Laura Weishaupt Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 <blockquote> <p><strong>Basic Guidelines</strong>: Nature based subject matter. Please, declare captive subjects. Keep your image at/under 700 pixels on the long axis for in-line viewing and try to keep file size under 300kb. Note that this includes photos hosted off-site at Flicker, Photobucket, your own site, etc. Feel free to link your image to a larger version. <strong><em>In the strictest sense, nature photography should not include hand of man elements. Please refrain from images with obvious buildings or large man made structures like roads, fences, walls. Minimize man made features and keep the focus on nature. </em></strong><br> <strong><em> </em></strong><br> <strong><em>Are you new to this thread? We post one image per week. For more <a href="/nature-photography-forum/00cgtY">details on guidelines</a> please read this helpful information. </em></strong></p> </blockquote> <p>Greetings,<br> We have a bit of a celebration this week. On <a href="/nature-photography-forum/00bgHO">May 27, 2013</a> Monday in Nature began and this week the thread turns 3. Light 3 candles and lets have some cake.<br> The thread has always been about coming together and celebrating the love of nature and nature photography. Many people have come to join in, and new folks always find us. We have a pleasant community within our corner of photonet. Someone has the answer to just about any question from the natural world. There are photos to match, and pretty darn good ones, too. What will the future bring? Stay tuned! Let's find out.</p> <p>We all have things in common that bind us in nature. We get outside, get rained on, wear out shoes, love our gear, try to learn new things, ask questions, get back outside and do it all over again. We all look to the same sky overhead, and we probably all smile at the sight of a rainbow.</p> <p>Thank you to everyone who has helped make Monday in Nature such a cool place to be. Opening the door each week is a pleasure and an honor. Thanks for coming to the party.</p><div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cegeiss Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 <p>Happy Birthday! Unfortunately I am one "candle" short.</p><div></div> Christoph Geiss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Bortnick Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 <p>Nice lighting Christoph.<br> Bedstraw from me.</p><div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill J Boyd Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 <p><strong>Baby Hummingbird</strong> being fed. My first time to ever see this. Shot was taken at Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin. </p><div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Eckman Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 <p>Let the celebrations continue!</p><div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnfarrar Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 <p>Laura thanks for all your past and present input to the forum.<br> Late spring is bluebell time, but I wanted a picture a bit different from the wood-full-of-flowers or flower-heads-close-with-others-and-leaves-behind. So a 300mm lens on a M43 body and lots of grovelling on the ground with a table-top tripod. You may not like the result!</p><div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Doo Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 <p>Happy Birthday Monday in Nature! This wild columbine celebrates with the Panasonic Leica 100-400mm M43 lens. I am impressed with the lens sharpness at 400mm, which is a main concern for telezooms. So far so good, and I hope the columbine approves.</p><div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcstep Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 <p><strong>Black-chinned Hummingbird Flashes His Gorget</strong></p> <p><a title="Hummer Shows Gorget" href=" data-flickr-embed="true"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7370/27152725265_2cff076519_c.jpg" alt="Hummer Shows Gorget" width="800" height="640" /></a></p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Currie Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 <p>Congratulations. I love those hummingbirds. Alas, none here at the moment, but here's a bee luxuriating in a dandelion (cropped to a faretheewell)</p><div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan2240 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 <p>Happy birthday, and thanks, Laura, for keeping it going. When I first took this shot, I originally thought it had 3 wildlife elements - the frog, butterflies, and flies, but when my wife looked at it, she noticed that the portion of the 'log' that the butterflies were resting on was actually a snapping turtle. Always fun to see something in an image you hadn't noticed when you shot it.</p><div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordonjb Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 <p>A short stubby candle that tastes better than the cake. Found on the edge of a hiking trail yesterday. I hope I got the species correct? </p><div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShunCheung Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 <p>Great egret with breakfast</p><div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biomed Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 <p>The morning after overnight rain.</p> <center><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/18236130-lg.jpg" alt="_E6A0018" width="525" height="700" border="0" /></center><center>Canon 7d II and 100-400 II lens</center> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sallymack Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 <p>Happy birthday! Thanks, Laura, for keeping it going.</p><div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randy_cooprider1 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 <p>The red breasted Grosbeak didn't show but here is a cheerful substitute, Happy for the birthday!</p><div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member69643 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 <blockquote> <p>We have a bit of a celebration this week. On <a href="/nature-photography-forum/00bgHO" rel="nofollow">May 27, 2013</a> Monday in Nature began and this week the thread turns 3. Light 3 candles and lets have some cake.</p> </blockquote> <p>Interesting. May 27th of this year is also the 75th anniversary of the sinking of the German battleship Bismarck in World War Two. My how time flies. :)</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miha Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 <p>One more rainbow... or may be two?<br> Regards, Miha.</p><div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
User_6667263 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 <p>Steller's jay.</p><div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonathan_parkhouse1 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 <p><em>Trichodes alvearius</em> - Bee-eating beetle. This colourful species became extinct here in the UK in the 19th century - I spotted this one on a trip to Sicily last month. </p><div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
User_6502147 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 <p>No rainbows or unicorns, but I was able to obtain many keepers, hiking around my hill and checking out local buffer park.</p> <p>Les</p><div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Doo Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 <p>Gordon, I am so pleased to see your morel mushroom image, as I just attended a mushroom workshop a few days ago and the speakers raved about it, saying it's one of the most desirable wild mushrooms. A true morel is hollow inside. I hope to have the opportunity to taste one sometime.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
de_isaacs Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 <p>From a Photo Class on Raptors' this weekend -</p><div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bing_huey1 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 <p>Great images this week. Thank you, Laura, for your efforts to keep this going. This is a plant I came across in a shady damp spot off the side of the road. Haven't been able to ID it yet. Perhaps someone is familiar with it? </p><div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordonjb Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 <p>Mary, yes they are tasty. This one and several others went into an omelette. My ID on this mushroom as a morel is 100%. I'm just not certain about the species. My field guide lists only four species and of those four, angusticeps is the best fit, however I've learned in the past, from Laura, that there are often many more species within some genus than what show up in a single guide book. I also found a number of Morchella deliciosa which are the ones I usually find.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member69643 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 <p>Never mind</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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