Post Your Best Nature Shots!

[Jayson]

Brant, some great shots of the birds! (loons???)

@Jayson - I love your monarch shots! Beautiful lighting and perfect focus! I wish I could get a shot of one on a small flower like that and with such beautiful bokeh! Much prettier than my large butterfly bush!

Denise, your butterfly bush looks great in your shots. I shot those with my 300mm f4L IS at MFD, so I still had quite a few feet between them and I. I was lucky because this place doesn't get any water and the only things that were alive were clover patches. I believe that helped with the DOF more than anything.

[nvitalephotography]

Great catch! Did you want to see the other end ??? The detail on the back is pretty amazing. Crocs are so cool!

Thanks, I actually went out with this composition in mind. I'd like to get even closer...I like detail shots of gators...they have such great patterns

[Kayaker72]

Thanks everyone, glad you like them. Jayson, yep, those are loons.

Nick...great shot..but careful with those gators.....

[Kayaker72]

We came across two families of Loons last Sunday. The first set I posted were from the first. I am still making my way through the photos of the second family, but here are a few I liked:


Loon-7284 by kayaker72, on Flickr


Loon-7288 by kayaker72, on Flickr


Loon-7326 by kayaker72, on Flickr

Thanks for viewing....Brant

[Jayson]

Here is a GBH fishing and the fishy getting away. Still not sure why he dropped it.

[Jayson]

We came across two families of Loons last Sunday. The first set I posted were from the first. I am still making my way through the photos of the second family, but here are a few I liked. Thanks for viewing....Brant

These are great Brant! Great detail!

[Andy Stringer]

You caught some good action there, Brant. Great shots.

Not much action in this shot, from a hike in the Cairngorm mountains last weekend. I came across these reindeer browsing on the short grass high up near the summit of Cairn Gorm. At this altitude, the snow can lie all year round. These three beasts are part of a herd of about 120 that roam these hills, but it's still quite rare to see them as they tend to avoid the most frequented areas. They are very docile and were unconcerned as I approached them.


Reindeer in the Cairngorm Mountains by Andrew Stringer, on Flickr

[Kayaker72]

Thanks Andy and Jayson.....glad you like the shots.



Nice shots of the Reindeer and GBH.

[Steve U]

Nice ones Brant and Jason.
Good to see you posting Andy. Beasts? These three beasts? For beasts they look very cute, furry and cuddly. No red noses???

[Andy Stringer]

I just checked my dictionary and it says a beast is "Any animal other than man, esp. a large wild quadruped." The term is often used in Scotland to refer to deer.