Laura Weishaupt Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 Basic Guidelines: In the strictest sense, nature photography should not include "hand of man elements". Please refrain from images with buildings or human made structures like roads, fences, walls. Pets are not permitted. Captive subjects in zoos, arboretums, or aquariums are permitted, but must be declared, and must focus on the subject, not the captivity. Images with obvious human made elements will likely be deleted from the thread, with an explanation to the photographer. Guidelines are based on PSA rules governing Nature photography which also cover the Nature Forum. Keep your image at/under 1000 pixels on the long axis for in-line viewing. Note that this includes photos hosted off-site at Flicker, Photobucket, your own site, etc Are you new to this thread? We post one image per week. Good Morning, I hope you've all had a great week. Intros will be short for awhile. Do the best you can with posting. Our new home may be a challenge until we get the hang of it and bugs are worked out. Good luck with all of it. We'll open with a fungal smirk from Calostoma lutescens. Natures smiles back at us sometimes, and we need plenty of that. No matter if you're a constant contributor or long time lurker, smile! You're on Monday in Nature. Canon XSi Canon ef-s 60mm f2.8 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill J Boyd Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 Black-Crowned Night Heron.... ...seen at White Rock Lake in Dallas. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Doo Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 (edited) Black-Crowned Night Heron....[ATTACH=full]1176798[/ATTACH] ...seen at White Rock Lake in Dallas. Bill, what a lovely shot of the Night Heron beautifully composed with action and great lighting. Edited February 20, 2017 by Mary Doo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill J Boyd Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 Mary...thanks for your kind comment. This is an old image from 2013. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Doo Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 Geat egret feeding frenzy, shot in Louisiana. I was so amazed at the "bratty" behavior of these chicks, with their poor mother looking so terrified in the series of feeding ritual - or hysteria. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sallymack Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 Moss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Currie Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 Not a great week for animal photos. We've seen a couple of eagles and lots of hawks, but not at convenient times. I did get out snowshoeing the other day after a blizzard, with pocket camera in pocket, and so this week we'll have to settle for trees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gup Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 Usually in mid-February it's not unusual to experience temperatures between -25C and -35C for several days on end where I live, wreaking havoc on plumbing, car batteries and exposed skin. However, this winter has been different. It's only dipped below -10C on a few occasions and I haven't had to plug a vehicle in even once, as those days weren't work days. We've had lots of snow but it's remained very civil out there. The times, they are a changin'. So yesterday I set off with camera in hand and came across this burl. I'd seen it once before, but was still surprised to see it again as I wouldn't have been able to remember where it was. I do wish GPS was a 'built-in' on my camera sometimes or that it had a voice recorder like my 15 year old D2X used to have. I was following a deer trail at the time but had to divert to knee-deep snow for this shot, something I paid for for the next 2 hours as I was not wearing snow shoes or high enough boots. Shot this with a D800E, 50mm 1.4, and onboard flash, set at 1/60, f9, ISO 400. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leslie Reid Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 A brown pelican I sighted from afar at the beach last week. It remained oddly unperturbed as I snuck up on it.<br><br> 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcstep Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 The Kiss The Kiss! by David Stephens, on Flickr Just a small part of the great blue heron mating/nesting ritual. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gup Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 A brown pelican I sighted from afar at the beach last week. It remained oddly unperturbed as I snuck up on it.<br><br> [ATTACH=full]1176851[/ATTACH] I've heard they have a nasty bite when surprised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Sorensen Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 Great Gray Owl - northern MN 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leslie Reid Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 I've heard they have a nasty bite when surprised. Thanks for the warning, Gup! I'll be more careful in the future and not stalk so quietly. This one had such a wooden expression that I couldn't tell if it was going to be aggressive or not. <br><br> Beautiful owl photo, Rod! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRCrowe Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 A touch of spring here in California in between rainstorms. An Almond blossom. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Keefer Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 A brown pelican I sighted from afar at the beach last week. It remained oddly unperturbed as I snuck up on it.<br><br> [ATTACH=full]1176851[/ATTACH] lol Cheers, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Bortnick Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 So ... first warm day with sun. nature calls, but so does the wind. Embrace the wind, grab the lensbaby & enjoy the day. Grass & Wind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dieter Schaefer Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Keefer Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Cheers, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickDB Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Monkeys don’t naturally occur in the US so it comes as a surprise to find these rhesus macaques living along the Silver River in central Florida. No one seems to be certain where they came from; some say they were escapees from a Tarzan movie filmed in 1933 and others that they were deliberately introduced by the manager of the Jungle Boat Ride at Silver Springs. They have been there for almost 80 years and seem to be doing well. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordonjb Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Fomitopsis pini-canadensis 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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