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Four Raccoons Forty feet up a tree, and fighting like you wouldn't believe. The fight was well underway before we arrived, and was noisy enough to wake residents. I have no idea what it was about, but we were rooting for the underdog...the one clinging on to the bottom end of a drooping Douglas Fir branch.
They would break from fighting for a bit, then the instigator (the one up top), would come back and start it all over again. On two occasions, large tree branches broke away and our hearts were in our mouth, so to speak. We weren't sure if the Raccoon had fallen. But each time we double checked,
it was still clinging on for dear life...(Sidney, BC).
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Follow the link in the note to watch these two large fellas get slap happy, just like street fighter.
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Kevan shot this photo earlier this year of two Tricolored Herons in breeding plumage having a territorial fight, most likely for nesting space. These scrimmages happen very quickly and not only is it hard to get one in the frame, it‘s even harder to get them both in the frame and in focus!
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Another episode of the snow fight. It was fun moving in and around the kids as they threw snow balls at each other...while making sure I wasn't a target by accident :-)
Here is another series of shots culminating in an all out close quarters throw fest!
More to come...
On a spring afternoon a couple of Pronghorn Antelope bucks appear to be doing some practice play fighting. In the late summer/fall season the fighting between the bucks will become more intense as they fight for breeding rights.
Fighting and playing is the way to prepare for the life as a grown up :-)
And the girl is, of course, on top here.
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Fighting Lion Cubs.
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Batu Laut, Malaysia.
Camera : 500C/M Planar 80mm f2.8 Lens.
Film : Redscale Fujicolor 160S ( Expired ).
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This was shot on our Iceland Winter Wilderness photo workshop.
There had been a storm the day before, so the ocean was very rough with huge waves crashing onto the shore. I wanted to get close to this large chunk of ice (about knee high) that was basically too big to be pushed further ashore.
In order to get the waves in the background at a decent size, I needed to move as close as possible to the ice, risking to get a serious soaking. Many people underestimate the power of the ocean here, and on this year's trip two people lost their equipment to the waves. The moment you move close to or even into the ocean, it can become very dangerous indeed.
Timing was crucial - I needed to be ready to run like hell. On this year's trip I ripped a muscle in one of my calfs doing that; my backpack was too heavy and the sand too soft - a lesson learned. The first few days of our trip I had to walk with crutches.
For this shot used a 6 stop ND filter and the cleverly designed LucrOit filter holder. Without it, I wouldn't be able to use any filters on my 14-24 lens.
Nikon D800, AF-S 14-24/2.8, 1s @ f/7.1, ISO 100, LucrOit filter system, tripod
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The 2015 tour is already fully booked, but there are still some spaces on the 2016 tour.
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Marsel
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Brave Adventurers fight the fearsome Beholder, will they defeat it?
The Beholder design belongs to
Brandon and Taylor (2 Studs), Really solid design, just had to take a cool photo with it.
Here's the original design:
www.flickr.com/photos/s-taylor-walker/32220018777/in/date...
A picture taken at Pensthrope Nature Reserve in Northumberland where out of nowhere several birds decided to have a massive fallout of which this is a part of it.
Yellow headed blackbirds fighting in eastern Washington. This fight went on for 15-20 minutes. I thought it would be to the death but both birds flew off in different directions. One of them had the upper hand and was on top pecking at the other's head form a good portion of the fight. I haven't seen anything like it.
Pelicans fighting at Kiama in New South Wales. These two seemed to trying to hurt each other with their beaks.
A Bald Eagle is what was chasing the Osprey, I knew there were a few mated pairs in the surrounding area but I never thought I'd actually see one so close. The Osprey decided to take flight rather than to lock talons with the Bald Eagle, a wise choice. The quality is not great as I was photographing this from a rather small tippy boat.