Mini Challenge #143 - "Critters"
davev
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I see we haven't had a purely animal challenge in a while, so, lets have one.
Critters to me means anything that walks, crawls, or flies that isn't human.
So whether you're a birder, or take photos of insects, or 4 leggers, you can all get something into this one.
The challenge starts now, and ends on Friday, June 1st 2012, at 6:00 PM Central Daylight Savings Time.
This is a one week challenge folks.
So dig though your older shots, or get out this long weekend and get some critter images.
As always, the success of the Minis are when folks comment on others shots.
So enter your images, comment on others, and lets have a little fun.
OUR UN-OFFICIAL GENERAL RULES
1. Have fun sharing and seeing what others share!
2. The host supplies a topic and you post 1-3 images. The host judges the winners (1st, 2nd and 3rd) and is not eligible to enter.
The 1st place winner then chooses the next topic, judges the winner and then passes on the baton to the new champion.
3. Any photo you’ve taken is eligible, regardless of when taken or camera used.
4. Any amount of post-processing is allowed. However, it is helpful if you list your camera and lens along with your photo.
You may comment on other contestant's images. If you want someone to leave you some critique or criticism, just ask within your post.
5. The winner has up to three days (72 hours) to begin a new mini-challenge, or the honor goes to the #2 finisher and so forth.
Guidelines:
1. Enter 1-3 photos and put them in a single post.
2. Either embed your image in the thread or, if you must, supply a link to it. Keep in mind, however, most people don't want to click to open photos hosted elsewhere (i.e. on your website).
3. Also try and resize your photos prior to posting so they're sized appropriately for viewing without having to scroll (~800 pixels on the longest side works best.)
4. Give each image you enter a title.
5. Enjoy discussion with members about their images, don't let this just be an entry thread!
6. When quoting a post change the IMG urls to a 200x200 size picture so it is clear your post is feedback and not another entry. (see here for help)
7. Don't be hesitant, share'em and enter!
Mini-Challenge pointers:
1. Upon winning a mini-challenge round your first step is coming up with a new theme, and start a new thread using the same format as others have used.
2. Make sure to notify the admin of this thread to update the main thread links with your entry thread.
3. Feel free to watch the thread as it grows or wait to the end time and look at all the entries all at once.
4. After the time/date has passed, then officially close the thread with a single post notifying everyone of the fact.
5. After you're finished judging start a new thread (again use the prior formats) and post your Winner and runners-up, it is important to have runners up incase the winner does not show within the 72hr window.
6. PM the winner with this info above and let them know they have 72hrs.
7. After the 72hrs and the winner does not show up, notify the next runner-up and post a message on the Winner thread of the fact.
8. Remember, if you're the Winner, you run the show.
Critters to me means anything that walks, crawls, or flies that isn't human.
So whether you're a birder, or take photos of insects, or 4 leggers, you can all get something into this one.
The challenge starts now, and ends on Friday, June 1st 2012, at 6:00 PM Central Daylight Savings Time.
This is a one week challenge folks.
So dig though your older shots, or get out this long weekend and get some critter images.
As always, the success of the Minis are when folks comment on others shots.
So enter your images, comment on others, and lets have a little fun.
OUR UN-OFFICIAL GENERAL RULES
1. Have fun sharing and seeing what others share!
2. The host supplies a topic and you post 1-3 images. The host judges the winners (1st, 2nd and 3rd) and is not eligible to enter.
The 1st place winner then chooses the next topic, judges the winner and then passes on the baton to the new champion.
3. Any photo you’ve taken is eligible, regardless of when taken or camera used.
4. Any amount of post-processing is allowed. However, it is helpful if you list your camera and lens along with your photo.
You may comment on other contestant's images. If you want someone to leave you some critique or criticism, just ask within your post.
5. The winner has up to three days (72 hours) to begin a new mini-challenge, or the honor goes to the #2 finisher and so forth.
Guidelines:
1. Enter 1-3 photos and put them in a single post.
2. Either embed your image in the thread or, if you must, supply a link to it. Keep in mind, however, most people don't want to click to open photos hosted elsewhere (i.e. on your website).
3. Also try and resize your photos prior to posting so they're sized appropriately for viewing without having to scroll (~800 pixels on the longest side works best.)
4. Give each image you enter a title.
5. Enjoy discussion with members about their images, don't let this just be an entry thread!
6. When quoting a post change the IMG urls to a 200x200 size picture so it is clear your post is feedback and not another entry. (see here for help)
7. Don't be hesitant, share'em and enter!
Mini-Challenge pointers:
1. Upon winning a mini-challenge round your first step is coming up with a new theme, and start a new thread using the same format as others have used.
2. Make sure to notify the admin of this thread to update the main thread links with your entry thread.
3. Feel free to watch the thread as it grows or wait to the end time and look at all the entries all at once.
4. After the time/date has passed, then officially close the thread with a single post notifying everyone of the fact.
5. After you're finished judging start a new thread (again use the prior formats) and post your Winner and runners-up, it is important to have runners up incase the winner does not show within the 72hr window.
6. PM the winner with this info above and let them know they have 72hrs.
7. After the 72hrs and the winner does not show up, notify the next runner-up and post a message on the Winner thread of the fact.
8. Remember, if you're the Winner, you run the show.
dave.
Basking in the shadows of yesterday's triumphs'.
Basking in the shadows of yesterday's triumphs'.
