January 08 Photo Comp... WILDLIFE

[Richie]

Just thought I'd thank everybody who voted for me, my girlfriend who has supported me through all this and to my parents for buying me the camera a year ago...........yawn.

Just thought I would let everyone know (and Richie to create a new thread) that Januarys comp theme will be WILDLIFE


Last entry to be midnight 26/01/08
then a 5 day voting poll...
as per last month...
So lets get that ball rolling....

[Ch00]

Heres mine Taken on with my Kodak Z710
http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd86/Ch00ie/100_1089.jpg

[rob13]

Great photo Choo - is that wild? My deer photos were nowhere near as good.

Here is the standard for January. Mildly photoshopped for contrast.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v642/robchester/3rdgo.jpg

[southy1978]

http://darrensouth.bulldoghome.com/photos/BDRES/darrensouth_bulldoghome_com/foxy.jpg

[Ch00]

Great photo Choo - is that wild? My deer photos were nowhere near as good.




It was wild, there were two of them they were by a layby near a truck stop on the way to Fort William. I didnt get out the car as I have been attacked by a dear before!!!

Ch00

[Richie]

Rob your photo in the opening is to set the standard, It is not to compete in this months comp as you set the theme.
as set by Jelster in this thread. them Rules is rules... (http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.php?t=94370)

To try and get this under way "properly" I've started a new thread. All photos for each month will come here, I will then "split" the thread at this point every month. However, we will generate a list of winners.

Few simple rules...

One entry per person per month
The winner of the competition will suggest the subject for the following month.
The winner cannot enter the following month, but they should provide a photo in the opening post to set the standard if they want to.
"Photoshoped" images: ALL images in the scene have to be your own work, putting a decent picture onto a background that you didn't take isn't exactly fair.
If you do photoshop the picture please mention it when you post it. Not that there is anything wrong with editing them, it just will allow people to make their on decisions about voting.

[dissuade]

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g304/dissuicide/photo%20competitions/DSC_0167copy.jpg?t=1199664604

Camera: Nikon D70. Lens: Nikkor 70-300 f/4.5-5.6.
Vivid setting.

I love monkeys.
xx

[K]

Well, dodgy knee and crutches mean I can't get out into the wilds like I used to. :( So I figured I have to make do with whatever I could find in the jungle that is my back garden.

Caught this poor fella trying to get back down after seemingly climbing a large bit of rotten wood...






























http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v205/spazmutt/GardenBear-1.jpg

... never knew there were bears at the bottom of my garden! ;)
Cropped, but otherwise unadulterated. My Xmas pressie - a Panasonic DMC-FZ18.

[fizzwheel]

Took this in my back garden last summer

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e344/fizzwheel/dragonfly.jpg

Taken with Nikon D40 DSLR with Nikon 55 - 200mm Lens

[G]

DAMN took a super macro image of my dogs tongue the other day, it was awomse but I deleted it :(

The best i have is the polar bear pic from Edinburgh Zoo, taken with Fuji S5700, making full use of the 10x optical zoom, kodak tripod lol

http://img31.picoodle.com/img/img31/5/12/1/f_DSCF0138m_f104e25.jpg

[svdaz]

http://www.worldphotographyforum.com/gallery/data/501/swan_dip.jpg



This was my first attempt on my canon 400d with the 18-55mm kit lens

[svdaz]

Heres one taken by my dad with a canon 30d + 100mm macro 1:1 lens



http://www.worldphotographyforum.com/gallery/data/514/IMG_2699_filtered.jpg

[rob13]

These photos are amazing, gonna be a very tough call for this months winner

Richie, no problem I do remember the rule but thought it had been altered ;) I wouldnt have won anyway with these entries!

[Lissa]

Mine, taken in Kenya 6 years ago with a disposable camera because some numpty forgot to pack hers#-o

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j5/Lissasv650/hippo.jpg

[TC3]

Could not decide what to post so let the wife choose one. Taken with a Pentax K100D and Tamron 70-300 XR Di11http://TC3.smugmug.com/photos/191674630-L.jpg

[DarrenSV650S]

Well, dodgy knee and crutches mean I can't get out into the wilds like I used to. :( So I figured I have to make do with whatever I could find in the jungle that is my back garden.

Caught this poor fella trying to get back down after seemingly climbing a large bit of rotten wood...

... never knew there were bears at the bottom of my garden! ;)
Cropped, but otherwise unadulterated. My Xmas pressie - a Panasonic DMC-FZ18.

K you crack me up:smt042 You got my vote:thumbsup:

[Fizzy Fish]

K you crack me up:smt042

+1 :lol: :lol:

[Richie]

Some really fantastic photos so far, keep em coming...

