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It may be small in size but this American Mink is an adept hunter. It only popped in my view for a few seconds and was gone as fast as it appeared.
This shot, in contrast to the previous ones of a cute stone marten, shows its fierce predator side. This is the same animal as the cute one in the previous post.
Steenmarter bekje 140220(12xxxx)
Ruddy darter - Sympetrum sanguineum
The dragonflies are wonderful. They are very efficient predators, they can intercept prey mid-air, they can move each of their four wings independently from the others, they have near-360-degree vision with their eyes which contain 30,000 facets, each bringing in information about the insect's surroundings. Top of it they're beautiful insects :)
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The male Purple Emperor butterfly (Apatura iris) is a bit two-faced: on its dorsal side (= the upper side of the wings when open) it has this magnificent purple-blue colour. But on its ventral side, the side you see when the wings are closed, there are brown and white colours and a big 'eye', meant to frighten away predators!
Golden Silk spider,
Trichonephila clavipes
Approximately to scale with the Prey photo just posted, although the spider will be significantly larger than a dragonfly, if it survives into the fall.
If you look close this Short-Eared Owl gave a vole a free ride - wonder what the vole thought of the trip.
For the longest time I've wanted to make a minifigure sized Predator. It never felt like something that was possible, to be honest. His size, his details; very difficult. Use minifigure parts? Not possible in the slightest. Using bricks? Turns out, that is possible!
Having already built the Alien, and having spent the past year building a dozen large characters, I felt I was finally at the point to try out something even more difficult: this tiny beast. And so after two hours work, it turns out you can make a decent minifigure sized(ish) hunter! Its a bit larger than it should be--although it does look great next to the Alien; and its head is currently...er..."resting" on the shoulders, but it's off to a good start. It could also use some more efficient bricks--I barely managed to build this one, and with the rarity of the bricks used, it would be difficult to amass a small hunting party. Incidentally, Aliens are far more cost effective...so this is accurate to the films? That's what I'm going with!
Also included are is a skinned victim and a rather simple Dutch.
This extreme close‑up captures the raw intensity of an alligator’s eye, a living relic of prehistoric design. The frame is dominated by the reptile’s armored textures a mosaic of ridges, scars, and scales that look carved from ancient stone. The iris glows with a molten bronze shimmer, fractured like dried earth under a relentless sun, while the vertical pupil slices through the center like a blade.
Every wrinkle and pore tells a story of survival a creature that has watched millennia pass from the same vantage point, half‑submerged and patient. The photograph’s tight composition eliminates all context, forcing the viewer to confront the primal intelligence behind that gaze. It’s not just an eye; it’s a warning, a challenge, and a reminder that nature’s apex designs don’t fade they endure.
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These deceptively small animals, the wild dogs are one of the most ferocious in the forest- even more so than the leopard. And as they are rare to sight, capturing a pair of them with my camera was a treat. They looked warily, yet curious straight into my lens.
Mosca asesina con su presa.
Las condiciones de la toma no acompañaban, mucho viento y una hora ya tardía ( cerca de la una de la tarde) de un muy caluroso domingo de julio, con una calima importante, y precisamente por eso la luz era fantástica para el macro, eso fue lo que me hizo salir , tampoco disponía de mucho tiempo, tenía que preparar la paella familiar.
Este tallo de hinojo se mecía con el viento, así que tenía que esperar a ese momento de tregua que suele haber entre racha y racha de viento, aprovechar para enfocar y disparar unas ráfagas, para intentar garantizar mínimamente el foco.
Esta fue una de las tomas que quedaron mas decentes.
20.10.2022
Predator EN100-006 jako osobowy relacji: Warszawa Śródmieście WKD - Podkowa Leśna Główna za chwilę zatrzyma się na p.o. Otrębusy.