Nature—Week 12 Gallery
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- Romanian Fall Woods
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- Romanian Fall Woods
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- On the Mehedinti Hill , this Autumn , after coming of freezing nights . The folliage of oaks remains in nice colours.
Photo and caption by Adrian Per
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- By pressing their bill into their chests, pelicans can look as if they are stabbing themselves. They do this to fully empty their pouch, or simply to rest their bills on their breasts. In medieval Europe, the pelican was thought to be particularly attentive to her young to the point of providing her own blood by wounding her own breast when no other food was available (~ wikipedia)
Photo and caption by Samer Rizk
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- Lying in wait...
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- A visit to Butchart Gardens on the island of Vancouver turned out to be full of surprises. I was photographing a delicate tulip when I spotted this crab spider hiding behind one of the petals. Crab spiders (here Misumena vatia) are ambush predators: They lie in wait for bees or flies expecting a meal from these attractive flowers...
Photo and caption by Mick Wu
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- Honorable Mention
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- I personally believe that, beyond the formal representation of reality, mediated by the technical instruments necessary to fix an image in time, photography is made of insights. The shot is the last act of image capturing and in many ways the easiest part of the whole process. This panning effect, even in its imperfection, with the chromatic harmony of the background, with all the needless information eliminated and the luck of having the big cat’s lifted tail in symmetry with the impala horns, brings the observer inside the hunting without distractions.
Photo and caption by Stefano Pesarelli
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- Frozen In Time
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- While hiking up to Base Camp of Mount Everest in Nepal, I woke up early one morning and ventured down the river to find this series of waterfalls down a small canyon. Using a panoramic camera I was able to capture a 30 second exposure of this particular area, which enabled the blue to reflect from the frozen ice. An incredible scene that I was lucky enough to capture on film.
Photo and caption by Adam Crews
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- Zebra Jumping Spider
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- Zebra Jumping Spider
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- This is a high magnification image of a jumping spider in my back garden. Captured using a finite microscope objective adapted for use on a regular DSLR. The size of the spider, total length including the legs is 0.25mm.
Photo and caption by Craig Taylor
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- A Good Place To Stop And Rest
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- A Good Place To Stop And Rest
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- I took this photo while hiking with my West Highland Terrier dog, Pixel. We had been hiking the northern Catskills and stopped to munch on some wild apples from the tree we just passed. The crumbling old stone wall provided an ideal place to stop and rest for a bit. The colors were so vibrant and my dog's stance so contemplative, I saw it as a perfect opportunity to take the photo.
Photo and caption by Karen Sullins
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- Turbulent Skies
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- Turbulent Skies
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- The image was taken this August in Iceland. Since the days are quite long there during summer, I was hoping for a spectacular show of light at the end of the day. No luck, for a full week. However, on this particular day the fast moving clouds allowed for a glimpse of the nice soft light that was just there, behind them. This ended up as one of my favorite, moody images from that trip. Shot at 22:30 p.m.
Photo and caption by Stjepan Tomislav Švaljek
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- Red Cap Oranda
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- Red Cap Oranda
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- Inspired by a trip to the pet shop as well as David Doubilet's images of nudibranchs, I set out to photographing ornamental fish trying to capture details of their texture as well as their 'personality'. I felt that whoever saw what I saw in the fish will start to appreciate the fish and more importantly nature in general and so I went all out to photograph it.
Photo and caption by Ernest Goh
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- FlowerPower
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- FlowerPower
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- This is an close-up of the "Drosera", a meat eating tiny plant. It's hight is like the length of an match/lucifer. Foto taken in the Netherlands.
Photo and caption by Johan Oostindien
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- The Beautiful Depths
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- The Beautiful Depths
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- a brightly illuminated jelly drifts past the camera in a cloud of newly hatched nymphs
Photo and caption by John K. Goodman
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- At Pasture
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- At Pasture
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- He was a good boy and I loved him. He was the ultimate horse and companion. Years after I still feel sentimental. I'll never forget his idiosyncrasies: like the way he almost purred for alfalfa. I will remember him as the horse he was, not the way he died.
Photo and caption by Olivia Klayman
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- Vencejos sobre la Cataratas del Iguazú
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- The image has been taken on my last trip in Argentina, at the Iguazu Falls in June. The beauty of this unique environment is enriched by a species of birds, called "vencejos of the falls" (I guess the english term would be Swallows of the falls) that build their nests behind the waterfalls. The picture portraits a group of those swallows on the background of the falls. Olympus E-3, Zuiko 50-200mm f2.8-3,5 SWD, 1/1250, f9,0, ISO 100.
Photo and caption by Francesco Filippo Pellegrini
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- Croc's Jaws
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- In Jardines de la Reina, sixty miles off the southern coast of Cuba, a maze of mangroves is a haven for wild crocodiles. In this area, divers go in search of reef sharks. But few specimens of crocodiles come to the boats in search of a piece of chicken. This young specimen is one of the most daring and lent itself to a photo shoot. Crocodylus acutus.
