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This photo is cropped. I didn't want to venture any closer and startle the birds. I sat quietly on a rock. They are on a feeding stop-over for 10-15 days after a journey from the Canadian sub-artic where they nest, getting ready for their 5000 Km journey south to the West Indies or the north-east coast of South America. They fill up on tiny mudshrimp when the tide is out and shelter themselves from predators along the rocky shoreline at high tide.
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Candid eye contact street photography from Glasgow, Scotland. I was all ready to shoot a 'smombie' walking with her head buried in her phone when suddenly... what a catch!
Fun with reddish egrets. This youngster seems a bit startled.
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One early evening at the far end of White Rock Pier, a flock of birds (mostly seagulls) suddenly took flight at the sight and sound of an approaching crowd.
Another wander around Skiathos Town in the evening and we came across this cat. I think we must have startled it, but the look on its face is priceless!
A beautiful Sika hind deep in the woodland...the whole family were there but they bolted and she was left transfixed! It always amuses me that they are so well camouflaged but their bottoms are a dead giveawayš
As I was out looking for some birds to photograph I was startled by a flurry of squawking and rustling of leaves in a nearby bougainvillea bush. Out spiraled this bright yellow eyed hawk (cooper?). The bird fell into a small covered boat nearby. There was a brief pause when he stuck his head out from the boat and I didn't hesitate to take a shot.
A very windy day on the mesa north of Rock Springs, Wyoming where a herd of wild horses make their home. The high winds seemed to put the horses on edge and when a particularly strong gust occurred, this stallion spooked and ran directly toward us. We were safely ensconced in our rolling rental car blind giving us a great view of the action and a nice photo op.
Careful observers might notice that the stallion's right hind leg is abnormal. Its fetlock is seriously deformed. and the hoof is turned in at a severe angle. I didn't notice this until I started going through my images. We observed him for quite a while, and he never limped or showed any signs of lameness, and it didn't slow him down when he bolted toward us.
The wild horse loop drive near Rock Springs was the third destination of our recent trip. Next stop...stay tuned.
Barred Owls often give off a startled or bewildered look when they spot a human up close. My guess is that the bone structure and large eyes produce that look rather than an emotion or reaction.
The eyes of these owls are quite extraordinary. Proportionally, they are massive compared to humans. If human eyes were scaled to the same size, our eyes would be around the size of oranges, which would make some interesting features.
Unlike our eyes, owls' eyes are fixed in their sockets, which means they have to turn their entire heads to look around. It helps that they can turn their heads up to 270 degrees.
Ironically, their daytime vision is less sharp than humans', but the make-up of their eyes enables them to be incredibly sensitive to light, about 100 times more than ours.
In good conditions, scientists tell us these owls can detect the movement of a mouse from around 100 yards, although not in fine detail. However, their hearing is fantastic as they can pinpoint the location of prey using sound alone, even under snow.
Right now, these owls are prepping for our Minnesota winters by hunting more intensely, and some even store food in the hollows of trees.
(Photographed near Cambridge, MN)
Not exactly a good looking perch, but I liked how the background looked and the light was nice, so I started pressing the shutter button. Then the engine of my car suddenly kicked into gasoline mode, somewhat loudly, which startled the owl. It flapped its wings and turned towards me, but didn't immediately leave the perch. I thought this pose was quite attractive. Still wish that was a snag and not a sign, though.
These rather odd-looking birds are common across large sections of Southern and Central Africa. splitting up into breading pairs during the breeding season.
Although they can fly for short distances, they are mainly terrestrial and will run, rather than fly when startled.
They move in flocks of up to 40 birds during the non-breeding season,
The camera came upon this deer feeding on the fallen seed from a feeder in the branches above. It was a surprise for the camera as well as the deer. A golden photo opportunity with this beautiful animal as the subject .
Potash Road, Utah
The sudden and brief sunset glow behind a distant butte was startling to see, especially with the seemingly heavy clouds that had rolled in.
A Flickr friend commented that Olivia has amazingly graceful hands. As an accomplished dancer her hands act to convey emotion. When interviewing her for the modeling position, we discussed how dancers and photographic models both attempt to do the same thing.
Seeing this large increase the impact. Thank you.
Model: Olivia
Have you ever seen a beaver close enough to take a photo? Last year I saw one swimming by, with only the top of its head visible above the water. And I did not have my camera with me, then. However, I got luckier this year. Testing a new telephoto lens I bought for bird photography, I was exploring every nook and cranny in the little park on a small lake Ontario peninsula. I went through some bushes and out onto a tiny rocky beach - and saw a beaver right in front of me, standing still in the shallow water. We were both petrified for a moment in complete surprise. I knew a long telephoto lens was not the best option shooting at close distance, especially when it was quite dark (it was an evening already and the sun was down) - but I also knew the beaver will probably not wait till I change the lens. So I took a couple of shots anyway, before the animal slowly retreated and swam away. At home, I had to do some creative postprocessing work - and here it is. Say Hi to a startled beaver ;-)
I always enjoy getting a good photo of one of these little guys. They are tiny and have extremely fast reaction times, often reacting before the flash even fires off on my camera. They range in size from 1mm to 9mm long. This one was about 2mm long. Photographed in Maryland on 8/21/25.
"The reaction time for a long-legged fly (genus Condylostylus) can be extremely fast, with some studies recording a response of less than 5 milliseconds to a visual startle reflex. This is considered the fastest visual startle reflex response ever documented in an insect, significantly faster than that of other flies or humans."
Canon 90D, Canon 65mm MPE macro lens, Canon macro twin flash, aperture f/11, shutter speed 1/250, ISO 400.
I watched and waited and after three failed attempts I did get this guy taking off from the shallows.
This is the fellow who was seated on the nest yesterday - he flew down to the stream below. He did not appear to be a very good fisherman. Several times, when fish roiled the water, he became startled and jumped onto the bank - I have not seen this behavior before...
Fantasy
A girl with dreamy eyes
Still longing for her
Faeries to appear
- Akanksha Sachdeva
I love the wild places, the hidden secrets, the path that everyone sees but no one follows. You meet the most interesting creatures when you travel those paths.
I was looking at this Jaguar and sort of generally focusing on him, when there was suddenly a very loud noise, behind me. He spun around with lightning speed, in a low crouch, looked directly into my lens and gave me the look you see in this picture. If I had been within pouncing distance, he would have had me for dinner.
The mother grizzly and her cub had been feeding peacefully on the sedge grasses when suddenly, mid mouthful, she startled and reared up to her full fearsome height. She had been nervous for some time about the presence of a male grizzly she sensed in the area. The shoreline near her den can be seen in the background, Khutzeymateen estuary, BC.
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