Nature Lovers' Thread

[Guest]

A few more from last year. Saw a Screech Owl up close, got to show it to my 5-year-old daughter. Nifty stuff.

My killer feline, not so killer-y right now..



Cupla birds I saw together (Great Blue Herons)



Just some ferny ferns, being fern-like...



And this flower. Does anyone know what it is? ..

 

[bongasaurus]

looks a bit like some sort of wild thistle from around here

 

[Guest]

The head of the flower (the pink part) is maybe 1.5 inches in diameter. The whole plant is maybe a foot tall. We tried all of our taxonomy books but couldn't get anywhere. Found it growing in the midst of wild blueberries and poison ivy. Guess what I was doing there? Ha. The part under the flower is scaly and very firm. We planted it to see how it grows this year, if it does.

Oh, and forgot the last pic from last year, a piebald deer. Sorry it's blurry, it was almost dark, and my camera was maxed out on zoom, taken from a car window.

 

[jaykush]

heres a pano with some cool looking clouds.

 

[Guest]

im new to this

im new to this

 

[Speeding Mullet]

Looking good everyone, so many quality photos comming out of the woodwork on this thread, keep it up!

Here's a wierd cloud I spotted one day last summer:

A nice looking flutter-by:

And some lillies while I was playing around with macro mode:

Stay safe
SM

 

[Gangabiss]

Ok please don't laugh too much...I'm new to taking pictures and I only just got my digi cam and these 2 are my best pics so far






Can anyone tell me a good program to use for resizing and editing images that is relatively simple to use?

 

[jaykush]

pixresizer is simple and free
http://bluefive.pair.com/pixresizer.htm

 

[pipeline]

Great shots Gangabliss and Speeding Mullet! Heres a couple from today.....

 

[Guest]

Nice shots, pipeline!

I wanna be an amateur like blue dog! Seriously, nice stuff.

Cupla more o'mine:





I think this one has a nice depth to it.

 

[bongasaurus]

great shots guys. keep em comin. my cam doesnt like the temps these days... got to -41.7 lastt night. fuck. so i had to dig this one up. lets just say id rather be there right now...

 

[FatSam WC]

Some really beautiful pics here!

 

[Guest]

Great nature!

My makro lens finally arrived, here are some orchids.. (I think)





...and a very sleepy friend...



..very very sleepy indeed...



Mesmerizing stuff!

Have fun

SF

 

[FatSam WC]

there has been some killler whale spotted in the forth of firth(which i was surprised to find out is the largest species of dolphin), i dont think any decent pics have been caught yet but i'll have a look around for some

 

[pipeline]

Lovin the shots, guys. Keep em comin!

Couple new shots:

 

[Guest]

pipe,,im gettin to know that squirrel=).......one of the earths neatest creatures.....

 

[pipeline]

I can remember being in high school walking around a 100 acre property with a couple friends and we all were carying our shotguns. I was just shooting logs and clay pigeons that day, but a friend of mine spotted a squirrel in a tree, aimed, and down it went. He picked the thing up, carried it over to us....ok a dead squirrel.....Then I guess he figured he might as well get more target practice out of it....unloaded the rest of the gun......The memory has stuck with me.....

 

[mtnjohn]

couple shots......hatteras island, NC.




i know i'm no pro. but these arent to bad eh?
mj

 

[Guest]

I can remember being in high school walking around a 100 acre property with a couple friends and we all were carying our shotguns. I was just shooting logs and clay pigeons that day, but a friend of mine spotted a squirrel in a tree, aimed, and down it went. He picked the thing up, carried it over to us....ok a dead squirrel.....Then I guess he figured he might as well get more target practice out of it....unloaded the rest of the gun......The memory has stuck with me.....

some people are not connected to the soul,,,,,,its sad, and many animals suffer for it,,,,,,,,,,i wont get all PC about it, but all life should be respected i think. bd

 

[Guest]

couple shots......hatteras island, NC.




i know i'm no pro. but these arent to bad eh?
mj

reminds me of doin shrooms and running full speed off the side off one of kill devil hills at 2 am looking at the atlantic while you freefall into the softest sand transiton,,,what a great spot.....and great pics to John.