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These two Black-tailed Jackrabbits came along each other and had a 30 or so second stare down. After this click the one on the right lowered his ears and stance demonstrating he meant business. This prompted the one on the left to beat a hasty retreat with the other in hot pursuit.
Spring 2022 - Brown Acres - Southern Oregon
I think this might be a Julia butterfly. It seems to be staring right into the lens, almost as if it is posing for a picture.
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About as close as I could want to be to this amazing Red Kite, I heard it calling from a distance over the pine trees and knew it was heading my direction, never could have predicted it would get this close and I would have difficulty getting it all in frame, it seemed to hover or a second as it assessed me with this stare, or maybe it just wanted to know what lens I had : )
This was my first time using my new 2x TC, and the results were iffy, as I hand hold most of my shots (and most of the time my heart rate is up when I find this guy). This was the sharpest frame of the session, as the sun broke through the clouds temporarily.
Looking forward to using it with a mono or tripod in the future.
Diese Stare bleiben wohl auch über Winter hier, ein anderer Teil ist schon auf dem Weg in den Süden.
These starlings stay here also during winter, another part is already on the way to the south.
Continuing my random series with this Alaskan Brown Bear giving me his best stare. This shot was taken in Katmai National Park.
The original image was shot on Kodachrome 64 color slide film, Nikon F2A camera, 400mm f5.6 manual focus lens, and I used a portable blanket blind. I think I'd managed only two shots of this fellow before it shied and bolted.
I converted the slide image into digital image using a Nikon slide holder and Nikon Bellows with a rather vintage 10 megapixel Nikon D200 DSLR and a 55mm Micro-Nikkor lens. I used a Vivitar 283 electronic flash to illuminate the slide in the slide holder.
The bellows+lens combo tends to over crop the original image quite a bit and the resulting copy is of questionable quality.
As you can see, this image here is a '2nd generation' copy . And, as expected, I'd neither nailed the colour nor the detail as shown on the original slide. It would have been better if I had it professionally digital scanned. Nevertheless, the above setup is an inexpensive way to convert a slide image into a digital image.
Enchanted in Moonlight, She is here to protect.
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I had a lot of fun testing Black Dragon for this as well as playing with lighting! I need to practice more but I love what I've accomplished so far!
Yellow-shouldered Ladybird (Apolinus lividigaster)
Seen on the Jade Plant today, it was busy scuttling around but finally stopped to stare at me.
Happy Wing Wednesday!
Cape buffalo, also called African buffalo, the largest and most formidable of Africa’s wild bovids (family Bovidae) and a familiar sight to visitors of African parks and reserves. The Cape buffalo is the only member of the buffalo and cattle tribe (Bovini) that occurs naturally in Africa.
'Stare Down'
The fox stares her amber glare,
Over a vulpine grin,
Wary ears twitching for sound.
Lavish fur
Scorns winter’s worst and
Proclaims prowess over prey.
Nose aquiver with the tang
Of the next mouse.
She sits briefly then
Fast feet fly,
White tipped tail flashes
The vixen!
Delicate paw prints,
Mark her interlude
In the undergrowth.
C.Hill
March 2020
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My back yard ... she has become a regular visitor. I have a composition and pose in mind but she is frustratingly uncooperative ... her modelling career is in jeopardy if she doesn't follow the photographer's directions more enthusiastically. :)
It was early morning and not a lot of light to work with, hence, the high ISO and the 'noise' that goes along with it.
- Keefer Lake, Ontario, Canada -
Peregrine Falcon at Shepaug Dam
Shepaug Dam is a dam located between Newtown in Fairfield County and Southbury in New Haven County, Connecticut.
The concrete dam was constructed in 1955 by the Connecticut Light and Power Company, with a height of 140 feet, and a length at its crest of 1412 feet. It impounds the Housatonic River and the Shepaug River for hydroelectric power. The dam is owned and operated by the power company Northeast Utilities.
The reservoir it creates, Lake Lillinonah, is the second-largest lake in the state, second only to Candlewood Lake. It has a water surface of 2.9 square miles, and a maximum capacity of 86,100 acre-feet.[2] The riparian reservoir is the site of multiple state parks and recreation areas along its shorelines.
The dam, capable of a peak power output of 42,600 kW,[3] is a popular nesting and feeding ground for wintering eagles and hawks, including the bald eagle. Near the power station, the operator also maintains an eagle observation area first opened by the utility's predecessor, Northeast Utilities, in the mid-1980s. Access is free, and some telescopes are provided. Utility company employees and volunteers from the Connecticut Audubon Society and other groups are at the observation area to assist visitors. Advanced reservations are required. Eagles are attracted to the spot because the water churning through the dam's hydroelectric turbine keeps the surface from icing over, allowing the birds to fish. Red-tailed hawks, goshawks, great blue herons and other waterfowl are also attracted to the spot
A beautiful Red-Tail Hawk stares me down. Actually, just hunting some prey but the angle I caught it, makes it look to be staring right at my lens.
it always is other way around. We are staring at ducks. This one decided to look back at the pedestrians.
This Green Heron popped up in front of me in a mangrove swamp. No cares about my presence, the heron just went about it's business.
Green herons are commonly found in and around various aquatic habitats, particularly those with abundant vegetation. They prefer areas like marshes, ponds, streams, and the edges of lakes and reservoirs, often seeking out areas with trees or shrubs for nesting. Green herons are also found in coastal areas, including estuaries and mangrove nurseries.
That last mention is where this heron was located.