P52 Week 28: Animals (July 9 - 15)

[tizeye]

Actually caught in flight with iPhone. Was trying to get both on dock post, but got too close and the nearer one flew. Then caught the other as it took off. Likewise with ducks on shore at water edge.

 

[mollyc]

That should be a Veilchen aka Violet

Thanks!
I realize now that I have seen Violet before😅, but not that specific pattern.
The pattern in the middle looks like someone took a bucket of purple color and splash it onto the flower. Beautiful!

is that a dragonfly? very cool...

During yesterdays outing
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Yesterday at a friend's house , a cat with a past...🫢

Now for something a little different, crawling around on the rocks next to the lake.
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This one got scared and puff it became like a little balloon


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Cross posting: Pocket of Light and a bee

This pair actually has 4 cygnets, but two of them were catching up.

About the maximum crop the little OLY TG-6 camera can handle. Of course smoke haze does nothing to make an image seem crisp.

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i love everyone’s animals!

i’m traveling with my son for a lacrosse tournament this weekend and i don’t type well on a phone so sorry for no individualized comments.

 

[tizeye]

Nice friendly piranhas!

 

[tizeye]

Above and below from a trip to Aquatix, Lausanne, CH. Quite a variety on three floors. Very dark inside, using 55mm f1.8 and bumped ISO to 2000 and as high as 4000.

 

[tizeye]

Crocodile (not aligator), mongoose and monkey in different areas. Taking photo of cros, and trying to take selfie with venomous snake in background.

 

[Janichsan]

Sheep and burs don't mix well…

 

[katbel]

Crossposting with POTD

 

[bondr006]

And of course....The one and only Ben

CC Always Welcome

 

[katbel]

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And of course....The one and only Ben View attachment 2232994
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Sweet Ben ❤️, very nice the flowers with the bees 💖,
the first one OMG

 

[bondr006]

Sweet Ben ❤️, very nice the flowers with the bees 💖,
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Yes indeed. We sure do have our share of bugs here in the southeast.

 

[r.harris1]

Dog park, through a fence. They're always so happy at the park . Everything - and everyone - is SO interesting. Today was "one of those days". I grabbed my trusty d850 and my equally trusty Tammy 150-600 for a spot of animal photography. I haven't used the camera in a while and the last thing I used it for was to help someone on a forum with tethering in Capture One. While testing "speed from capture to screen" with a variety of formats, the last format I tried was JPEG, and I forgot to switch back to raw. So not a lot of leeway. But hey.

 

[OldMacs4Me]

B&W version of the shot I posted yesterday and a shot where the wandering cygnets had finally been rounded up and the family was together getting ready to paddle out of camera range.

 

[CSKK]

One more before the week is over. It was great to see all the animals!

 

[_timo_redux_]

 

[kenoh]

Sorry I am late. We are on vacation in Spain and I was waiting to get a shot.

We are staying near Murcia and the little area where we are has a stream running through it containing Carp and Terrapins. Found this little guy hiding under the bridge from the harsh sunlight. The water is not very pleasing to look at.

 

[kenoh]

The fish are really friendly here too. When they know you are there they come up to the edge and say hi!

 

[OldMacs4Me]

Now that rivers are very low I get to paddle some nearby lakes. Summit Lake sits atop the continental divide on the Alberta-BC border. Only sees a few fisherman and the occasional paddle-boarder as there are zero facilities.

Although I have never spotted or even heard a frog there, one little corner of the lake always has gadzillions of tadpoles.

 

[mollyc]

Week 29: Center Composition

 

[ndouglas]

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This one got scared and puff it became like a little balloon


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Cross posting: Pocket of Light and a bee

Awesome pics… do you know what kind of bird is it?

 

[katbel]

Awesome pics… do you know what kind of bird is it?

Thanks!
The bird is a Stellar BlueJay

 

[ffff14P]

Visiting a reindeer farm near Kuusamo, Finland.

 

[ndouglas]

Visiting a reindeer farm near Kuusamo, Finland.

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So beautiful! Thanks for sharing.