View Full Version : Our own TPF contest. Wildlife. . .


birdstrike
May 2, 07, 12:05 am
Any theme, no prizes, no votes. . .

Let's kick it off with "wildlife". :D

http://www.batnet.com/bogart/Best_of_Botswana/images/img_4923.jpg

Gargoyle
May 2, 07, 7:51 am
Some Canadian goats have two heads, others have two bodies and just one head. It all balances out.

http://stonecarver.com/flyertalk/alberta-goats.jpg

http://stonecarver.com/flyertalk/alberta-goat.jpg

On the highway near Calgary

bseller
May 2, 07, 9:36 am
Don't mess wit me, youse guys!
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid225/p77eefa2f02044569caa28a6f093c81b7/e9adb552.jpg

birdstrike
May 2, 07, 11:15 am
Don't mess wit me, youse guys!

:D

Green Dragon
May 2, 07, 1:34 pm
Kidding Around (goats in Ireland)

http://www.greendragonartist.com/Large%20Images/Ireland%202006/KiddingAround.jpg



Goat King

http://www.greendragonartist.com/Large%20Images/Ireland%202006/GoatKing.jpg



It's MY mountain!

http://www.greendragonartist.com/Large%20Images/Ireland%202006/ItsMyMountain.jpg

Gargoyle
May 2, 07, 2:07 pm
Green Dragon- on a PC, to create the © copyright symbol, hold down the alt key, and in the numberic keypad type 0169, then release the alt key.

Someone else can post how to do it on a mac.

I don't think the (c) on your pix counts for much.

CPRich
May 2, 07, 4:36 pm
While comprising only 0.03% of the Earth's surface, Costa Rica's geographic position, two coasts and mountainous system, providing numerous and varied micro-climates, contain nearly 4% of the total plant and animal species worldwide. Costa Rica was once 99 percent forested, but forest cover has steadily diminished from 85 percent in 1940 to around 35 percent today.

http://richs.smugmug.com/photos/118788160-L.jpg

Extinction is forever

Vera Blanca, Costa Rica - December 2006

Emma65
May 2, 07, 6:55 pm
Someone else can post how to do it on a mac.


Easy.

alt+1=©

/E

stut
May 3, 07, 10:58 am
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/12/69363739_ba97272556_d.jpg

This kitten was an evil genius. It found us at the summit of Mt Taal in the Philippines, and wove between out feet as we clambered round the edge of the caldera. Presumably to trip us, make us fall, and feast on us come nightfall...

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/132/384217530_afeacb76d5_d.jpg

This gull impressed me. Mostly by how clean it is. You can tell it's Californian.

Internaut
May 3, 07, 1:06 pm
In spite of the slightly blown highlights (and they were unavoidable to get the shot), this picture of mother and children is one of my better wildlife photos:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/142/342424425_919b678455.jpg

It was taken at Lamel Lodge, Serekunda, The Gambia, pictured below:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/157/342424322_b72a56afe6.jpg

Edited to add: Taken with my old Canon Digital Ixus 440 (sadly dropped in an incident involving an ant in Sydney :().

Regards
I

Bytepusher
May 3, 07, 4:59 pm
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/67/175016046_1e567a6a44_o.jpg
Common Loon (gavia immer) Adult Feeding a Chick (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bytepusher/175016046/)

MichaelCharlie
May 4, 07, 12:10 pm
Taken at St. Barts. Just about the time I tried to get a second shot, a wavelet came and washed it away. It was about the size of my palm.



http://www.pbase.com/mgchapman/image/77891900/large.jpg

One of the first pictures I ever took with my Canon S1 IS

http://www.pbase.com/mgchapman/image/78208024/large.jpg

birdstrike
May 4, 07, 12:15 pm
Sally Lightfoot crab!

humanoid94
May 4, 07, 7:47 pm
Some pictures from my recent trip to Hawaii...

Two Nene(s)

http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w264/humanoid94/nenesmall.jpg

And a friendly sea turtle

http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w264/humanoid94/coolturtlesmall.jpg

Telfes
May 4, 07, 9:19 pm
My first clue that this was a tough monkey could have been that he had lost an eye. Instead I waited for him to attack me to clue in. Beast. He looked much happier after he had scored a banana off someone else.

