Wildlife: show us your walk on the wild side and post your wild animal photos

[JudyM]

I would have thought we'd have a thread for wild animals by now, but I couldn't find one. We already have threads for birds, reptiles, insects and rodents - let's not take away from those threads. This one is for everything else that lives outdoors. I would also like to ask that you try to remember to mention at least the lens used. We have a lot of people here interested in wildlife photography, and this will help answer many of their questions.

I don't have much, but I'll start you off with one:

20140810_6 by j.murphy2, on Flickr

E-M1, Pan. 100-300mm @ 300mm and cropped. Deer was 250-300 feet away.

 

[Brian Beezley]

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E-PL2 + Oly 40-150mm at 150mm through a dirty window

 

[woof]

Barred Owl?

I normally do not shoot a lot of wildlife. Last night at dusk however, this fellow showed up on a tree at the edge of my property. To even get a "reasonable" shot of him I had to shoot as ISO 12800, F/5.6, 1/80th. This is with the Panny 100-300 on an EM-5 with the digital doubler engaged... so 600mm or 1200mm equivilent as you prefer. Connecticut woodlands so pretty sure this is a Barred Owl... I got his attention with a very little noise... he looked right at me...

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[Harvey Melvin Richards]

Pronghorn family.



M1010457 by Harvey Richards, on Flickr

 

[Jcarrith]

Just happened to take these yesterday

Came upon a herd of Bighorn Sheep working a salt lick on the side of a mountain road.
They seemed unwilling to leave their treat and allowed me to get fairly close.

 

[JudyM]

P2150033 by j.murphy2, on Flickr

P2150031 by j.murphy2, on Flickr

E-M1, Canon EF 400mm f5.6L

 

[wrxspdwgn]

I normally do not shoot a lot of wildlife. Last night at dusk however, this fellow showed up on a tree at the edge of my property. To even get a "reasonable" shot of him I had to shoot as ISO 12800, F/5.6, 1/80th. This is with the Panny 100-300 on an EM-5 with the digital doubler engaged... so 600mm or 1200mm equivilent as you prefer. Connecticut woodlands so pretty sure this is a Barred Owl... I got his attention with a very little noise... he looked right at me...

Nice shot. Definitely a Barred Owl.

 

[JudyM]

Reserved Administrator 26 by j.murphy2, on Flickr

E-M1, Pan. 14-45mm

 

[Art]

Reserved Administrator 26 by j.murphy2, on Flickr

E-M1, Pan. 14-45mm

backfocused?

 

[CiaranCReilly]

Had a great few days last year getting close to Magellanic penguins and keeping well back from elephant seals in Patagonia





Some more photos from the trip here

 

[JudyM]

backfocused?

I don't see it, but the resizing doesn't help. The head and ears look sharper to me than the rear leg.

 

[foxtail1]

My travels this year gave me some decent wildlife shots. All were take with the Pan 100-300 mm handheld, on either my G3 or G5.

doe and fawn by foxtail_1, on Flickr

otters2 by foxtail_1, on Flickr

elephant seals 7 by foxtail_1, on Flickr

focus by foxtail_1, on Flickr
This one was an accident, but I liked it. I've posted my in focus bears in other threads.

 

[Phocal]

OMD E-M5 and M.Zuiko ED 75-300mm ƒ4.8-6.7 II

The IBIS in the OMD’s is amazing, this photo was taken handheld from a moving (slowly drifting right to left of otter) kayak, while twisting body as far as possible to the right, at an effective 600mm, with a shutter speed of 1/320.

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[DevilDiver]

2014 Bahamas - Nassau, Bimini and Freeport.

 

[ivoire]

[url=https://flic.kr/p/bxKUcK]just friends by 2Deye, on Flickr[/URL]

 

[vbi]

EM1 + 75-300

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[vbi]

EM1 + 75-300

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[vbi]

EM1 + 75-300

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[Jesse_S]

EM-5 with the Oly 40-150 in Iceland

 

[vbi]

EM1 + 75-300

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