Mini-challenge #201 - Animal Pairs

CavalierCavalier Registered Users Posts: 3,030 Major grins
edited February 20, 2015 in The Dgrin Challenges
Greetings Mini-Challengers… my theme for #201 is – Animal Pairs.

The idea is pretty simple - images of two animals preferably of the same type, but if all else fails, different animal species are acceptable. Mirrored pairs would be even better.
(Please note that the challenge title doesn't say Animals Pairing! :D)

Thanks for playing and have fun!
Jo


This challenge will run for 2 weeks - from today until Thursday, February 19 @ 5:00pm PST-USA.



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Sad pair of Cavaliers
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Comments

  • travelwaystravelways Registered Users Posts: 7,854 Major grins
    edited February 6, 2015
    He, he... what an idea!

    I thought I didn't have any, but I found some :)

    1. Hungry goats

    hungry goats

    2. I'm gonna catchya!

    I'm gonna catchya!

    3. Take me home!

    Would you adopt a kitten?  I saw them in a small pet store in Ottawa Canada. They were abandoned kittens from an animal shelter.  The store is selling them for $129.00 to make sure they will be adopted by someone who really cares about them. Ottawa
    Tatiana - Seeing the world through my camera
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  • sdways01sdways01 Registered Users Posts: 151 Major grins
    edited February 6, 2015
    Here are my entries:

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    A pair of moose in the spring time


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    Doe and fawn Whitetail Deer (I couldn't get any closer, and didn't have my big lens at the time)


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    Cows watching traffic go by the barn
    http://www.adamclarkmedia.com

    "If you saw a man drowning and you could either save him or photograph the event...what kind of film would you use?" - Anonymous
  • CavalierCavalier Registered Users Posts: 3,030 Major grins
    edited February 6, 2015
    What a great start to the challenge! Thanks for your entries Tatiana and Sdways01!
  • grandmaRgrandmaR Registered Users Posts: 1,941 Major grins
    edited February 7, 2015
    There were several categories of photos that I thought about including. I have a lot of horse photos where there are two horses, but ultimately I discarded them. I have a great numer of photos in aquariums. But eventually I found this one which was taken 'in the wild' - a pair of spotted file fish - Snorkeling in Maui



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    Although this one isn't "wild" it is probably just as well that it is not. These are two baby Saltie Crocs at the Wildlife Park in Broome Australia. They had the babies for us to touch or hold with their mouths shut with bands so they couldn't bite us

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    This is semi-wild (i.e. not in a zoo) - two wood storks in the Everglades

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    “"..an adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered." G.K. Chesterton”
  • hammy8241hammy8241 Registered Users Posts: 144 Major grins
    edited February 7, 2015
    Blue Butterflies (NZ)
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    Seagull and the Shag
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    Gannets

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  • TonyCooperTonyCooper Registered Users Posts: 2,276 Major grins
    edited February 8, 2015
    #1 Ear Bling

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    #2 Why are those people staring at us?

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    #3 Awww...a puppy and a kitten. What's not to like?

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    Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida
    http://tonycooper.smugmug.com/
  • TonyCooperTonyCooper Registered Users Posts: 2,276 Major grins
    edited February 8, 2015
    NOT AN ENTRY, because I've already sent in my 3, but
    I found this in my files today. It's titled:

    "Don't make an ass of yourself. Stop playing in the dirt".

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    Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida
    http://tonycooper.smugmug.com/
  • sapphire73sapphire73 Registered Users, Super Moderators Posts: 1,942 moderator
    edited February 8, 2015
    1. Cheetah Brothers Playing (Masai Mara)
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    2. Lioness Nudging Her Cub (high ISO shot from afar, as the sun was setting in Kenya)
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    3. Mountain Goats in Colorado
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  • kdotaylorkdotaylor Registered Users Posts: 1,274 Major grins
    edited February 11, 2015
    Here are my three:

    #1.
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    #2.
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    #3.
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    Kate
    www.katetaylor.smugmug.com
    "You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus." Mark Twain
  • lkbartlkbart Registered Users Posts: 1,912 Major grins
    edited February 12, 2015
    Clownfish sex
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    Butterflies playing footsies
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    Snugglers
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    ~Lillian~
    A photograph is an artistic expression of life, captured one moment at a time . . .
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  • Alans GrinAlans Grin Registered Users Posts: 346 Major grins
    edited February 13, 2015
    Lovely images.

    I'm afraid I can't compete because of travel commitments, but thought I'd add three just for interest - but not judging.

    1) Annoying Snoring - Ngorongoro Crater

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    2) Motherly Love - Masai Mara

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    3) Common Blues - Just down the road - UK

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    With a good macro lens you can have a safari every day in your back garden.

    Good luck everyone
    Alan.
  • EaracheEarache Registered Users Posts: 3,533 Major grins
    edited February 13, 2015
    Ditto Alan... just for fun, not for judging.

