Weekly Challenge #3 (07/15 - 07/21) - ANIMALS

[Eric Mayer]

Please post your pictures for this week's Weekly Challenge, which is ANIMALS! Any kind of animal. Wild, domestic, pretty, ugly, we don't care. Just show us your shots

Please post your camera information, species and general location. That way we can use this to learn from as well.

Thanks,

Eric A. Mayer

 

[ToddP]

Excellent timing. A week after I got back from Yellowstone.

Animal pictures

Bison crossing the Lamar River.

 

[ToddP]

How about a turkey pic or two?

Pictures from Yellowstone were taken with an Olympus C-700 Ultra Zoom 2.0 megapixel camera.

Turkey pics were taken with an Olympus D-370 1.3 megapixel camera in PA.

 

[BuckSnort]

Very cool photo Todd

Animals.....Good topic. I have alot of pics I will share a few if it's ok.

Here is a central CA bear my bro and I called in last year while deer hunting. We got him to come to about 15-20 feet from us, it was pretty exciting.

 

[BuckSnort]

Same bear even closer.

 

[BuckSnort]

Here's a picture of a moose I took while elk hunting in NE Utah last year.

 

[BuckSnort]

Here's another moose shot but with sephia mode.

 

[BuckSnort]

Here's a picture of a central CA fawn. We were scouting a couple weeks ago and saw this little guy laying in the middle of the road so we picked him up and set him in the woods.

 

[Pasco]

I call this one 'Good dog/bad dog'

This is Norm. Thought we needed a little comic relief.

Bucksnort, nice job!!!!

 

[EVAN III]

Here's a couple.

First is a pic of a doe from Tajon ranch, taken with a Canon don't remember the model.

Next is a Mama and her 3 cubs. Up in the Mammoth area. Taken with a cheapo advantix camara

 

[AnnieAK]

This was taken week before last. This cow and calf walked right past the house and shop, here they are walking over an area where we had just recently cleared the trees and graded it. I ran in the house and grabbed my camera, ran out to the garage door and took the picture in Auto. The cow was nervous, laying her ears back and constantly looking behind her.
In Photoshop, I cropped it, increased saturation, adjusted color balance, and sharpened it.
Oly C3000
F2.8, 1/320 sec, ISO 100, 93 mm

 

[Pasco]

My daughter says they're sooooooooooo cute!!


Whatever.

 

[TNDEERHUNTER]

Great pics!!! Here is one I took with my sony cybershot p -30. I took this one on the golf course about a mile from my place.

 

[wvhunter]

I took this picture with a Minolta 430si with 300mm zoom. Can't remember any of the other settings. It was taken a couple of years ago. It was with two other fawns but this one was the only one that stayed to get it's picture taken. The orginal is much sharper but this scan came out grainy.

 

[Jim Thompson]

I will add a couple. Most have seen a lot of mine before though.

Jim

First is what I consider the most beautiful creature on earth. An adult whitetail doe. This was taken from stand last December. She had just moved behind me and down wind and was very close to bolting. I took this w/o a rest, so the quality is not so hot, but I love it.

Date/Time 05-Dec-2002 17:39:21
Make Olympus
Model C700UZ
Flash Used No
Focal Length 58 mm
Exposure Time 1/200 sec
Aperture f/3.5
ISO Equivalent 293
Exposure Bias
White Balance
Metering Mode matrix (5)
JPEG Quality basic (1)
Exposure Program (5)

And one of my other favorites...

Date/Time 09-Jan-2003 11:11:51
Make Olympus
Model C700UZ
Flash Used No
Focal Length 28.4 mm
Exposure Time 1/20 sec
Aperture f/3.5
ISO Equivalent 100
Exposure Bias
White Balance
Metering Mode matrix (5)
JPEG Quality fine (4)
Exposure Program program (2)

 

[steve-o]

This one is very similar to BuckSnort's, but it includes a boot for scale. He was a tiny little fellow. His mom was watching us as we took the photo. We left him there, and the two of them ran off a few minutes later.

 

[scruffnbeez]

This photo won the cutest pet photo contest at the Jackson County Humane Society Pet Fair. Either there weren't very many entries or I stuffed the ballot box. I'll let you choose.

 

[Canuck2]

Stupendous, every one of them! The toads are cool. Gotta laugh at the turkeys. Heck, I love them all - good job you all!

This muley let me take pictures of him on several occasions - after the hunting season was over.

 

[steve-o]

I took this picture a couple weeks ago. It's a red-spotted newt. They are an interesting creature. They have 2 different adult stages. The larvae are aquatic and live in the water for several months. Then they turn orange (or red) and become totally land-dwelling and are called red efts. They stay on land for several years, hibernating in the winter under leaves. Then they turn dark green w/ spots and return permanently to the water and grow a swimming tail. This is one of the adults in its final stage.

 

[SAHALL]

Here is my very large cat... he takes up the whole back yard!