Laura Weishaupt Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 <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. Try to 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 details on guidelines please read <a href="/nature-photography-forum/00cgtY">this helpful information. </a></em></strong><br> <strong><em> </em></strong><br> <strong><em> </em></strong></p> </blockquote> <p>Salutations,<br> Before sunrise darkness prevails. Dark outside, dark trail to the out buildings. Moon shadows seem to only create shades of darkness. The coffee is dark. It's not gloomy darkness. On a hot summer morning it can be a pleasant backdrop to the noisy forest. It's the domain of other creatures.</p> <p>We want light. Even before the sun breaks the horizon light slowly fills the sky, and color follows. We live in a world of color that is ever changing. It's easy to take for granted. It's all around. We teach children about color early in life. Isn't that what M&Ms are for? We see a color that almost defies description, yet we always find ways to describe it. Ferrari, fire engine, or whorehouse red. Robin's egg, ice, or cobalt blue. Peacock, forest, and emerald green. Granite gray is covered by white as snow. Sometimes Cokin magenta is desirable. I think sea foam green only exists in a can of paint. Have you ever seen green sea foam? The world may look good through rose colored glasses, but it looks better with a good neutral density filter.</p> <p>The Redbud Tree (<em>Cercis canadensis</em>) graces the under story and forest edge in eastern North America. It's branches are covered with these beautiful small flowers. It is a welcome sight on any day. Bring on some color for Monday in Nature.</p><div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
User_2019667 Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 <p>The colors of Spring.</p><div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Bortnick Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 <p>Phlox</p><div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gduffy Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 <p>Lots of red.</p><div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill J Boyd Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 <p>I found a <strong>Yellow-Rumped Warbler</strong> at Pedernales Falls SP in central Texas. </p><div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kts Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 <p>our local eagle couple are rearing two eaglets this spring</p><div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn McCreery Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 <p>Barrel cactus in Death Valley National Park. Despite the fact that Death Valley is mostly a desert, there are few cacti in the park except at high elevations, due to the extremely harsh conditions during the summer. The elevation at the location of this cactus is approximately 4,000 ft. I am hardly a cactus expert, but, according to the web site cactiguide.com the cactus is probably Echinocactus polycephalus, a type of barrel cactus.</p><div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnfarrar Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 <p>Now I don't do animals, but walking in woods with the dog recently we met a her of feral goats. I wanted the horn tips clear of tree boles, but this was the nearest I got.</p><div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sallymack Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 <p>A ball python has come to live with me for a few weeks. For this picture, I taped a section of the skin he'd shed to a window and used the sun as a light source. --Sally</p><div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biomed Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 <center><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/18020574-md.jpg" alt="6D 323" width="680" height="453" border="0" /></center> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Eckman Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 <p>Some color I was able to enjoy on Saturday while on a break from volunteering duties at a local fundraising tag sale </p><div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Weishaupt Posted May 11, 2015 Author Share Posted May 11, 2015 <p>Sally, that's cool.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sallymack Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 Thanks, Laura. --Sally Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_de_ley Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 <p>I'd been planning on and off to go check out Afton Canyon near Baker, CA for over a year now. Yesterday I finally made it there and found these quarter sized "go-bug-nators" hopping in and out puddles of Mojave River water. </p> <div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickDB Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 <p>Common Loon shows a serendipitous splash of colour from the reflected falling drops of water.</p><div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_de_ley Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 <p>Wow that's a beautiful catch and detail Rick! Prismatic color sparkle for a very B&W-centric subject :)</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawsonPointers Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 <p>This northern Ontarion gets a little excited when I see something in bloom at this time of year. We're in Kelowna BC today and we came across this beautiful horse chestnut.</p><div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thadley Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 <p><img src="/photo/18018599" alt="" />Great shots as usual. I have encountered loons in the Fall but I have been unable to get anything this good. They are great underwater swimmers and they usual resurface at a good distance from their entry point.<br> Mine was taken on Eagle beach in Aruba which is a fabulous stretch of white sand with warm waters. </p> <div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bing_huey1 Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 <p>An acmon blue in the late afternoon light.</p><div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin carron Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 <p>Talking about colours here is a shot of some Green Alkanet <em>(pentaglottis sempervirens</em>) this week. As can be seen the flower itself is blue, but the roots were used to give a red dye and the derivation of the name Alkanet is from spanish/arabic meaning <em>henna.</em> Confusing, eh?<em><br /></em></p><div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marie_d1 Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 <p>White Magnolia </p><div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcelRomviel Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 <p>From my parents garden;</p><div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordonjb Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 <p>Not all that colourful. Freshly hatched salamander nymphs 4mm long.</p><div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan2240 Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 <p>Also lacking in color, but I did use a few colorful words to describe my camera's autofocus system every so often.</p><div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthea50 Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 <p>Great shots, everyone! I got up early to try and get some dew drops on the overgrown grasses and weeds along the fence line of our back yard. I was focusing on these grass seeds when I noticed a preying mantis hanging off a strand in the background.</p><div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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