Leslie Reid Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 (edited) 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. I’ve been experimenting with lighting for hand-held macro. This image was made with a macro lens, ISO 200, f/20, 1/200s; and it is cropped to about 80% of the original frame. The light here is from the camera’s built-in flash, modified by a home-made diffusor as described in a video in a recent photonet post (here). For some reason, the diffusor seems to act kind of like a blind--I can put the camera a lot closer to insects with the diffusor on the camera than without it. (The down-side of the on-camera flash is that it's not fast enough to fully stop the wing motion) Edited September 25, 2017 by Leslie Reid 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShunCheung Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 American white pelicans landing 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bill J Boyd Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 Hawk leaving a tree... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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dcstep Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 Painted Lady Beautiful Detail & Texture by David Stephens, on Flickr 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Eckman Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 casualty 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Currie Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 Hanging on to the very last.... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tony Parsons Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 I like fungi 'cos they don't move rapidly 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sallymack Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 Underneath the carob tree. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gup Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 Hello friends. I've just unpacked from a 5 week road-trip to Canada's east coast. Our National Parks and Historic sites offered free admission this year and we took full advantage. Our primary destination was Newfoundland, a place I love dearly. Photo opportunities abound at almost every turn. I think I have inventory here now for more than a few MINs. These two were found high on a cliff overlooking the ocean at Bono Vista. I'll leave it to you to identify them, me being somewhat fungi-challenged. D800E, AF-S 28-70mm 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawsonPointers Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 Southern lapwing eggs. the poor girl who laid these must have hurt for a while. The lapwings are not that big but these eggs are abut the size of small chicken eggs (or extra large according to Canadian egg grading standards). I checked yesterday and they had not hatched. Mom and dad were very aggressive so I need a hard hat or longer lens when I go back. Hopefully my camera stuff will arrive here in a week or so. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Currie Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 I don't know exactly what those mushrooms are, Gup, but i suspect somewhere in their title the word "death" will turn up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Weishaupt Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 Gup, it's an Amanita sp. There aren't enough important features showing to make a positive photo ID unless one is intimately acquainted with the genus in that area. One need not know the names of things in the landscape to enjoy a walk with the smell of sea air and the sounds of waves with of a sea breeze. I love the maritime provinces. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katsone Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 Hurricane Jose's last twilight on Long Island 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Robin Smith Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 Callicarpa berries. 5 Robin Smith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Keefer Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 5 Cheers, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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bob_bill Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 Katherine, which beach? I ended up in Clearwater after still loving Jones Beach after decades. Unfortunately, minimal waves here unlike the west coast with rocks, breaking waves and spray. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katsone Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 (edited) Katherine, which beach? I ended up in Clearwater after still loving Jones Beach after decades. Unfortunately, minimal waves here unlike the west coast with rocks, breaking waves and spray. Hi Bob, yes, Jones Beach. I'm only 5 minutes away. We get some great surf with an offshore storm, especially during a full moon. I'm never ungrateful for living so close to such beauty. Not a sunbather anymore though! By the way, this is Jones Beach, Long Island NY. East Coast. I know there are a few LI's Edited October 1, 2017 by katsone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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