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Well done! I don't think I could have gotten that close to a bird like that (they tend to be shy down here)
I have a few minutes, so I'll leave you in Macro Territory
These are real killer ants. They're almost 2 cm big!
Female Argiope argentata
One of my favorite pics, a Dragonfly mugshot (Order Odonata, suborder Anisoptera). Just resized, no cropping or PP
Finally, a small member of the Gekkonidae family on the flowers of a Heliconia caribaea
I look forward to more people sharing their pics! I bet you have some amazing stuff you'd like to share
I have a few minutes, so I'll leave you in Macro Territory
These are real killer ants. They're almost 2 cm big!
Female Argiope argentata
One of my favorite pics, a Dragonfly mugshot (Order Odonata, suborder Anisoptera). Just resized, no cropping or PP
Finally, a small member of the Gekkonidae family on the flowers of a Heliconia caribaea
I look forward to more people sharing their pics! I bet you have some amazing stuff you'd like to share
Both were taken in a game preserve in South Africa. The Cheetah was actually just on the other side of a fence. No danger there
The lioness was lying within inches of an open Land Rover I was sitting in I literally could have leaned over the side and touched her...if I wanted to lose a hand! Both were shot with a little weatherproof 35mm Point-and-shoot on slide film. I was in SA to aid flood victims and didn't want to risk taking an SLR camera, plus I had enough gear to haul there. Thanks again for the positive comments.
Proving once again that it's not the equipment but the photographer
I'd like to get close to a big cat like that! Even cheetahs (the smallest of the big cats) should be intimidating, right?
.What is that big black bird? Looks like a mean crow on steroids! Your pelicans are different than ours on the western Atlantic side of the world, too.
Is that Rocco at the bottom-
How about posting some pics, then?
I should be studying for finals, but here you go. A couple shots from the butterfly garden outside Iowa State University.
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That black bird really looks menacing!
The pelicans are different, really different. Brown pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis), the ones found in America, are rather small, while the Australian Pelican (Pelicanus conspicillatus) is larger and white. Also, brown pelicans are the only ones that dive to feed. That's good for us if we want to catch them diving, right srf4real?
Whoa, I didn't even remember that show! Man, I'm getting old....
Phatpat, that butterfly garden looks like a wonderful place to take some macros! Good luck on your finals!
I'll leave you with a big ant trying to bite a friend's finger.
some really great photo's in here guys, damn. Would love to get some full size copies of some of these! nice!
Yeah, that black bird does look pretty menacing. Here's another photo I took of him. Better pose, but he blends in with his background more.
Oh, and oddly enough, I went out today to take photographs (I don't go out to photograph often enough) since I felt antsy to photograph something, and I got photos of more birds. Dang was I lucky. These guys fly fast and never seem to stop.
I was photographing moving water (yes, water), keeping very still and not moving much in order to get a sharp photo. Then one of these birds just came down and sat beside me for like 5 seconds. I just took as many photos as possible (although at ISO 800 ) because I knew I'd never have time to change settings, athough I'm quite quick at it.
Then I left the fountain, thinking that was as good as it was going to get today, and him and a buddy came back for a swim (it was hot outside).
Anyway, enjoy.
Oh, and oddly enough, I went out today to take photographs (I don't go out to photograph often enough) since I felt antsy to photograph something, and I got photos of more birds. Dang was I lucky. These guys fly fast and never seem to stop.
I was photographing moving water (yes, water), keeping very still and not moving much in order to get a sharp photo. Then one of these birds just came down and sat beside me for like 5 seconds. I just took as many photos as possible (although at ISO 800
) because I knew I'd never have time to change settings, athough I'm quite quick at it.Then I left the fountain, thinking that was as good as it was going to get today, and him and a buddy came back for a swim (it was hot outside).
Anyway, enjoy.
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I just took as many photos as possible (although at ISO 800
That's exactly why I want a DSLR! If I take my pics at an ISO setting higher than 100, they just come out like a pic printed on sandpaper
Great shots, btw
EDIT: I couldn't resist trying out the attachments here on Macrumors. Here's my first try, a small butterfly that I saw with my girlfriend on friday. It had just fed, as you can see by the pollen grains on it's mouthparts. Resized, and processed with Noise Ninja (amazing little program, btw!).
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My arachnids
Alright man, there they are:
1) Chilean Rose Hair
Close up:
On my hand:
Eating:
Wrapping up the crickets like a burrito:
On my hand again:
2) Sun Spider
Very flexible:
3) Antilles Pink Toe
Arboreal(sp?) Likes to cling on the walls:
Alright man, there they are:
1) Chilean Rose Hair
Close up:
On my hand:
Eating:
Wrapping up the crickets like a burrito:
On my hand again:
2) Sun Spider
Very flexible:
3) Antilles Pink Toe
Arboreal(sp?) Likes to cling on the walls:
I don't get out to photograph wildlife nearly as often as I'd like, but here are a couple I've taken: ducks near Las Vegas and a butterfly in New Mexico.
My dad is much more of a wildlife photographer than me. He writes hiking and camping guidebooks as part of his business, so even in his 60s, he goes all over the Colorado mountains collecting data and photos. He's got a ton of different wildlife shots, but this one, shot from about 300 yards away, is one of my favorites. It won first place in some magazine's contest a few years ago:
My dad is much more of a wildlife photographer than me. He writes hiking and camping guidebooks as part of his business, so even in his 60s, he goes all over the Colorado mountains collecting data and photos. He's got a ton of different wildlife shots, but this one, shot from about 300 yards away, is one of my favorites. It won first place in some magazine's contest a few years ago:
Here's a chameleon on a Key lime tree. We played hide and seek for a while before I got him!
Sorry, but that's not a chameleon...
... man, what'sup with all the non Florididians trying to tell us what we have and what we don't. Nobody believes this is a snapper either, but, oh, well... just another day in paradise!
To be more specific, this is a baby (1/2 inches long) mexican chameleon that has invaded south Florida over the last twenty years and has decimated the native chameleon population because this is a larger, more agressive species about 6 inches in length when full grown.
"Toto, I don't think we're in Kansas anymore."
I'm from FL
so sorry for calling you a yankee, phungy. So, you don't have these in Gainesville? I live in Melbourne. We used to have the little cute green ones that are really smooth, until these buggers came along... they change colors but not as cool as the natives, imop. I played with some PSE brushes and made this one...
edit: and an adult on the fence post. I couldn't get him to blow up his huge red throat or whatever it's called.