Your Top 5 - Wildlife Photos of 2017

Mountain · Dec 31, 2017

I really love the top 5 monthly threads. How 'bout posting up your top 5 wildlife shots of the year? Here are some of mine, in no particular order:

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O2BanRRT · Dec 31, 2017

Unfortunate

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A local Osprey with lunch

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Mergansers, unusually out of the water!

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Wild horses in the French (Basque) Pyrenees

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and another wild horse in the French (Basque) Pyrenees

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Happy New Year and I wish much wildlife in 2018!

piggsy · Dec 31, 2017

Geez, hard to narrow it down. I'm just going to pick the 5 that were either a real lot of work doing something new or that I was real proud of not fing up during the one decent shot I had at getting them.

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caper white butterfly close up by PIG, on Flickr

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reflecting white faced heron by PIG, on Flickr

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digging parasitoid wasp by PIG, on Flickr

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natural light focus stack of large male orchard butterfly by PIG, on Flickr

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Brown honey eater by PIG, on Flickr

ArcticaMT6 · Dec 31, 2017

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Harvey Melvin Richards · Dec 31, 2017

Great thread idea, here are a few of mine.

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Golden Eagle by Harvey Richards, on Flickr

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Poser by Harvey Richards, on Flickr

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Utah Prairie Dog by Harvey Richards, on Flickr

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EM120614-1 by Harvey Richards, on Flickr

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EM126083-1 by Harvey Richards, on Flickr

TNcasual · Jan 1, 2018

I like the idea of year end "Best of" threads for different topics. It doesn't make it any easier to choose images as I thought it would.

Here are mine:

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Panasonic 100-300 - I had only had the lens for a day or two when I shot this.

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Panasonic 100-300 - Not the best image, technically, but the pose is just too cute.

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Olympus 60 2.8 - It's not everyday you get to shoot birds with a macro lens. It's also not everyday that you find a hummingbird nest.

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Olympus 60 2.8

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Super Takumar 105 2.8 - This one will be on most of my Best of 2017 lists.

ak300 · Jan 1, 2018

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Best regards,
Alex

Phocal · Jan 1, 2018

It was so hard to narrow it down to just 5 photographs.

Here are my personal favorites of the year.................

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Double Vision by RRcoleJR Photography, on Flickr

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Turtle Stew 11 by RRcoleJR Photography, on Flickr

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No Fear by RRcoleJR Photography, on Flickr

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Livingston Dam GBH 01 by RRcoleJR Photography, on Flickr

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Snowy Egret 005 by RRcoleJR Photography, on Flickr

pake · Jan 2, 2018

Phocal said:
It was so hard to narrow it down to just 5 photographs.

Here are my personal favorites of the year.................

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Double Vision by RRcoleJR Photography, on Flickr

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Turtle Stew 11 by RRcoleJR Photography, on Flickr

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No Fear by RRcoleJR Photography, on Flickr

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Snowy Egret 005 by RRcoleJR Photography, on Flickr

There isn't a rating strong enough to reflect the feeling those pictures give. "WOW!!!!" just isn't enough - not by a long shot. Fantastic work (once again).

Phocal · Jan 2, 2018

pake said:
There isn't a rating strong enough to reflect the feeling those pictures give. "WOW!!!!" just isn't enough - not by a long shot. Fantastic work (once again).

Thank you, I really appreciate the comment. It was a really great year of photography that I hope to build on over the next 12 months.

Mountain · Jan 2, 2018

Phocal said:
Thank you, I really appreciate the comment. It was a really great year of photography that I hope to build on over the next 12 months.

The turtle vs gator shot will be a tough one to beat. I spent many many hours at brazos bend hoping for gators eating, but only ever saw them eat fish or a snake. Great shots.

Phocal · Jan 2, 2018

Mountain said:
The turtle vs gator shot will be a tough one to beat. I spent many many hours at brazos bend hoping for gators eating, but only ever saw them eat fish or a snake. Great shots.

Thanks and it will, hoping to come across it again in better light. Eating a turtle is about the only thing you can really photograph them eating because any thing else quickly becomes just a bloody mess. I do hope to eventually get a shot of a bird catching a baby gator, that would be priceless.............

nstelemark · Jan 2, 2018

Here you go:

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So the last is not wild per se, he is wild but not technically wildlife

StefanKruse · Jan 2, 2018

Great idea for a top 5. I had a great wildlife year with great trips above and below (Maldives, Kenya and Zanzibar), these are 5 of my favorites - not necesarilly the best in terms of sharpness or technique, but the ones that stand out and sort of define the trips for me. All UW take with my E-pl5 and either the 9-18mm and the 60mm and the others with my e-m10 and the 100-300 pana lens.