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A deer in a park
A bird on the wing
A moose having a snack
Or maybe a dragonfly enjoying the day.
Remember to comment on someone elses shots. Everyone likes a pat on the back every now and then.
Basking in the shadows of yesterday's triumphs'.
why would a wasp take a rock
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Crevice Critters
It's a Critter eat Critter World
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2 - What alert looks like
3 - Peekaboo! I See Ewe!
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Chris - That first one is brilliant.
Eric
Eric
good gear; not enough time
2. sheepish grin
3. "Who are you calling 'squab'?"
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2. Great egret coming in:
3. Thermophilic critters:
Eric
good gear; not enough time
These are awesome!
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Bovine, none more awesome than Scottish Highland cattle.
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1965 Monterey County Fair - Kodak Retina Reflex - scanned slide
1997 Atlantic Spadefish - St. John USVI - with my first dive camera which I lost on a dive in Cozumel.
2008 Penguins and Pelicans - off the coast of Callao (Lima) Peru - taken from a small boat with a Kodak DX6490
With that said... I'll play along...
1. My Boo Boo
2. Gull on it's perch - Salton Sea, CA
3. Blue Whale!
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Lovely picture of what I think is a parasitic wasp. I think I’ve got this right ?
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This wasp will dig a hole in the ground and find and carry a small rock to block the hole. It will then paralyze a caterpillar, unblock the hole again and in goes the caterpillar, which stays alive, and one of its own eggs and blocks the hole again. You can guess what’s next – ugh. Sci-Fi monster movies have nothing worse than earth nature! <o:p></o:p>
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Veronica Lake of the bovine set- although I think she was a brunette
Stunning Shot !
Brilliant Shot - I'm just wondering what it would look llike if photoshop'd to tone down the concrete a little - however still a great shot for me.
Alan
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Honey let me get that grass out of your hair, or your dad will have a fit.
Some of my efforts ...
This bird (Black Kite - Kenya) and its cargo landed in the tree we were parked under. This is not a great shot as unfortunately I had to blow out the sky to get the shot, but I thought I’d show it for interest and the Yuk factor! Hopefully the critter was actually dead at this point!
Eye to Eye Contact
We came across an exhausted baby elephant lying on the ground with some very agitated elephants circling around protecting it. We watched this behaviour for quite some time thinking the baby was dead. To our surprise the youngster got up and was immediately reassured by all the others – a very tender moment, and I confess we had serious lumps in our throats!
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Elephant Tenderness
Straight forward Puma shot which looked up from taking a drink. Actually not much post processing which is not what I would suspect looking at my shot.
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Alan.
His name is "Prince". We got him 10 days ago and he is still transitioning into his new home. He is QUICK, Very Quick. Hard to get a portrait type shot of him. UCLA coach John Wooden who valued quickness would have loved him. Hopefully, I can get a better shot of him in the next day or so.
"You don't take a photograph, you make it." ~Ansel Adams
Phil
That is terrific, Chris. It has great color, texture and pop.
Eric
good gear; not enough time
Ammophila Thread-waisted Wasp You are right and the time it takes to make the hole <img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6029383/emoji/eek7.gif" border="0" alt="" > and what happens is anothe wasp will come by and dig it up ,take off the egg put on it's egg and recover . They take real care in the finish work on top Thanks for the comment and
knowledge
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I'm really impressed by the work I'm seeing in this thread. Especially the bird shots, I'm a softie for those.
Any way, here are my three.
#1 I chose this one just to add another example of a parasitic wasp. I don't know what kind of wasp.
New Jersey Pine Barrens by gmontjr, on Flickr
#2 This goofball was sitting on a deck railing at a vacation rental. It wanted some of my chips and salsa. I think it's a Laughing Gull
Laughing gull? by gmontjr, on Flickr
#3 Last one is of a flying squirrel that was hanging on our bird feeder, nomming the sunflower seeds. It was surprisingly non-skittish. We've been living in our house for 21 years now, and this is the first time that I've seen this critter. It's a Southern Flying Squirrel, btw.
flying_squirrel-1159 by gmontjr, on Flickr
owl be there in a second...
bee still
don't bug me
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Photo taken with Nikon D300S & Nikkor 18-200mm 3.5-5.6G ED VR lens.
Charles Cassidy,
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Basking in the shadows of yesterday's triumphs'.
1. Poconos - Nikon d80 18-135 f/3.5-5.6
2. Local Brewery (Sly Fox) Annual Goat Races - Canon t2i EF 28mm f/1.8
3. Monterey Bay Aquarium - Canon t2i EF 24-105 f/4L
Any comments/ideas/criticisms etc are always appreciated!
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I really love your photo of the toad - I'm no expert and just an idea ... the red in the top left corner tends to pull my eye from the subject and does not fit in with the other lovely colours in the shot. I wonder what it would be like slightly cropped down from the top to exlude it, or use photo shop to darken and or de-saturate this colour / area to remove the redness.
As previously said though ... a cracking shot.
Alan.
Gives a new meaning to the phrase "hairy beast". I must say that even though I'm not bug/insect phobic - these give me the creeps. Really good photos though - I like the second one best
Thanks Alan, that's a great idea. I guess I've seen the photo too many times and don't even notice little details like that so the outside perspective is definitely helpful. I'll play around with it a little bit and see what the outcome is. I appreciate the positive feedback on the shot!
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