the early 90’s, my brother started to scout areas closer to home in Akron, so our bounties became even more plentiful and diverse. My brother being a chef for most of his life, had prepared several delightful meals over the years of a variety of morels for us to enjoy during the springtime season. During this time, unfortunately I experienced a severe poisoning leading back to these delicious little gems. Even though, I did not believe it myself and had ate these most of my life, I ended up in the intensive care unit of the hospital for a few days I will never forget. Although I had went through this poisoning that almost destroyed my liver, a few years later I unsuccessfully attempted to eat two very well cooked </span><a href="http://www.mushroomexpert.com/morchella_deliciosas.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">deliciosa morels</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> only to find myself in anaphylactic shock within twenty minutes after I had eaten them and another few days in the hospital. From then, I accepted the truth that my body chemistry had changed and I had developed a </span><a href="http://ehealthforum.com/health/topic56863.html#b"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">very rare allergy</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> to this particular species of mushroom. I blame no one but myself to this day, but it’s tough to part with something as tasty as morels! But thankfully, I can eat most other species of mushrooms to this day with caution. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Despite I was poisoned those two times, I continued to pick every season with my brother and even got a better eye at finding them as well. I would envy the rest of my family eating our precious spring charms for years to come. This tradition carried on until my brother passed away of a seven year fight with a rare bone marrow cancer known as </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_myeloma"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Multiple myeloma</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> in 2007.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">This leads me to now, and how much more I appreciate and respect the mesmerizing world of Fungi and not just species of morels. In the summer of 2010, I finally decided to join </span><a href="http://www.ohiomushroom.org/oms/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Ohio Mushroom Society</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> and actually learn more about the actual diversity of mushrooms species we have in Ohio. Being a member has lead me into not only starting to recognize the diversity of Fungi species we have throughout the world, but the role of importance they hold that we are now only discovering in the past decades! It is said that there are well over </span><a href="http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/3000/3303.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">2000 different species</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> of Fungi alone in Ohio. Which to me sounds quite outlandish as most of us have only seen a small number of those species, if any at all in the wild or urban areas. This is not very uncommon amongst are Western upbringings as opposed to Eastern societies and how their knowledge of Fungi has far surpassed ours for centuries. We are only now starting to understand what they have carried on from generation to generation. Leading Mycologist–</span><a href="http://www.fungi.com/about-paul-stamets.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Paul Stamets</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">’ groundbreaking research and publications alone are fascinating and he is revolutionizing the importance of these elusive charms of the forest! </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycoremediation"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Mycoremediation</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> may just save this </span><a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/paul_stamets_on_6_ways_mushrooms_can_save_the_world.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">planet some day.</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> And understanding the importance of fungi in medicine may just save our lives!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Knowing this makes me eager not only to learn more about the importance of Fungi, but to experience these individual species in their natural environment. To be there when these wonderful and mysterious things are growing in their natural state is a personal charm. To capture these moments with my camera lens is the reward and the education undeniably. In the next few months, I am revealing a Ohio Fungi series that I started in early 2011 and will be an ongoing collection much like my </span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/eyelyft/collections/72157600036034356/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Delicate Balance nature series</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> I have executed over the years. Because the diversity of species is immense, I will be presenting this series in seasonal installments throughout this year for those to enjoy.</span></div>
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<i><br /></i>Alan McClellandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09164413737576261281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812215264648541428.post-26382237426121536822011-07-18T05:17:00.000-07:002011-07-18T06:01:04.368-07:00troum • saiws<a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/eyelyft/TroumSaiws#"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 311px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYpCBawXV3f75CVvGM_DUMPGfw3QnG5D6plIz2UOqhOtbq4NSAdWZbj2gmlMAh7JxC9MI3x9PcoWSlyyaveFw4Qzh8GVYF_OTz0koCEsphC6rJy-s7oTrzthcZvuyVbBZCXe4Owldsghra/s400/troum_saiws04.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630668273181466258" /></a><br /><br /><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Verdana"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Verdana"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">One of the most anticipated projects I have worked on in past few years is soon to be released! This release immerses us into the realm of the oceans as “saiws” is an old Germanic Gothic word for the “sea.” Gathering the vastness and depth of the ocean, <a href="http://www.troum.com/">Troum</a> unveils another treasure for our ears and minds to open. This extremely limited 7inch picture disc vinyl is luxuriously encased in a transparent sea & sand gel gel pack now available from Equation Records. </span>As always a pleasure working with <a href="http://www.chronoglide.com/equation.html">Equation Records</a> and masters of dark.drone ambience–<a href="http://www.discogs.com/artist/Troum">Troum</a>. See link below for more information! Pre-orders now being taken at Equation Records.</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Verdana"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Verdana"></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Verdana"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><b><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/eyelyft/TroumSaiws#slideshow/5629938510601075730">troum • saiws</a></b></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Verdana"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Verdana"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></p><p></p>Alan McClellandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09164413737576261281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812215264648541428.post-36571208216285801052011-07-16T06:44:00.000-07:002011-07-18T05:30:59.686-07:00yen pox • universal emptiness<a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/eyelyft/YenPoxUniversalEmptiness"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeHlfy8MRsX9u1iKr_4LkCrQNpEjD9ksskLLKyVS74ixjeCR51aYF_ogxTQS7FZMJvvSvpzJZH82Zz_p0q9Hj6xWAjKpk_4YgQQAYn7aN5h7zjimPile6Rbg12DP2_sFr0TEOtxj8tkFYk/s400/yen-pox-promos_02.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629946069446376722" /></a><br /><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Verdana"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Verdana"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">After several years of delay, this 10inch vinyl now sees the light of day! Dark ambient pioneers–<a href="http://soundcloud.com/yenpox">Yen Pox</a> evoke two arcane and massive compositions in this very limited release on <a href="http://www.dronerecords.de/album.view.html?album=13582">Drone Records </a>excellent sublabel–<a href="http://www.substantia-innominata.de/">Substantia Innominata.