Devil Monkey
http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s226/Telfes/DevilMonkey.jpg

Little Buddy was cuter, but had a bit less character.
http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s226/Telfes/Monkey.jpg

vysean
May 4, 07, 9:39 pm
Don't mess wit me, youse guys!


That's awesome... :D ^

FlyingOnceMore
May 5, 07, 2:49 pm
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/197/485373278_4ab82881c1_o.jpg

xtremeflyer
May 5, 07, 4:29 pm
Chasing Lions

http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s285/hbdave77/DavidImboden_LionWaterChase_ANIMALA.jpg

Lion Cub

http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s285/hbdave77/DavidImboden_LionCubStick_ANIMALANT.jpg

jason8612
May 6, 07, 5:44 pm
Icelandic horses when I was in Iceland a few years back.

http://jksolution.com/ft/image258.jpg

wr_schwab
May 6, 07, 6:10 pm
Prey
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t170/digerati_2061/prey.jpg

and the Preditor
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t170/digerati_2061/predator.jpg
This guy had just finished dragging his kill up into the tree and was taking a break. I was about 10-15 feet away from him in the Land Rover.

FourWheels
May 12, 07, 6:11 pm
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w21/mlg968/114_1485.jpg

Not exactly "wild", but the only photo I have access to while traveling.

I fiddled with resizing on photobucket. Once you shrink, there's no going back? (I don't want this thread to turn into Q & A, so someone could quickly answer my question via PM.)

Many thanks, Gargoyle.

cpx
May 12, 07, 6:28 pm
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s267/cpx_ft/wildlife1.jpg
Near Maroon Lake, QLD Australia (Near Brisbane)

Below: By the boardwalk, Brighton, UK
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s267/cpx_ft/wildlife2.jpg

jason8612
May 12, 07, 6:43 pm
aww
I hope to see some kangaroos on my trip to Aussie. Do they roam the street in Sydney? :D

cpx
May 13, 07, 1:21 am
aww
I hope to see some kangaroos on my trip to Aussie. Do they roam the street in Sydney? :D

Yeap.. they are at every street corners.. in so called souvenir shop :p

kuroneko
May 15, 07, 2:17 pm
This crafty monkey successfully broke into our jeep and started eating our lunch!

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/195/499716206_500a8b9fe8.jpg

Jassy-50
May 15, 07, 7:20 pm
CPRich,

An awesome photo of the Costa Rican frog, and a very interesting note. I have learned something today. Thank you.

Jackie

Jassy-50
May 15, 07, 7:56 pm
Here are two shots of a very strange-looking bird that lives in a manmade lagoon in my neighborhood. Is it a cross between an albino goose and ?? - what? a chicken? a turkey? Saw it swimming one day, and it certainly didn't swim like either a duck or a goose but more like a chicken walks -- head bobbing forward and back as it jerked along in the water. The neighbors say that it has been around for several years now.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/196/500168724_307bae9a33_o.jpg


http://farm1.static.flickr.com/220/500222243_4d8ac157b5_o.jpg

falconea
May 15, 07, 9:08 pm
[QUOTE=Jassy-50;7743436]Here are two shots of a very strange-looking bird that lives in a manmade lagoon in my neighborhood.QUOTE]

Looks like a muscovy duck.

Audrey

Motor Mouth
May 15, 07, 11:13 pm
While comprising only 0.03% of the Earth's surface, Costa Rica's geographic position, two coasts and mountainous system, providing numerous and varied micro-climates, contain nearly 4% of the total plant and animal species worldwide. Costa Rica was once 99 percent forested, but forest cover has steadily diminished from 85 percent in 1940 to around 35 percent today.