Photo and caption by Carlos Suarez
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- Northern Flicker in flight
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- Northern Flicker (yellow-shafted flicker) caught in flight with hi-speed flash
Photo and caption by Bernard Friel
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- When mother nature and two humans connect
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- This was taken on a Surfing Trip to the beautiful Yorkes Peninsula in South Australia. South Australia not only known for very big sharks its also know for having the odd day of amazing surf. The brilliant blue water looks very inviting here, but what lurks beneath is always on your mind.
Photo and caption by Nathan Smith
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- DIVE!!
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- while flying, a stork dove his head into the lake to catch it's prey. in certain season, this place in Bali are full with hundreds of storks, and they feast over fishes in this lake at the morning...
Photo and caption by Valentino Lumanto
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- Finding Sirius
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- Finding Sirius
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- This photo was taken in Ocean City, NJ next to the old 59th Street fishing pier. Often called the Dog Star, Sirius is part of the constellation Canis Major and is also the brightest star in the night sky. A tripod, flashlight, remote shutter, and a 10 second timer were used to make this self portrait possible.
Photo and caption by Jack Fusco
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- Honorable Mention
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- Jellyfish Cotylorhiza tuberculata drifting just beneath the surface looking for capturing the first sunrays to trigger their symbiotic algae to produce energy for it.
Photo and caption by Angel Fitor
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- Juvenile Night Heron - I Can Make It!
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- Juvenile Night Heron - I Can Make It!
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- Juvenile Night Heron jumping to branch.
Photo and caption by ike austin
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- Manatee Sunburst
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- Manatee Sunburst
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- Endangered Florida Manatee, Trichechus manatus latirostris, at Three Sisters Spring in Crystal River, Florida, USA. The Florida Manatee is a subspecies of the West Indian Manatee.
Photo and caption by David Fleetham
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- Jelly in the Sun
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- A jellyfish shot from underneath with bright sun behind creating a "star" effect with the sunrays. This jellyfish is a Mastigias sp. found in a marine lake on the small island of Kakaban off the eastern shore of Kalimantan Province, Borneo, Indonesia.
Photo and caption by Mike Veitch
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- Pregnant Pygmy Seahorse
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- Pregnant pygmy seahorse, Hippocampus bargibanti, Komodo National Park, Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean
Photo and caption by Mike Veitch
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- "The blue pond" of the famous tourist resort. This is a place where many tourists gather in spring, summer, and autumn. However, since this pond freezes in winter, nobody is during that period. This photograph is the moment first snow of the season is falling in that blue pond. We can see first snow of the season from the end of October. Why is blue? This is because the underground hot spring ingredient is gushing. This blue pond changes a color every day. I think that mystical blue and pure white snow are beautiful. All are nature's tints.
Photo and caption by Kent Shiraishi
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- Dancing in the Summer Night
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- After a shower in the woods, the fireflies were coming out of the bottom of the grass, flying in the summer night. Looking for the perfect one to mate with their lighting tails. Firefly Dancing in the Summer Night
Photo and caption by SHIH CHUNG LIN
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- I'm coming !
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- The first Grizzly we saw, my wife and I during our honeymoon ... We get so stressed when the boat went away ! A wonderfull experience under the most beautifull rain I have ever seen ! CANON EOS 7D EF 300mm f/2,8 I IS USM f/2,8 1/500
Photo and caption by Jean Frédéric Speth
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- The white reindeer
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- In the early autumn in Ammarnäs, northern Sweden, the Sámi people gathers their reindeers for slaughter. The white reindeer is more often selected for slaughtered since they are said to be weaker and an easier prey for predators. The old legends says that the white reindeer means luck.
Photo and caption by Izabelle Nordfjell
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- Elegance
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- I was on the most Westerly island of the Faroes in search for the Northern Gannet. This magnificent bird is large yet timid, so I knew I had to position myself carefully with plenty of zoom. I found myself behind their ledges, but I was still distracting them. After some time however, they became comfortable with my presence and returned to their business. So I went about mine and slowly moved closer with this Gannet in focus. Magically, another Gannet hovered above it looking for a ledge, causing this Gannet to stand its ground by stretching out its long and elegant neck. I had my shot.
Photo and caption by Jamen Percy
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- Curve of philosophy
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- This old reptile in with the body tell us an ancient philosophy. In the exploration of the road, straight line is not necessarily the most efficient way to recently
Photo and caption by cheng bn
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- Puffer Shrugged
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- Puffer Shrugged
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- I found this pufferfish inflated at the surface while freediving. It looked like it was carrying the weight of the island on its back like the mythology of Atlas carrying the world on his shoulders.
Photo and caption by Jason Moore
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- Horse and sunset
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- While crossing the Pyrenees from France to Spain, I encountered a beauteful sunset scenery of a blanket of clouds covering the mountians. A curious horse came to check what was I'm doing. It felt very natural to integrate him in the photo
Photo and caption by Efi First
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- MEMENTO MORI
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- 11:38am, 08/01/2011, Taiwanese public animal shelter, time until merciful death: 29 minutes. These images record the last moments of life for some dogs found in public pounds run by governmental agencies in Taiwan. These portraits are taken on the very day in which the animal depicted is about to be put down or mercifully killed. In viewing these specific images, one looks directly into the eyes of the dog and the dog looks back. Death is eminent and all that is asked of the viewer is to recognize the common bonds and to honor the resemblances between our lives.
Photo and caption by Yun-Fei Tou
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