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Happened quickly, not all my grabbed shots were in focus but this one shows the circle of life, gruesome but the reality of nature. I think this is a lesser black-backed gull making off with a coot chick.
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mage taken near Mata-mata
A long-awaited meeting with my favorite feline in very soft light, just before sunset. This cheetah keeps lying on the ground after drinking at the waterhole, a few meters away!
He ignores our presence and some other admirers, rolls over several times..
Image réalisée près de Mata-mata
Une rencontre tant espérée avec mon félin préféré dans une lumière très douce ,juste avant le coucher du soleil Ce guépard reste couché sur le sol après avoir été boire au point d'eau situé à quelques mètres !
Il ignore notre présence et celle de quelques admirateurs ,roule sur lui même plusieurs fois !
Explore 81🌟 January 10, 2025
Buteo jamaicensis immature,
San Luis Obispo Co., California
I was curious what was up there--what is a predator wary of? A larger predator? But I took this photo from inside my car and couldn't look up immediately.
We occasionally see one of these small snakes. They feed on salamanders, earthworms, slugs, and lizards and frogs. (wikipedia)
Sometimes we see one being carried away by one of the hawks like the hawk I posted yesterday.
Ring-necked snake (Diadophis punctatus)
A group of Trandoshans hunters gathered on the plant to enjoy their favorite hobby: hunting down Wookiee prisoners. Preferably unarmed Wookiees because it’s not so “fun” when the prey shoots back (I never liked Trandoshans).
According to their “traditions” the group of ten Trandoshans brought the unarmed Wookiee prisoner to this planet where they started their little twisted show.
However on the planet there is another hunter. Someone who came here to track down a prey worth of legend and he is not pleased by the cowardice of these “Space Lizards”.
The Predator tracks down the Trandoshans, killing the dishonorable hunters one by one.
As the Space Lizards meet their demise the Wookiee enjoys his staying on the planet.
Sometimes very good things come from crossovers and the Wookiee is very pleased by this particular one.
The Predator is one of the action figures by Neca based on the Predator Dark Horse Comics.
I hope you like this photo :)
"When I was little, we found a man. He looked like ... like, butchered. The old woman in the village crossed themselves ... and whispered crazy things, strange things: 'El Diablo cazador de hombres'. Only in the hottest years this happens - and this year, it grows hot. We begin finding our men. We found them sometimes without their skins ... and sometimes much, much worse. 'El cazador trofeo de los hombres' ... means the demon who makes trophies of men."
('Predator' by NECA)
One of those captures that's crying out for a focus stack but it was pretty much impossible with this one, perhaps some of the four third cameras with built in focus stacking might be the answer although I can't imagine how they work out in the field.
Benny plays the part high up in a tree ...if his prey only knew that he has often retreated from our pecking ducklings.
This is the shot that put my wrist into a support bandage, I was at such a weird angle trying to get this girl face on that I aggravated a stretched tendon in my wrist, but I think it was worth it. This is again with the Tamron 70-300mm affixed with the Raynox DCR-250 at my favourite Spidey-Spot. The flash reflected off the side eyes but left the two top head eyes blank, giving this an additional sinister feel, which I freaking love!
Here's to another week ahead, I hope everyone is doing well and so as always, thank you! :)
PS: Zoom in ;)
Another of my mantis babies, a female I believe, scaling some hydrangea petals.
Since having so many in my yard, I thought it appropriate to do research. The only way to tell the difference between boys and girls is to look at the mantises abdomen, which is the last segment of their body. Females will be wider, for obvious reasons...while males abdomens are narrower.
After a few minutes of watching this little girl here, I noticed another mantis, a male (thinner abdomen), on a higher bunch of hydrangeas. He was completely motionless, flattened out, forearms ready, in total pounce position...and I swear, watching this one. I know I should let nature take its course, but I couldn't help myself, and moved her to another area. There are plenty of flies to munch on, so I'm sure he found another meal ;-)
Hope everyone is having a wonderful Monday, and has a great week ahead :-)
Leptopus marmoratus est une petite punaise, 4 mm environ, consommatrice de pucerons et psoques notamment.
On la trouve sous les pierres en zone thermophile sèche, dans les éboulis...
So this was quite a bit of work. I shot a couple of frames, aiming to get detail from "inside" its mouth I could later use with stacking. Initially, I went with 7 shots but noticed a magical leg was created in the process. So I reduced to 4 frames, that were essentially showing what I wanted.
Still, it took some retouching of minor errors resulting from the stacking process.
5x magnification, 4 frames, handheld.
This Great Blue Heron didn't even notice me standing just five feet away from it
because its eyes are on a fish hiding in the water plants. :)
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Ospreys are masters of fishing. This particular osprey was looking for a perch to have his breakfast.
Well, this build drained me completely. I've always wanted to build a Predator, but thought it was pretty much impossible. Paddy's fantastic version was just the push I needed to give it a try.
So first things first, I think it turned out terrible. :)) At least it sort of looks like an disproportionate Predator.
This definitely is not the thing aI wanted after all the work I put into it. Still, I at least managed to complete it, at times it felt like I never would.
Well sort of, I'd rather treat this as a wip, as I didn't even bother adding details to finish it off... will probably revisit this sometime.