Extinction is forever

Vera Blanca, Costa Rica - December 2006Very nice picture. Love the colors and the clarity. Well done!

jbjbts
May 16, 07, 1:19 am
At the Wild Animal Park in San Diego.

http://www.1250ships.com/images/buzz/wap/IMG_2719-01.jpg

techgirl
May 16, 07, 6:26 am
I liked the contrast in this one for some reason. I've got another in this series I'm saving for the appropriate contest later too. :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/jenidallas/MiscellaneousPhotos005.jpg

bdjohns1
May 16, 07, 9:45 am
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/174/499413377_19073436a6_o.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bdjohnson79/499413377/

Chick in a coconut...

Jassy-50
May 18, 07, 12:26 pm
Looks like a muscovy duck.

Audrey

Thanks, Audrey!

Jackie

GadgetFreak
May 18, 07, 12:38 pm
Some critters I met in Zambia:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/157/378071969_2a805f6f79_o.jpg

Call them "canines". I dare you!
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/126/378071747_6558712e30_o.jpg

BiziBB
May 20, 07, 2:51 am
While on the subject above, here is one of my first DSLR shots, from my new camera, first location and with no clue, tripod or preparation (disclaimed enough?). :) From my new Flickr account, so the link may not yet work:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8385609@N07/505427302/
(no .jpg reference, but tested OK; let me know if it is okay; Mahalo!. Flickr even knows my camera model :)

bdjohns1
May 20, 07, 10:32 am
Someone asked for a kangaroo?

http://ben-johnson.org/gallery2/d/623-2/DSCN1987.jpg
Ha ha, Stupid American Tourist!

This cheeky little guy stole the food I was giving him at a wildlife park near Sydney.

Gargoyle
May 20, 07, 11:16 am
http://stonecarver.com/flyertalk/Snail_on_the_rocks.jpg
Snail on the rocks. Tuscany, 0ct. 2001

(no .jpg reference, but tested OK; let me know if it is okay; Mahalo!. Flickr even knows my camera model :) Your Flickr link worked fine. It reads your camera model from the Exif data, which is data stored by the camera in the digital picture file.

mondo
May 26, 07, 8:10 pm
Sifaka (http://www.mondopaddy.net/pics/2004/madagascar/shy_sifaka.JPG_index.html) in Southern Madagascar.

http://www.mondopaddy.net/pics/2004/madagascar/shy_sifaka.JPG

Gardyloo
May 26, 07, 10:20 pm
http://home.comcast.net/~gardyloo2/825JS%20066.jpg

birdstrike
May 28, 07, 7:41 pm
Taken Saturday at the Hiram B. Crittenden Locks in Seattle:

http://www.batnet.com/bogart/Heron_Locks.JPG

ajax
May 31, 07, 4:56 am
Giraffes in the Serengeti:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/247/522996988_06f99c9223.jpg

Gazelle in the Serengeti:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/234/522996976_9c64f5aebf.jpg

bseller
Jul 30, 07, 10:34 am
NOT my photo,,,,but one of the funniest things I've ever seen!! :D
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid225/p57f97aaf4982fde65fe8faad42833bc7/e8579af0.jpg

Oh my God, what was I thinking???

sbm12
Jul 31, 07, 10:40 am
http://www.millerworks.net/Pictures/146/IMGP7530.jpg

From a recent trip to Ecuador. LOTS of hummingbirds, thanks to the feeders at the place we stayed. Some other birds, too, like this guy having a light breakfast:

http://www.millerworks.net/Pictures/146/IMGP7435.jpg

FourWheels
Aug 5, 07, 12:04 am
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa181/FTFourWheels/104_0406.jpg


Another one of my not-so-wild wildlife photos.

ewrfox
Aug 23, 07, 5:24 pm
http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q44/ewrfox/Bronx%20Zoo/STA50056.jpg?t=1187907832

Here's one from the Bronx Zoo...

boxo
Nov 22, 07, 12:05 am
Some Florida wildlife:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2360/1805721339_2213e167fe.jpg

larger image (http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1805721339&context=pool-338528@N24&size=l)

ConciergeMike
Nov 22, 07, 8:16 pm
This guy was sunning himself behind the 17th green at Mahogany Run Golf Course, St. Thomas...

