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Poor image but good story. Remember the image of the Robber Fly killing and eating the Yellow Jacket? Now here it is in a spider's web. A predator falling victim to another predator. Now I have to be on the lookout for a Yellow Jacket eating the spider. I don't know if that ever happens.
The marshes, ponds, streams were the home of many, many alligators, was left wondering betimes as to how the newly born birds would ever survive. A hot day, the alligators lie around with mouth open to cool off...
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The stem of the Amazon Water Lily (Victoria Amazonica) lurking half underwater like a prickly predator.
The humble sea star. A fan favorite amongst the tide pools here in the Pacific Northwest. However, until recently I didn't know what an important role they play in coastal ecosystems.
I was watching a show on 'Keystone Predators', a term I was unfamiliar with. A keystone predator is an animal/organism that has, "a disproportionately large effect on its environment relative to its abundance." They more or less act as an agent of balance within the ecosystem. Without them other organisms (plants, animals, fish ect) are at risk.
A researcher in the late 60's found that when he removed all of the sea stars from tide pools along a section of the Olympic coast that muscles absolutely took over, obliterating the populations of sea urchins, anemones, and other shellfish. The sea stars provided a balance and a sort of predatory regulation which benefitted all of the other species, in this case a multitude of anemones, kelp, and if you look real close a crab that's hiding in there.
The program gave other examples as well, large mouth bass in river streams to regulate minnows from consuming all of the vegetation, wolves to regulate deer which also regulates low lying vegetation, and re-introduced wild dogs in Africa that helped to regulate antelope and zebra, preventing the lush plains of Africa from becoming a desert.
Some species like wolves or wild dogs are known as 'predators', others like the sea star fly a little under the radar. Either way, I found the whole idea really interesting. Who or what is our keystone predator, keeping us humans in check? Is there an overall balance between sentient beings (and perhaps beyond) that humans are just starting to understand? I think we should do our best to stay out of the way and check ourselves just in case.
Image with my Hasselblad 500cm.
With wind in his mane he looks so regale and noble. This guy commands a pride of 18 lioness and cubs. I was fortunate to get frames of him preparing to help out his pride and spring into action should he be needed. What a majestic animal !!!!
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Lion, (Panthera leo), large, powerfully built cat (family Felidae) that is second in size only to the tiger. The proverbial “king of beasts,” the lion has been one of the best-known wild animals since earliest times. Lions are most active at night and live in a variety of habitats but prefer grassland, savanna, dense scrub, and open woodland.
The male’s outstanding characteristic is his mane, which varies between different individuals and populations. It may be entirely lacking; it may fringe the face; or it may be full and shaggy, covering the back of the head, neck, and shoulders and continuing onto the throat and chest to join a fringe along the belly. In some lions the mane and fringe are very dark, almost black, giving the cat a majestic appearance. Manes make males look larger and may serve to intimidate rivals or impress prospective mates.
King Mpakasi, a young male lion in his prime, was photographed on a late evening game drive in the Nairobi National Park, Kenya.
Experimenting with a Mandelbulb Fractal I made and then put on my laptop screen.
I posed the figure in front of the screen to create this scene.
Added some LUTS and a starburst in ON1.
This was a fun rainy day experiment.
This Great Blue Heron has killed an adult American Bullfrog and is trying to swallow it whole. American Bullfrogs are our largest North American frog and they too eat anything they can catch and swallow. Crest Lawn Memorial Gardens, Howard County, Maryland.
Even apex hunters need their Me Time!
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Dining on venison all winter, this matched pair of Bald Eagles are the picture of robust good health. Among the very wildest of the wild, these animals nevertheless have it absolutely kicked compared with the typical winter plight of most other large wild predators, who often lead bleak, make-it or break-it winter existences. Not so the lordly Bald Eagle who has but to take wing and follow any roadway to that mornings freshest whitetail deer carcass offering, and then feast upon it largely undisturbed...
the immature ad had enough of the young adult teasing him. Taken at Wyandotte_co_park in Kansas city, ks
Alien nightmares are made of this…
… though they are nice to eat too. :)
Recently I have been playing a bit with my Carl Zeiss Flektogon vintage lens. This image was taken during a visit to the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) garden at Wisley. Wisley is one of the largest of their sites and is full of interesting plants all neatly labelled and planted in acres of crafted garden. You can wander for days, especially if you have a camera and a macro lens…
This is an artichoke from the vegetable patch. It looks really villainous if you get up close and crop out the context. Tastes lovely though ;)
For the Macro Wednesday group.
Thank you for taking the time to look. I hope you enjoy the image. Happy Mittwochsmakro :)
[Handheld in daylight.
Developed in Capture One for colour and soft detail.
Processed in Affinity with a square crop, High Pass/Linear Light blend and USM sharpening and a strong, but soft, dark vignette. Curves adjustment in LAB mode both to enhance the colour contrast and to control the tones; reduced saturation in an HSL adjustment and changed the hue of the reds to something warmer for better colour matching.]
As the Pacific salmon migrate from the sea up to their spawning grounds on rivers (where they die after spawning) they encounter apex predators such as grizzly bears, wolves and eagles. The salmon provide a valuable source of nutrition to the predators that help them survive lean winters. Cariboo Chilcotin, BC.
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