Charlie and the Nature Factory [Warning: Stunningly Beautiful Large Photo Images]

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Such awesome shots, everyone!

Y'all made me dream about my camera and stalking wildlife. I don't even have a camera :D
 

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...You people are making me wish that I had the money for a decent camera. :e2bummed:
Quality equipment helps; but I've seen amazing pictures taken with cheap cameras, disposable ones even. Whatever brand you own is most likely sufficient to get good results. The main thing is to practice and learn to improve from each outing. Study the images you take, especially the bad ones, to find out what went wrong and how best to avoid similar problems in the future. Before long your confidence will grow, and you'll have a greater sense of what you're trying to capture well before the picture is taken. You might even surprise yourself at times and think, Yes! That's what I was aiming for and nailed it.

When that happens, it might prove addictive as you search for greater challenges to test your abilities and the camera's range...
Hope you don't mind; this one is now a desktop picture. :)
I almost didn't share that one because the glare on the water bothered me at first. Glad I did, now. :)

Such awesome shots, everyone!

Y'all made me dream about my camera and stalking wildlife. I don't even have a camera :D
No camera? But how in the world do you survive without one? ;)
Speaking of stalking wildlife, someone sent me this youtube link and it's the coolest thing I've seen all day!

Counting Bears in Canada: http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=vJRDpTUIrJI&vq=medium
Such great work they're doing, delivered in a humorous vein that kept me hoping the clip would last longer.

Thanks for sharing it here.
 

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Speaking of stalking wildlife, someone sent me this youtube link and it's the coolest thing I've seen all day!

Counting Bears in Canada: http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=vJRDpTUIrJI&vq=medium

Just for info for those who don't know about Rick Mercer, this clip is from his show The Rick Mercer Report on CBC. It's been on the air for about 7 years. He does mostly political commentary but also travels around the country doing segments with various groups including the military, search and rescue, universities, sports teams and training facilities. There are a few other nature clips including whale watching in the Bay of Fundy. His youtube channel.

Sorry for the derail
 

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I almost didn't share that one because the glare on the water bothered me at first. Glad I did, now. :)
FWIW, I think the glare on the water helped make that pic the awesome thing it is. It's like the bird is flying against a backdrop of flowing mercury.
 

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Just for info for those who don't know about Rick Mercer, this clip is from his show The Rick Mercer Report on CBC. It's been on the air for about 7 years. He does mostly political commentary but also travels around the country doing segments with various groups including the military, search and rescue, universities, sports teams and training facilities. There are a few other nature clips including whale watching in the Bay of Fundy. His youtube channel.

Sorry for the derail
I really like his style in that bear clip and will check out more of his stuff soon.

Please don't feel that you're derailing this thread in any way, as you've actually helped to enhance it, I think.

FWIW, I think the glare on the water helped make that pic the awesome thing it is. It's like the bird is flying against a backdrop of flowing mercury.
I hadn't thought of that, but now that you mention it... ;)
 

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For our dear Wicked, and anyone else venturing a guess, a challenge to name this one, shown here in two different poses.

What is it?



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I'm guessing some sort of dragonfly. :Shrug: Great shots btw. :)

Quality equipment helps; but I've seen amazing pictures taken with cheap cameras, disposable ones even. Whatever brand you own is most likely sufficient to get good results. The main thing is to practice and learn to improve from each outing. Study the images you take, especially the bad ones, to find out what went wrong and how best to avoid similar problems in the future. Before long your confidence will grow, and you'll have a greater sense of what you're trying to capture well before the picture is taken. You might even surprise yourself at times and think, Yes! That's what I was aiming for and nailed it.

When that happens, it might prove addictive as you search for greater challenges to test your abilities and the camera's range...

I think I just haven't really had the time to mess with it much. I have a digital camera, but not an expensive one. I take bad shots of my cats, can't imagine being able to take any good ones of any actual wildlife. :Shrug:


Speaking of stalking wildlife, someone sent me this youtube link and it's the coolest thing I've seen all day!

Counting Bears in Canada: http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=vJRDpTUIrJI&vq=medium

Great show, very funny guy. Thanks for sharing Kay. :)
 

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I tried to take some duck pictures today, but they kept swimming too damn far away!

I might be able to come up with some ocean pictures though.
 

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The ocean is part of nature, right?

Here's a shot I took in Newport:
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I tried to take some duck pictures today, but they kept swimming too damn far away!

I might be able to come up with some ocean pictures though.
Can you tell what kind of ducks they were? We often see mallards here that are fond of mooning us on occasion:



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Beautiful shot, RhymeGirl. Makes me wish I was there right now.

SK, maybe it's just me, but them ducks kind of resemble your avie...
 

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...SK, maybe it's just me, but them ducks kind of resemble your avie...
They look like fish to you? ;)

A couple of gator shots, this one with a brave coot hovering nearby:



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And later, as he eased in toward shore before going under and disappearing for good:



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Oh you, quit teasing. *pushes you*

Here's a random nature shot.

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Can you tell what kind of ducks they were? We often see mallards here that are fond of mooning us on occasion:



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I'm fairly certain that's quickWit and cray.

They look like fish to you? ;)

A couple of gator shots, this one with a brave coot hovering nearby:



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And later, as he eased in toward shore before going under and disappearing for good:



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Both great shots, but I especially love the first one. It reminds me of the alleged Loch Ness pics.
 

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One more for the road.

After considerable effort, I'd hoped to get a better shot of Haggisaurus than this one, but it will have to do for now:


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