http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff142/JerseyDevilMike/HeeereLeezardLeezardLeezard.jpg

boxo
Nov 22, 07, 11:48 pm
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2223/2038891608_c227dbb1bd.jpg
NYC

birdstrike
Nov 22, 07, 11:53 pm
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Jassy-50
Nov 23, 07, 10:44 am
An egret, at a lagoon near our house:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2359/1928400346_54e11c1c1c_o.jpg

bzbdewd
Dec 2, 07, 10:47 am
Probably my best wildlife shot.... This Alligator (http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=22713499&size=m&context=set-532262) in the Okefenokee Swamp
came cruising silently by.

bzbdewd
Dec 2, 07, 10:49 am
Oh yeah... I love this lizard (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rainvalley/22633901/in/set-72057594112239021/) shot too. Taken in Green Valley AZ.

slabeaume
Dec 2, 07, 11:10 pm
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g245/slabeaume/IMG_0249.jpg
Not sure if this will work, but will give it a try.

djerikd
Dec 6, 07, 1:49 pm
http://gallery.flyertalk.com/gallery/albums/CafeFigaro-DO/DSC_0071.sized.jpg

Here's Dexter, my beagle, from when I brought him to work and threw him into the portrait studio for a few minutes. He's a rescued dog who spent his first eight months of puppyhood working in a local pet food laboratory. At 17" and 57 lbs, he obviously got (at least) his fair share of food to taste before he retired and came to live with us.

ps: conveniently hosted at http://gallery.flyertalk.com/gallery/

manneca
Dec 9, 07, 2:55 pm
A few of mine

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y213/rebekahroxanna/polarbear4.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y213/rebekahroxanna/puffin.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y213/rebekahroxanna/camelpyrmid.jpg

painintheuk
Dec 21, 07, 3:31 pm
I think that this is my favourite photo from my 1st safari, though I can't say why!

http://drsean.smugmug.com/gallery/4004380#233737890

http://drsean.smugmug.com/photos/233737890-M.jpg

There - that link works :).

Dr. PITUK

birdstrike
Dec 24, 07, 6:11 pm
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boxo
Jul 28, 08, 7:16 pm
Reviving this thread after seven months!

How I spent my New Year's Day 2008...
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2263/2157450310_5612235c8b.jpg
Monterey, CA
Flickr set (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mg_travels/sets/72157603603228712/)

This photo is being used by NOAA (http://montereybay.noaa.gov/) for visitor education/information purposes.

Jassy-50
Jul 29, 08, 10:09 am
This photo is being used by NOAA (http://montereybay.noaa.gov/) for visitor education/information purposes.

Wow! Congratulations, boxo!! This is a great shot.

Thalassa
Jul 29, 08, 10:40 am
A few of mine from a trip to Uganda and Rwanda:

A warthog fight in the Queen Elizabeth National Park in Uganda

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2171/2260669312_a2f7781dd0_b.jpg
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/monojussi/2260669312/" title="Warthog Fight by Monojussi, on Flickr)

A lion scarred in battle from Isasha in Uganda

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2208/2260676222_4df62688c4_b.jpg
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/monojussi/2260676222/" title="Battle Scars by Monojussi, on Flickr)

A gorilla youngster at play from Parc National des Volcans in Rwanda

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2260/2260682216_a828422eba_b.jpg
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/monojussi/2260682216/" title="Having Fun by Monojussi, on Flickr)

A silverback pondering the meaning of life from PNV in Rwanda

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2155/2259889429_38719a7e3f_b.jpg
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/monojussi/2259889429/" title="Let Me Think by Monojussi, on Flickr)

Holy Bat Cave! (from QENP in Uganda)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2060/2259882437_e2054fc3cf_b.jpg
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/monojussi/2259882437/" title="Holy Bat Cave by Monojussi, on Flickr)

The Vervet Underground? (from QENP in Uganda)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2040/2259878985_71883e9e68_b.jpg
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/monojussi/2259878985/" title="Vervet Underground by Monojussi, on Flickr)

Cheers,
T.

Gardyloo
Jul 29, 08, 12:35 pm
Sunbird, Plettenberg Bay, South Africa

http://gardyloo.us/africa14J%20031a.JPG