Post Your Best Nature Shots!

[qwRad]

Great waterfall photos Brant! I'm jealous since we don't have too many of those here in Finland and especially near where I live. I have to go look for some a bit further away some day. And the moose is also very nice, looks like a young one? They are magnificent up close.


Here are some of my photos from today and last Friday. Don't know if they fit strictly speaking to this thread since they are from the local zoo and Sealife aquarium but I'll put them here anyways. You can find a lot more photos and links to dedicated galleries from both trips in my blog.



Brown bear, 7D + 70-200mm f/4L IS USM @ 200mm, f/5, 1/500s, ISO100



Asian lioness with her cub, 7D + 70-200mm f/4L IS USM @ 183mm, f/4, 1/320s, ISO320



Lion fish of some sort, 7D + 100mm L IS USM Macro @ f/2.8, 1/50s, ISO3200



Some sort of a ray, 7D + Sigma 30mm f/1.4 EX DC HSM @ f/1.4, 1/40s, ISO2000


Comments and critique on these and also on any photos in my blog/galleries is very welcome and thanks for viewing!

[ddt0725]

Beautiful waterfall pictures and perfect comp on the ray photo! Really nice for ISO 2000!

[Kayaker72]

Denise...love the composition of the Mallard.


QwRad....really like 1 and 4. Great character in #1 and #4 is very interesting. Just one of those things I've never really seen.


And thanks for the comments...much appreciated. Below is one more that I processed last night. BTW, I took #2 & #3 above and the one below with a B+W ND 106 filter. #1 above was with a CPL.


This is the upper portion ofCrystal Cascades. In total, it is ~80 ft tall.Shot with a 7D, 15-85 @ 24 mm, 1/4 sec, f/5.6, ISO 100 with the B+W ND 106 on an overcast day.


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[ddt0725]

Two days of walking the nature trails has left me with LOTS of photos to go thru! Very early this morning I met up with one of the deers above and he walked with me for about 15 mins. He didn't even mind my flash and better beamer!

[Steve U]

What a great set Denise, excellent work.

[ddt0725]

Thanks, Steve! These woods were packed with deer but it was hard to get a clear view of most of them, especially the babies but this deer I ran into this morning had no problem with me hanging out with him for awhile.

[Lancer]

I recently got my first SLR camera; a Nikon D3000, I have been taking a photo's when I have time. Any thoughts and advice are welcome.


A picture of one of the gladiolus blooming in my backyard after a late shower


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I'll be honest I took this picture for my mother who loves bee's


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I took this picture are our city's nature preserve. I think this is one of the photo's I got off the path which I found out a day later I am apparently I am allergic to poison ivy. Spent the next 2 weeks itching like crazy. I like this photo because of all the different colors & textures on the cut tree trunk.


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