DavidTriplett Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 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 Each member please post no more than just one image to this weekly thread per week. If the information is available, many members appreciate information on your approach to making the image and the names, both common and scientific, of the subject(s). However, while encouraged, these are not required as a component of your contributions. Photographed with a really looong lens, for obvious reasons, and heavily cropped in post. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dieter Schaefer Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 Cooper's Hawk; leaving already after a too-brief stop-over. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Laura Weishaupt Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 Periodical cicadas are emerging here in eastern Pennsylvania. We found nymph casings and adults on foliage along the woodland edge. I found this one still molting Saturday morning. It was attended by ants, though I'm not sure if their presence was beneficial or coincidental. Birds are taking advantage of the extra food and soon fungi will move in. Soon we'll have a forest full of cicada song. It's all part of the big circle of life with nice photo ops along the way. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill J Boyd Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 My Backyard.... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JDMvW Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 Yellowstone 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Fight Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 A Bluebird prepares to launch. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Doo Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 (edited) Milky Way at Joshua Tree National Park. It arches horizontally at this time of the year. This is a panoramic merge of four images, please delete if it is not allowed. Edited May 25, 2021 by Mary Doo 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Doo Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 Periodical cicadas are emerging here in eastern Pennsylvania. We found nymph casings and adults on foliage along the woodland edge. I found this one still molting Saturday morning. It was attended by ants, though I'm not sure if their presence was beneficial or coincidental. Birds are taking advantage of the extra food and soon fungi will move in. Soon we'll have a forest full of cicada song. It's all part of the big circle of life with nice photo ops along the way. [ATTACH=full]1389311[/ATTACH] Amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Weishaupt Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 Amazing! Thanks Mary. I can't imagine why your excellent image would not be permitted in MIN. The heavens are most certainly nature. Back in the early years of MIN there were many celestial photographs. I'd love to try my hand at it but I can't stay up that late, or get up that early!:rolleyes: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShunCheung Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 Trying out a new Nikon 24-200mm/f4-6.3 super-zoom in the Z mount. This lens turns out to be quite good on both ends and provides pretty decent macro capabilities: at 200mm, f11, 1/50 sec and ISO 200 on a Z6 ii body. I have additional images of this same flower captured with Nikon's 105mm/f2.8 AF-S VR macro. But of course, any super-zoom still has its limitations. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Doo Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 Thanks Mary. I can't imagine why your excellent image would not be permitted in MIN. The heavens are most certainly nature. Back in the early years of MIN there were many celestial photographs. I'd love to try my hand at it but I can't stay up that late, or get up that early!:rolleyes: Indeed, one needs to stay up late unless the Milky Way appears early. I was thinking of the PSA rules that may not allow merged images. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Weishaupt Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 I was thinking of the PSA rules that may not allow merged images. Ah, I hadn't considered that. The guidelines are more about staying away from human made objects than the crafting of the image itself. If PSA doesn't allow merged images, I imagine we can do so here. Knowing it's a merged image makes it even more impressive. There have probably been many merged images that made their way into MIN, we just didn't know it and concentrated more on the landscape/skyscape. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcstep Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 Mom With Cub by David Stephens, on Flickr 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandy Vongries Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 (edited) Yellow Warbler, I believe. Edited May 26, 2021 by Sandy Vongries 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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