[Quiff Wichard]

superb guys I love em

mine of animals aint half as good so wont be submitting.

the deer- was he wild?? was he called Gerald>?? not the 9 o clock news sketch- anyone recall?.

sorry de rail

keep the pics comin

oo hold on i might have a frog one somewhere

[Richie]

is it a wild frog..? :rolleyes:

[Lissa]

is it a wild frog..? :rolleyes:

Wild?

After Quiff disturbed it, it was bloody furious!
:D

[Flamin_Squirrel]

http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/3244/img0010ks5.jpg

[Bluepete]

This is a wild frog in our garden last summer. Taken on my faithfull Fuji F31fd and cropped on Photoshop.

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t48/conker51/Frog.jpg

[DarrenSV650S]

Here are some highland cows I saw on the isle of mull. I was riding past the field they were in and they started running along beside me! Must of been my loud can;)
Then when I stopped they all seemed to line up in a row, so I quickly got my camera out:p
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k164/DarrenStewartTait/31-03-07%20-%20Isle%20Of%20Mull/S2010074.jpg

[Luckypants]

Don't want to rain on anyone's parade, but are ZOO animals actually wildlife? Hardly wild are they? And Farm animals are DOMESTICATED - hardly wild either.

Sorry for been an old grump.

[simesb]

http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd302/simesb/photocomp/100559.jpg

Thought I'd join the fun O:)

Taken with a Minolta Dynax 5 some years ago on something called film?

[Richie]

Wild?

After Quiff disturbed it, it was bloody furious!
:D

Don't want to rain on anyone's parade, but are ZOO animals actually wildlife? Hardly wild are they? And Farm animals are DOMESTICATED - hardly wild either.

Sorry for been an old grump.

if I was locked up in a Zoo I'd be wild...:smt099

[SVTONYB]

Taken whilst sitting at a bus stop in Florida last year with Kodak V610.
http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/8213/1000491jo8.jpg

[gettin2dizzy]

Bit of a lame entry. Canon 400D
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t226/gettin2dizzy/IMG_2171.jpg

[missyburd]

Mute Swan, taken during an animal behaviour project I was doing recently. Nowhere as good quality as the amazing pics on here, only a digital piccie but thought I'd share anyway, it's a fave of mine :)

I really want a DSLR though. Maybe one day!

http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/6665/compbs4.jpg



http://img141.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pb093255gx4.jpg

[gazman]

Cant beat a bit a bully!

http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m241/gazman_07/eurotrip046.jpg

Taken with a cannon ixus 5

Thanks for looking, Gaz

[missyburd]

Cant beat a bit a bully!


If that's a bull i'll eat my hat :-s lol

[Lissa]

Yeah, pull the udder one, Gaz!

[missyburd]

Yeah, pull the udder one, Gaz!
:smt044

[petevtwin650]

If that's a bull i'll eat my hat :-s lol

Typical female. First thing you look for! :p

[gazman]

If that's a bull i'll eat my hat :-s lol

oh, you noticed :oops: lol ... Well the bull looked as though he wouldn't be too impressed posing for a photo, hehe.:viking:

[Fizzy Fish]

OK I've never entered this comp before, but I figured that if Gazman can get away with that pic I may as well put this one forward!

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i32/nessessary/Picture037.jpg

[Duck-man]

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l256/KHatcher_2006/IMG_2432.jpg

Taken with Canon EOS 400D With a Sigma 300mm lense

[missyburd]

Typical female. First thing you look for! :p

:smt042 ... *whistles innocently*

anyhu, back on topic...

[ibishu]

Kanturk Castle crows or ravens, or whatever they are called, in Ireland.
Taken with an Olympus E-500 and a standard lens.
http://forums.sv650.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=1067&d=1200472532

[rictus01]

Although mobility issues prevent me from going to far (and unlike K I don't have bears down the end of my garden :)) I do however have a family of these, after 4 days the little ******** stay still long enough for a reasonable shot.

http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/6165/squirrel7nm2.th.jpg (http://img257.imageshack.us/my.php?image=squirrel7nm2.jpg)

Taken on a EOS 350D 18-55mm kit Lens (Image cropped but otherwise as shot).

Cheers Mark.

[K]

I love the way his little front paws are curled in - "You looking at me?!"

[rictus01]

I love the way his little front paws are curled in - "You looking at me?!"


Indeed you feel they do have a degree of intelligent and character :D.

Cheers Mark.

[rpwoodman]

Err, can't see how to post a pic - tells me my photo is bigger than the 125K limit for the forum tho some of the others seem bigger than that?
Have I missed something obvious (or maybe there could be a sticky for the forum?)

ta

[Bluepete]

Err, can't see how to post a pic - tells me my photo is bigger than the 125K limit for the forum tho some of the others seem bigger than that?
Have I missed something obvious (or maybe there could be a sticky for the forum?)

ta


Go to www.photobucket.com (http://www.photobucket.com) register, then upload your pic. It will then sit as a thumbnail on the photobucket site. Click on the IMG CODE link under it, and paste that link into a replly.

