Wildlife and Natural Photography Pics

[Ca.]

Thanks everyone for sharing your talents, and creative instincts.

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Lars Schneider, a photographer and filmmaker

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[987baz]

Interesting aspect ratio on the your pics c.a., what camera are you using?

I really like the sunflower pic!

 

[Ca.]

Interesting aspect ratio on the your pics c.a., what camera are you using?

I really like the sunflower pic!

It's a point and shoot Canon SX280HS [1] 987baz. The lens was set at 25mm, (macro @ F-stop 7.1). It's small very compact, and draws very little attention in major city settings.

Though point shoot are nice, some how it can make me lazy through it's simplicity. Some subjects and choices require in depth study to catch a feeling one wishes to express IMHO.

Back in the day, the equivalent of choice was a Nikon F3 (35mm film), with a 2.8 (to F22 aperture) 24.mm, 20mm. Also a Nikon 8mm f/8 [2]. And a must for B/W photog was a Gossen Luna- Pro Analog Incident (Reflected Light Meter [3]). Plus a small but sturdy, and dependable tripod.

Old (b&w) 35mm film photography taught me that. Imagine, in order see the final results it required, film processing, (prepared chemicals correctly), a darkroom (more chemical preparation) print, rinse, and Et vous l'avez.

If I shoot a hundred in a day, I'd be lucky to get 5 good shots, thus the effort was worth it.

Thank you for the feed back, and the compliment. Good digital hunting you all.

[1] Focal Length 4.5 (W) - 90.0 (T) mm (35mm film equivalent: 25-500mm), 12.1 Megapixel, 1/2.3-inch CMOS
_https://www.usa.canon.com/internet/portal/us/home/products/details/cameras/point-and-shoot/long-zoom-cameras/powershot-sx280-hs
_https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYir9ehcm18
[2] http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/8mm-f8.htm
[3] http://www.myphotoweb.com/Gossen/pages/lunapro/info.htm

 

[KarmaSiddhartha]

Hope you will like it :)
Author: Me :)

 

[Konstantin]

Those images are very nice KarmaSiddhartha

This is your first post on this forum and it will be nice if you tell us little more about yourself and how you found this forum.
It is usual for new forum members to introduce themselves in the newbie section so the other member can know them better.

:)

 

[987baz]

[1][/size] 987baz. The lens was set at 25mm, (macro @ F-stop 7.1). It's small very compact, and draws very little attention in major city settings.

Though point shoot are nice, some how it can make me lazy through it's simplicity. Some subjects and choices require in depth study to catch a feeling one wishes to express IMHO.

Back in the day, the equivalent of choice was a Nikon F3 (35mm film), with a 2.8 (to F22 aperture) 24.mm, 20mm. Also a Nikon 8mm f/8 [2]. And a must for B/W photog was a Gossen Luna- Pro Analog Incident (Reflected Light Meter [3]). Plus a small but sturdy, and dependable tripod.

Old (b&w) 35mm film photography taught me that. Imagine, in order see the final results it required, film processing, (prepared chemicals correctly), a darkroom (more chemical preparation) print, rinse, and Et vous l'avez.

If I shoot a hundred in a day, I'd be lucky to get 5 good shots, thus the effort was worth it.

Thank you for the feed back, and the compliment. Good digital hunting you all.

[1] Focal Length 4.5 (W) - 90.0 (T) mm (35mm film equivalent: 25-500mm), 12.1 Megapixel, 1/2.3-inch CMOS
_https://www.usa.canon.com/internet/portal/us/home/products/details/cameras/point-and-shoot/long-zoom-cameras/powershot-sx280-hs
_https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYir9ehcm18
[2] http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/8mm-f8.htm
[3] http://www.myphotoweb.com/Gossen/pages/lunapro/info.htm

Yeah having a nice compact camera can come in handy especially when traveling, lugging around my 5DmkII with large L series lenses certainly does draw attention!


If I remember correctly the F3 was styled by Italian designer Giorgetto Giugiaro? with the red stripe, I believe it was the first of the Nikon range to do this, nice little SLR for sure :)

Hope you will like it :)
Author: Me :)

Nice shot KarmaSiddhartha, what is the name of the plant/tree? it certainly is pretty :)

 

[Voyageur]

Very nice shots all!

[1][/size] 987baz. The lens was set at 25mm, (macro @ F-stop 7.1). It's small very compact, and draws very little attention in major city settings.

Though point shoot are nice, some how it can make me lazy through it's simplicity. Some subjects and choices require in depth study to catch a feeling one wishes to express IMHO.

Back in the day, the equivalent of choice was a Nikon F3 (35mm film), with a 2.8 (to F22 aperture) 24.mm, 20mm. Also a Nikon 8mm f/8 [2]. And a must for B/W photog was a Gossen Luna- Pro Analog Incident (Reflected Light Meter [3]). Plus a small but sturdy, and dependable tripod.

Old (b&w) 35mm film photography taught me that. Imagine, in order see the final results it required, film processing, (prepared chemicals correctly), a darkroom (more chemical preparation) print, rinse, and Et vous l'avez.

If I shoot a hundred in a day, I'd be lucky to get 5 good shots, thus the effort was worth it.