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    Eric ~ Smugmug
  • grandmaRgrandmaR Registered Users Posts: 1,941 Major grins
    edited February 13, 2015
    I saw those otters in Alaska, but couldn't get such a good shot of them.
    “"..an adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered." G.K. Chesterton”
  • EaracheEarache Registered Users Posts: 3,533 Major grins
    edited February 15, 2015
    grandmaR wrote: »
    I saw those otters in Alaska, but couldn't get such a good shot of them.
    Thanks grandmaR... my image is from Point Lobos State Reserve in central California. I got very lucky when this mother and pup came really close to the shoreline of a small bay.
    Eric ~ Smugmug
  • DonRicklinDonRicklin Registered Users Posts: 5,551 Major grins
    edited February 15, 2015
    My set:

    1) siblings in a bowl
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    2)Fox kits
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    3)Pals forever.
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    Don
    Don Ricklin - Gear: Canon EOS 5D Mark III, was Pentax K7
    'I was older then, I'm younger than that now' ....
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  • redleashredleash Registered Users Posts: 3,840 Major grins
    edited February 16, 2015
    Great topic! Here is my contribtution:

    1. Pair of Labs (taken at a dog photography workshop)
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    2. Cat Bath (viewed through a window screen)
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    3. Watching and Waiting
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    "But ask the animals, and they will teach you." (Job 12:7)

    Lauren Blackwell
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  • puzzledpaulpuzzledpaul Registered Users Posts: 1,621 Major grins
    edited February 18, 2015
    Morning constitutional ... I assume they can 'do the other' whilst paddling ? :)

    pp
  • puzzledpaulpuzzledpaul Registered Users Posts: 1,621 Major grins
    edited February 18, 2015
    Ice - o - lation

    Taken a couple of weeks ago when we had some of the 'white stuff'

    pp
  • puzzledpaulpuzzledpaul Registered Users Posts: 1,621 Major grins
    edited February 18, 2015
    Follow my leader ?

    pp

    (apols for the 3x attachments, PBucket (or me) seemed to be having a bad hair day :) )
  • redleashredleash Registered Users Posts: 3,840 Major grins
    edited February 18, 2015
    puzzledpaul - I really like your first shot, with the shallow DOF and the reflections on the water. The water looks like glass.

    Lauren
    "But ask the animals, and they will teach you." (Job 12:7)

    Lauren Blackwell
    www.redleashphoto.com
  • Alans GrinAlans Grin Registered Users Posts: 346 Major grins
    edited February 18, 2015
    Lovely shots Paul
    Alan.
  • puzzledpaulpuzzledpaul Registered Users Posts: 1,621 Major grins
    edited February 19, 2015
    Lauren, Alan .. thx for commenting - glad you found something to like.

    Lauren, that first shot nearly didn't exist as it was taken on the first day I made an effort to get out before dawn
    Initially thought I'd made a big mistake and considered going back home ... then the light changed :)

    pp
  • sapphire73sapphire73 Registered Users, Super Moderators Posts: 1,942 moderator
    edited February 19, 2015
    I am enjoying the images posted in this mini. But only have time to comment on a few...

    PuzzledPaul, beautiful shots with a great POV! Immersed in wintry weather here, I am struck by Ice - o - lation but they are all great.

    Alans Grin, thank you for sharing your shots from the Mara. "Motherly Love" has such wonderful detail, flies and all! My husband captured a similar moment, but from a great distance at dusk. There were seven of us watching these (and other) lions and none of us "saw" this as it happened.

    The beautiful detail of your third shot is also amazing!

    Happiness is... (taken by my husband and not an entry for this mini)
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  • CavalierCavalier Registered Users Posts: 3,030 Major grins
    edited February 19, 2015
    OK folks - time is up on Mini #201. Thank you all for posting such great entries. You've made my job of selecting finalists particularly difficult!! I'll post the results tomorrow (after much deliberation, sweating, hair-pulling, and general angst). Thanks again for your great shots.
  • puzzledpaulpuzzledpaul Registered Users Posts: 1,621 Major grins
    edited February 20, 2015
    Gretchen ,,, thx for the comments, pov is, of course, down (haha) to getting as low as possible ... typically less than an inch of daylight between lens hood underside and water. When there's ice, it simplifies the gig even more ... plastic bag on ice, beanbag on p. bag, cam on beanbag :)
    Plastic bag stops beanbag material sticking to the ice and allows for smoothest tracking and translation of the rig.

    However, there wasn't any ice in the third shot ... I just liked that title more that 'tufties in snow' ...
    It's also a stitch up, having added a chunk of the following shot as extra canvas to (hopefully) increase the sense of isolation ..

    pp
  • CavalierCavalier Registered Users Posts: 3,030 Major grins
    edited February 20, 2015
    sapphire73 wrote: »
    I am enjoying the images posted in this mini. But only have time to comment on a few...

    PuzzledPaul, beautiful shots with a great POV! Immersed in wintry weather here, I am struck by Ice - o - lation but they are all great.

    Alans Grin, thank you for sharing your shots from the Mara. "Motherly Love" has such wonderful detail, flies and all! My husband captured a similar moment, but from a great distance at dusk. There were seven of us watching these (and other) lions and none of us "saw" this as it happened.

    The beautiful detail of your third shot is also amazing!

    Happiness is... (taken by my husband and not an entry for this mini)
    i-vTShrtq-S.jpg

    Gretchen - thanks for posting Keith's Happiness Is.. photo. He's captured not only the perfect setting and DOF, but has caught a beautiful moment between parent and cub. The look on the cub's face is priceless! You both have some wonderful shots in the Masai Mara gallery.
  • sapphire73sapphire73 Registered Users, Super Moderators Posts: 1,942 moderator
    edited February 20, 2015
    Cavalier wrote: »
    Gretchen - thanks for posting Keith's Happiness Is.. photo. He's captured not only the perfect setting and DOF, but has caught a beautiful moment between parent and cub. The look on the cub's face is priceless! You both have some wonderful shots in the Masai Mara gallery.

    Thank you! Masai Mara is a beautiful place to visit with much to see and try to photograph.
  • CavalierCavalier Registered Users Posts: 3,030 Major grins
    edited February 20, 2015
    The results are posted in a new thread.
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