</a> Even though most the artwork was executed almost three years ago, it was a pleasure working with musician Steven Hall and Stefan of <a href="http://www.dronerecords.de/">Drone Records</a> and well worth the wait.</span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Verdana"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Verdana"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Verdana"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><b><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/eyelyft/YenPoxUniversalEmptiness#slideshow/5629935066134224386">yen pox • universal emptiness</a></b></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Verdana"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Verdana"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p></p>Alan McClellandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09164413737576261281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812215264648541428.post-90210946045699766822011-06-20T21:30:00.000-07:002011-06-20T21:55:15.689-07:00scintillating skies<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/eyelyft/sets/72157626932316808/"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 359px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDG8t5FWUdPW_in7Z6mAIzv0f4h7gjwCL5c7a8CtiMQhG0H250cgk3W6KcIBhzBACFHsV8wButFzYPIm35Uo32k_8THyZuZs4dQPqe_Iv3AoX03oI6oI98BNhvftmO3TRiB6ndr-_NtwHX/s400/01Fireworks2010.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620526783878640034" /></a><br /><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px GeosansLight"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px GeosansLight"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Last year, I was fortunate enough to make it a few fireworks events here in </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Ohio–Toledo and Groveport. This was my first year actually shooting these </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">magnificent displays of color and light successfully, even though I have </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">been to many fireworks events throughout my life. Owning a decent digital </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">camera and tripod helped tremendously while understanding the proper </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">exposure time and aperture settings.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px GeosansLight; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px GeosansLight"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">This is my first installment of these grandios events that take place every </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">summer around the 4th of July. </span></span><a href="http://www.groveport.org/sections/affairs/index.asp"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Groveport's</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> fireworks always prove to be </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">great just about every year I have gone, displaying a good variety of color and </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">intensity. But I have to say Toledo's downtown pyrotechnic display over the Maumee </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">waterfront </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">was undeniably one of the best I have ever been to within the past decade! </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Toledo's </span></span><a href="http://fireworksinohio.com/events/red-white-kaboom/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Red White Kaboom</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> event proved not only to be one of the best in varieties of effects </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">and color, but the duration of the display alone was amazing and well worth </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">the travel from Columbus. Below is a glimpse of some of those </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">magical moments from those spectacular evenings last summer.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px GeosansLight"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px GeosansLight"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px GeosansLight"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/eyelyft/sets/72157626932316808/show/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">scintillating skies</span></span></a><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></span></p><p></p> <div><br /></div>Alan McClellandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09164413737576261281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812215264648541428.post-34341716382905071662011-03-11T17:27:00.000-08:002011-03-11T17:37:41.442-08:00geckos . tails to toepads<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/eyelyft/sets/72157626121502433/"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 319px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX3AsvXqmGuu9MMkz9QzHSZCzE2Qp5ixqzS1y1OwG33mBJXXSqPh6PK_6JqODOVLoIShAcdwV-GwW0Fk8tt7N2xCQ4LTpOcByZRI1m8zaMEE19Piv3Ultd-DsstiJy67C1o5br3jByeILR/s400/02Neon-Day-Gecko.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582999635394165458" /></a><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX3AsvXqmGuu9MMkz9QzHSZCzE2Qp5ixqzS1y1OwG33mBJXXSqPh6PK_6JqODOVLoIShAcdwV-GwW0Fk8tt7N2xCQ4LTpOcByZRI1m8zaMEE19Piv3Ultd-DsstiJy67C1o5br3jByeILR/s1600/02Neon-Day-Gecko.jpg"></a><br /><div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">This past month I was fortunate enough to get out to a very excellent <a href="http://www.cosi.org/visitors/exhibits/geckos/">Gecko exhibition</a> that is currently on until May 8th at <a href="http://www.cosi.org/">COSI</a>. This very educational installation hosts up to 17 unique and stunning species from around the globe in beautiful glass aquariums very natural to their native environment.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Providing detailed facts of the species on display, secrets behind their toepads, a video on leopard gecko morphs, and several other interactive kiosks for all to enjoy. This has been my second favorite exhibition COSI has brought to Columbus since the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/eyelyft/collections/72157615823381736/">Frogs : a chorus of colors</a> in spring 2009.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana; min-height: 15.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/eyelyft/sets/72157626121502433/show/">Geckos</a></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana"><br /></p></div></div>Alan McClellandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09164413737576261281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812215264648541428.post-30605934530381444582010-12-21T19:30:00.000-08:002010-12-21T20:27:31.650-08:00wonderland of lights III<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/eyelyft/sets/72157625649597884/"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 258px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKxnZmFhH9WJoVn7NoD9BcT3FrO39ONDytYUfYaQLLDysmBaPUMnuJluaKjsF0Di-WbBCKyRYslcPRf7IAla8S37klpIKB1wPomiI8X8a2V0gLf3Yv335H0y32QDC4_WFQ-wuCWodO7cGU/s400/04blue+winter+elegance.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553344509109715266" /></a><br /><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">This is the third installment of luminary displays taken during the 2010 Holiday season. These photos where taken at </span><a href="http://www.pyramidhill.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">, </span><a href="http://www.colszoo.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Columbus Zoo,</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><a href="http://www.dawesarb.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Dawes Arboretum </span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">and various other places throughout Columbus and Cincinnati.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Enjoy the charms of the Winter Solstice!</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"></span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Arial"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/eyelyft/sets/72157625649597884/show/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">WONDERLAND OF LIGHTS III</span></a></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Arial"><br /></p></span><p></p>Alan McClellandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09164413737576261281noreply@blogger.com