Spar Spotting
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2 male Giraffes sparring in the Kwando concession, Botswana
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… these guys are not actually duking it out. They’re just staging a little demo for the benefit of the ladies, and the King of Bushy Park: we’re ready when you are – or will be soon enough :-)
I've seen these two second or third year bucks often in the park. I'm not sure if they are brothers or not, but they hang out together. On this day they were sparring with each other, a behavior I hadn't seen before. It was very tough to get a shot in the low light in the creek bed.
wisent or European bison
Wisent oder Europäischer Bison
[Bos bonasus]
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During their rut, moose engage in sparring or practice fighting as well as full on antler clashes. These three pushed each other around for a bit, took a break, then reengaged.
Kincaid Park, Anchorage, Alaska
Siskiyou Mountains – Jackson County – Oregon - USA
I came upon these two having a bit of a shoving match. I quickly changed my camera setting and got ready for the show. As it was early in the rut season, I was waiting for some real “blood and guts” fighting. After a few minutes of locking horns and pushing that reminded me of Greco Roman wrestling, the one on the right push the other down a small hill. They stood looking at each other for a moment and the looser came back up the hill and groomed the winner. Then they just started browsing some nearby oak leaves. I’m guessing since it was only early October and not a single doe was around, this was just a practice sparring session. I’m sure the encounter would have been much more intense if breeding rights were on the line.
Black-tailed Deer (Odocoileus hemionus columbianus)
Two Bull Tule elk casually sparring. Point Reyes National Seashore, CA.
Nikon D500, Nikon 200-500mm f5.6E
Focal length 390mm f6.3 1/1000s ISO 3200
Sul versante detritico in basso a destra stazione uno sparuto boschetto di larici. Loro, quei tenacissimi alberi alpini, sono saliti faticosamente fino alla base delle pareti, durante lunghe e difficili stagioni. Ora, con la complicità del riscaldamento globale, mirano però a scalare il passo, in alto. Tra qualche decennio appena chi osserverà la montagna potrà verificare se ci saranno riusciti ..... ..
Anolis carolinesis and Anolis sagrei are distinct species. Anolis carolinensis is native to the US, while A. sagrei is intruduced from Cuba. Both species use the same habitat, but A. carolinensis has taken up highter elevation (higher in the bushes), while A. sagrei is found more at ground level. It is a well known fact that close species often interbreed and produce viable offspring(i.e. Red Wolf and Coyote). This pair of sparring males appear to be the result of such interbreeding. They are green, but not as vividly so as the green anole. They have some markings and the crests on the neck and back of the brown anole. Their dewlaps are flame orange, like the brown anole, but without the yellow border, while the green anole displays with a bright pink dewlap. Their heads are more elongated than the brown anole, but shorter than the green. They are sparring over a female that only shows its long tail from under the fence.
Two male elephants playfully challenge each other in the cool evening air. Out of shot was a 3rd Bull who was obviously the referee :-)
Kwando Lagoon, Botswana
Olympus EM-1ii, M.Zuiko 300mm F4 Pro @F5.6, 1/400, ISO 2500
There's a deer park at the Illinois Veteran's Home here in Quincy. These two young deer were sparring when I came by to visit. Very cute! There are 3 pictures in this set so I'll post the other two in the comments. I intentionally made these photographs high contrast. I really liked the look of them on black.
These bears are play-fighting but the one on the left does have blood below his ear.
You can pay 18:00 dollars at the local zoo and see them in the Journey to Churchill exhibit as I did , or you can pay 1800:00 dollars and go to Churchill to see them in the wild.
Either way you still have to be lucky to get good views of them as nothing is guaranteed.
Two bulls (Cervus canadensis) play fighting. After a few minutes they were grazing on the grass with each other.
Maybe in a few years, these young Stags will have what it takes, to mess with the big boys. For now though, best stick with play fighting.
A pair of impala bucks (Aepyceros melampus) spar as the rising sun just appears over the horizon of a lush green savanna at the start of the rainy season. High clouds reflect the colour of the sun and a touch of mist appears in the distance. Grumeti Game Reserve, Serengeti, Tanzania. The foreground was pretty dark, so I had to hike the ISO to 1600 (more would have been even better) to keep up the shutter speed 1/200s and depth of field f7.1).
12.07/2017 www.allenfotowild.com
A mono conversion of a previously uploaded color version. Kind of like how the ice seems to be floating on a bed of blackness
After a long drive on the way home from Atlantic Canada, we stopped for the night in a village along the St Lawrence in Quebec. Walking down to the shore and looking for something interesting to shoot at sunset was a bit of a bust as the sky was completely cloudless and gale force winds whipped ashore. This scene with the leading lines looked interesting but I was late in catching the setting sun in the lighthouse cupola. It took me a few minutes to figure out what the spars were used for but I'm pretty sure they were used to hold the marina docks off shore while still allowing them to rise and fall with the tide.
Engineering, old and new.
The "Jeanie Johnston" lies at its berth, beyond the Samuel Beckett Bridge, on the River Liffey, Dublin.
The Bridge designed by Santiago Calatrava was completed in 2009.
The ship is only a few years younger, being a replica of the original three masted barque, which transported emigrants escaping the famines in the 19th century. Her her maiden voyage to Quebec was in 1848.
This cave is in the Strathaird peninsula in the south of the Isle of Skye and is only accessible at low tide. This is taken from as far in as you can get without getting wet. The flooded chamber beyond the opening at the back is quite small. I love the way the flash picks out the spreading ripples from the constantly dripping water.
Scanned and denoised from an old colour print and then processed with Nik Silver Efex.