Thank you for the feed back, and the compliment. Good digital hunting you all.

[1] Focal Length 4.5 (W) - 90.0 (T) mm (35mm film equivalent: 25-500mm), 12.1 Megapixel, 1/2.3-inch CMOS
_https://www.usa.canon.com/internet/portal/us/home/products/details/cameras/point-and-shoot/long-zoom-cameras/powershot-sx280-hs
_https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYir9ehcm18
[2] http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/8mm-f8.htm
[3] http://www.myphotoweb.com/Gossen/pages/lunapro/info.htm

Yeah having a nice compact camera can come in handy especially when traveling, lugging around my 5DmkII with large L series lenses certainly does draw attention!


If I remember correctly the F3 was styled by Italian designer Giorgetto Giugiaro? with the red stripe, I believe it was the first of the Nikon range to do this, nice little SLR for sure :)

Hope you will like it :)
Author: Me :)

Nice shot KarmaSiddhartha, what is the name of the plant/tree? it certainly is pretty :)

Yeah, would be interested to know also, KarmaSiddhartha. The Sunflower shot was really interesting c.a., nice clarity and depth of field. Sunflowers are cool, their complexity and patters, and funny as I had also taken pictures of Sunflowers at home during the eclipse, and although everything was quite, the Bee's where doing their thing.

I know what you mean re film. Shoot a roll of 36 and be happy with a couple of good ones. Still have my old FM in a drawer which is as manual as it gets - not sure why I keep it. One thing about older film cameras; no memory, no 'meta data', so you would have to write down the setting if interested to do so, or remember them - it kind of trained you to look at the scene and consider the outcomes with different settings. You could also trick the camera or push the film, like long exposures producing reciprocity, yet all these things are, I guess, second nature to what you can do on cameras today or from within a computer program.

 

[zak]

987baz:
Nice shot KarmaSiddhartha, what is the name of the plant/tree? it certainly is pretty :)

I'd bet for a variety of magnolia with the peculiarity to have the flowers bloom before the leaves:
Magnolia x soulangeana

 

[Ca.]

Mr.Cyan
Just wanted to share some wildlife and natural photographs that i have taken over the last 3 years with the Forum.

Me thinks you could give'em a run for the money, IMHO.

Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2017
By Eleanor Imster in Earth | Human World | September 19, 2017
http://earthsky.org/earth/wildlife-photographer-of-the-year-2017-finalists

The Natural History Museum in London has kindly released the 13 finalist images for the 2017 Wildlife Photographer of the Year contest, in advance of the October announcement of the competition’s winners. Now in its 53rd year, this year’s competition received almost 50,000 entries from 92 different countries. Imagine how difficult it would be to choose the winner from among these photos!

Glimpse of a lynx: Photographer Laura Albiac Vilas had seen many of Spain’s wild animals, but never the illusive Iberian lynx, an endangered cat found only in two small populations in southern Spain. Unlike the larger European lynx, the Iberian lynx feeds almost entirely on rabbits. So a disease that wipes out the rabbit population can be catastrophic. They also need a particular blend of open scrub and natural cavities for natal dens. Laura’s family travelled to the Sierra de Andújar Natural Park in search of the lynx – and struck lucky on their second day – a pair were relaxing not far from the road. There were many photographers there but an atmosphere of ‘respect’. Laura watched for an hour and a half, the only sound being the whirr of cameras if a cat glanced in their direction. “The animals’ attitude surprised me. They weren’t scared of people – they simply ignored us,” says Laura. “I felt so emotional to be so close to them.”

 

[Mr.Cyan]

Thanks c.a. for the compliments :)

The Natural History Museum's Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition, is indeed the sought after competition by amateur and professional wildlife photographers. There have been many amateurs that once they are the finalist; or winners of categories, start their professional career with the exposure from the competition. Some of the pics are just simply stunning, and sublimely beautiful. Its definitely a competition I regularly check, and also submit pics. About 3 of my pics have made it for the final round of judging; but they were didn't make it as finalists, or winners in any categories. I think I haven't posted 2 of them before, and I think ill go look into my archives to find them and post them here.

 

[Ca.]

Thought i would stimulate the thread!

The Lost Medium: A Portrait of a Photographer
Chris Staikos

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Nice shot KarmaSiddhartha, what is the name of the plant/tree? it certainly is pretty :)

Thanks for sharing KarmaSiddhartha. I like the juxtaposition of the 1d elements. Steel and nature.

Posted by: voyageur
« on: September 15, 2017, 07:46:26 PM »
I had also taken pictures of Sunflowers at home during the eclipse, and although everything was quite, the Bee's where doing their thing.

This one had bug hang out too. Thanks for the feed back V.

Same field, with good lighting...... :) Good eye everyone!

 

[Ca.]

And just a couple of more S'il vous plaît, Je vous remercie!

 

[Ca.]

And lastly.

 

[987baz]

Nice pics c.a. :) and thanks for reminding me about this great thread!

I had a look through some of my old macro shots and found a few that I like.

These were all taken with my 100mm macro lens, obviously with a very shallow depth of field. I went for a walk through one of my local parks called Yellagonga

 

[987baz]

just a few more ;)