[rpwoodman]

Lubber grasshopper, Florida, 2007.
Taken with Canon Ixus 400 (I think - is my wifes camera!)

http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg31/rpwoodman/IMG_0672.jpg

[DarrenSV650S]

Wow that's pretty cool. Look out or K will eat it! :D

[missyburd]

that grasshopper is ace, love the colouring! :smt023

[rpwoodman]

that grasshopper is ace, love the colouring! :smt023

Yeah, when I initially saw it, I thought it was a childs toy - it didn't look real (this photo is untouched by photoshop etc). It was pretty big as well (woman at the nature reserve said it was bigger than she'd seen before).
I was lucky with this shot - the wooden handrail it was sitting on really sets off the photo.

Anyway, glad you like it. :)

[missyburd]

Yeah, when I initially saw it, I thought it was a childs toy - it didn't look real (this photo is untouched by photoshop etc). It was pretty big as well (woman at the nature reserve said it was bigger than she'd seen before).
I was lucky with this shot - the wooden handrail it was sitting on really sets off the photo.

Anyway, glad you like it. :)

how big was it? it looks huge there but then it is a close up 8-[

[rpwoodman]

how big was it? it looks huge there but then it is a close up 8-[

I'd have said about 4". After I took the photo, I put my hand out and encouraged him (with a little bit of a prod) to walk onto my hand. As he was half on my hand, my wife pointed out that there was a sign just next to me saying not to touch the animals, so I took my hand away.
At the time, I didn't know what it was (other than some kind of grasshopper), but the bright colours made me wonder afterwards if it was poisonous and I was going to come out with a rash or something. Just had a look online and it seems they can secrete some toxic stuff, but the worst they can do to a human is stain clothes.
Just read that the max size they get to is 7cm, so maybe I'm exaggerating.

[rob13]

last day tomorrow isnt it to get photos in? Some crackers this month, will be hard to choose.

[Richie]

last day tomorrow isnt it to get photos in? Some crackers this month, will be hard to choose.
Last entry to be midnight 26/01/08
then a 5 day voting poll...
as per last month...
So lets get that ball rolling....

Two full days left and 38 minutes

[Richie]

Two full days left and 38 minutes

1 full day, 8 hours, 22 minutes

[G]

1 full day, 8 hours, 22 minutes

Geek ;) :D

[Al_Sweetman]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2221/2192487310_b85789ed4f_b.jpg


bigger version:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2221/2192487310_50fef0ce4e_o.jpg

[Al_Sweetman]

This isn't a second entry into the competition - I was just wanting to get some POV's on this, and it seemed like a good place - Apologies if it's wrong - i'll move it or delete if you would like....:

http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=2192354786&size=l&context=set-72157603713354999

Took it down in Cornwall on holiday.

[missyburd]

This isn't a second entry into the competition - I was just wanting to get some POV's on this, and it seemed like a good place - Apologies if it's wrong - i'll move it or delete if you would like....:

http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=2192354786&size=l&context=set-72157603713354999

Took it down in Cornwall on holiday.

That's a cracking pic, love the detail on the feathers and the robin's expression :) You've caught the light just right too, they lovely little birds. :thumbsup:

[K]

That's a cracking pic, love the detail on the feathers and the robin's expression :) You've caught the light just right too, they lovely little birds. :thumbsup:

Is it jsut me, but I think his eyes look just that little bit calculating and mean... like he's thinking "I could 'ave you!" :twisted:

[missyburd]

Is it jsut me, but I think his eyes look just that little bit calculating and mean... like he's thinking "I could 'ave you!" :twisted:

yeah, sorta sizing up the competition :mrgreen:

[Richie]

This isn't a second entry into the competition - I was just wanting to get some POV's on this, and it seemed like a good place - Apologies if it's wrong - i'll move it or delete if you would like....:

http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=2192354786&size=l&context=set-72157603713354999

Took it down in Cornwall on holiday.

You should try and start another thread... title...
Biker Birds.
where eveyone can post there photos of birds...


only joking, it's a very detailed photo that.

[Richie]

T - 14 hours and 17 minutes

[K]

T - 14 hours and 17 minutes

Perhaps this will save me cutting/pasting a number of PM responses ;)...

... Egg is a pet - and his meals are, well, captive raised mobile Mc D's - not really 'wildlife'.

But there's a Polar Bear at the bottom of my garden too - but he's a bit shy. :oops:

[hatman]

http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii216/graeme_k_scott/ae1c20b0.jpg

Geese taken in the late evening sunlight on my sadly missed nikon D50. (which later fell out of my backpack whilst riding home from a tour of N.Scotland):(

Hatman

[Richie]

Welcome to the fold Hatman.



So the picture of you Bear in the garden is in the Wild Life comp.

But there's a Polar Bear at the bottom of my garden too - but he's a bit shy. :oops:

edit:- your bear ;)