Share Animal Pictures: For Animal Lovers

[berkeman]

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/...life-photographer-south-africa-spc/index.html

(CNN) — If you were to ask a photographer the recipe for the perfect shot, you'll likely get a list of ingredients that include time of day, lighting, framing and a dash of luck. South African wildlife photographer Skye Meaker sees things differently.

"For me, the perfect shot is one where I feel as if I'm not really there. It's one where the animal is comfortable enough to behave as if I'm not there," says Meaker. "I like to feel immersed in the moment and capture nature at its most natural."

 

[DennisN]

OneZoom tree of life explorer...​

An interactive map of the evolutionary links between all living things known to science. Discover your favourites, see which species are under threat, and be amazed by the diversity of life on earth.

Sounds very cool, but I can't access the site at the moment (I get an "502 bad gateway" page in my browser).
Maybe the site will work later, though.

 

[DennisN]

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/...life-photographer-south-africa-spc/index.html

Stunning photos! The crocodile photo is awesome, very cool.
I also saw on the page that he probably uses a quite expensive lens. I think it's this one (or perhaps the upgraded version of it).

It also reminds me that I saw some amazing animal photos on Flickr a couple of days ago.
I'll see if I can find them again and if so, I'll post them here later.

 

[DennisN]

It also reminds me that I saw some amazing animal photos on Flickr a couple of days ago.
I'll see if I can find them again and if so, I'll post them here later.

I found them (many flickr users seem to disable hotlinking, so I add the links to the photos below):

A very cool photo of a frog (link)

Another cool frog (link)

Squirrel (link)

European crested tit (link)

Northern Shoveler (flying) (link)

Long Eared Owl (flying) (link)

Cheetah at full speed (link)

Purplish Copper Butterfly (link)

 

[DennisN]

Two western jackdaws photographed today...
(not as sharp as I'd like them to be, but wild animals are wild, and manual lenses are manual )

Bird 1: Thirsty?

Yes, very thirsty...

...and curious:

Bird 2: A very handsome bird.

Yes, very handsome.

(all taken with a Canon nFD 50mm f/1.4 with a CPL filter mounted)

 

[phinds]

Cleaning out some old files, I ran across this picture of Pete, one of our cats from over the years, which I titled and had printed as an 8x10 for my daughter who, at the time, was stressed out:

 

[BillTre]

A dik-dik a small antelope from Africa, that lives in bush.
3-6 Kg.

 

[BillTre]

Someone's pufferfish in an aquarium:

 

[strangerep]

A dik-dik a small antelope from Africa, that lives in bush.

I'm astonished that such a species can even survive in Africa, with so many predators that can easily outrun it. (Even baboons are at least as quick.)

 

[BillTre]

I'm astonished that such a species can even survive in Africa, with so many predators that can easily outrun it. (Even baboons are at least as quick.)

I think they mostly hide in dense bush where most predators won't see them

 

[fresh_42]

Foto/Abdul Gapur Dayak

 

[BillTre]

~80 ostriches got loose from a farm in China and roamed the city streets:

 

[OCR]

Another one for your. . .

daughter who, at the time, was stressed out:

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[strangerep]

~80 ostriches got loss from a farm in China and roamed the city streets:
[...]

Are you sure that's not a beauty pageant in Elbonia?

 

[BillTre]

A young flounder (I think).
It eyes are already on the same side of the body, so they have gone through the eye migration stage.

The body is clear.
Its a great example of anatomy being visible.
This is also why people like working with zebrafish embryos (very clear, can see everything).

The CNS (brain and spinal cord) is the white thing going up and down.
Spinal cord is to the top of the picture, the brain is the swelling at the head end (eyes) toward the bottom.
The hindbrain is where the long skinny spinal cord expands in width, but is still kind of tubular.
The swellings further down are midbrain (optic lobe and/or cerebellum), hypothalamus, and the little things in front are the forebrain (telencephalon is a part of this) and the olfactory bulbs (connect to nose).
The olfactory (smell) bulbs are pretty large compared to the brain in many fish.

The CNS is white because of high concentration of layers of cell membranes in the neural tissue.

You can also see a lot of the structure of the other clear tissues, and its not even using phase contrast imaging.

 

[docnet]

A young flounder (I think).
It eyes are already on the same side of the body, so they have gone through the eye migration stage.

The body is clear.
Its a great example of anatomy being visible.
This is also why people like working with zebrafish embryos (very clear, can see everything).

The CNS (brain and spinal cord) is the white thing going up and down.
Spinal cord is to the top of the picture, the brain is the swelling at the head end (eyes) toward the bottom.
The hindbrain is where the long skinny spinal cord expands in width, but is still kind of tubular.
The swellings further down are midbrain (optic lobe and/or cerebellum), hypothalamus, and the little things in front are the forebrain (telencephalon is a part of this) and the olfactory bulbs (connect to nose).
The olfactory (smell) bulbs are pretty large compared to the brain in many fish.

The CNS is white because of high concentration of layers of cell membranes in the neural tissue.

You can also see a lot of the structure of the other clear tissues, and its not even using phase contrast imaging.View attachment 295466

It looks like a sliver of aloe vera.

 

[Keith_McClary]

Photographer Dmitry Kokh (2600x1666) on Wrangel Island, Russia

 

[DennisN]

Cleaning out some old files, I ran across this picture of Pete, one of our cats from over the years, which I titled and had printed as an 8x10 for my daughter who, at the time, was stressed out:

View attachment 294978

Here's one of my cats. She has a very peculiar sleeping style; she often stretches her hindlegs like this :) :

 

[DennisN]

I sorted through some unprocessed photos I took last spring.
Here's a Eurasian coot youngling foraging:

 

[berkeman]

This is the wildlife photo of the year, as chosen by the public​

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/wildlife-photographer-peoples-choice-intl-scli-scn/index.html

I like this runner-up photo better than the one that won:

 

[DennisN]

I like this runner-up photo better than the one that won:

Tough choice. All 5 are great. I think I would favor the two lions because the photo "says" a lot to me.

 

[DennisN]

What a stunning photo!

"Squirrel touching water" by Marco Tonetti (source: Reddit)

 

[BillTre]

A cute little (young) chimera, pulled up from deep in the Pacific.

Chimeras are cartilaginous fish, related to sharks, rays and skates.

 

[fresh_42]

 

[Keith_McClary]

thenarwhal.ca

 

[fresh_42]

thenarwhal.ca

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this a swiss breed?

 

[Keith_McClary]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this a swiss breed?

I don't know. The image came on their newsletter.

 

[BillTre]

this a swiss breed?

I would say its a funny breed.

 

[DennisN]

"Hey, look at what I did!"

 

[Keith_McClary]

"Hey, look at what I did!"

"I explored that whole mud flat and didn't find any insects, worms, or molluscs."

 

[phinds]

Gives new meaning to the phrase "a dead duck"

 

[BillTre]

Cow tongues, bad?

or good?

 

[fresh_42]

"What's today's specialty?"
"Beef tongue."
"Oh, no! I won't eat what others had in their mouth! Bring me some eggs."

 

[fresh_42]

 

[BillTre]

New Species of glass frog: