Photo Comp September 2013 "Creatures"

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Photo Comp - Sept 2013 - Your Winner:

Poll ended at Tue Oct 01, 2013 1:58 am 0

RiK - Butterfly reflection
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Stuart B - Chicken
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F-ZeroOne - Ducks
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Total votes: 19
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Packing the car away after a landscape shoot near Priddy. Landscape shoot didn't work out as planned, so I stuck the macro lens on for 10 mins and rooted around in the hedge instead.
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Bristol Zoo Butterfly House
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I'm going to spoiler the next couple of images, just in case anyone is a bit sensitive about the subject matter.

Prior warning, it's a close up study of a snake eating a rat. You have been warned, so please don't click and then moan about the subject matter.
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BristolZoo-9357 by Richard Olpin LRPS, on Flickr

5D Mark III, EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS II, 25mm extension tube @ 102mm. Handheld.
ISO 1600, 1/60th s @ f/4

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BristolZoo-9325 by Richard Olpin LRPS, on Flickr

5D Mark III, EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS II, 25mm extension tube @ 110mm. Handheld.
ISO 2000, 1/80th s @ f/4, -1/3EV

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BristolZoo-9330 by Richard Olpin LRPS, on Flickr

5D Mark III, EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS II, 25mm extension tube @ 200mm. Handheld.
ISO 4000, 1/60th s @ f/4.
I'm a member and a regular visitor at Bristol Zoo, and had been waiting months for an opportunity like this. I just happened to strike lucky one day and was there in an otherwise empty reptile house when the keeper said he hoped I wouldn't mind but he was just about to feed the snakes and would only be 5 mins if I wanted to look away… LOLWHUT! This is literally 10 mins once every 2-3 weeks, and I had my camera there :-)
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I love how the snake seems to be looking at you and saying "Keep off, mate - this is mine!"
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Portrait of a Chook by Gnu2000, on Flickr

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She kept following me around the garden while I was looking for shots, so I fired off a couple of her.
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One duckmanship... :)

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Taken with a Galaxy S2 mobile...!
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F-ZeroOne wrote:One duckmanship... :)

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Taken with a Galaxy S2 mobile...!
That's a boss shot.. love it.. :D
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F-ZeroOne wrote:One duckmanship... :)
Ha, love it :-)
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Thanks, I can never resist a bad pun... :) They will actually go to sleep standing like that, in fact I was trying to catch the one in the background like it but as with all animals she knows exactly when the shutter button is about to be pressed and opened her eye especially...!
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All my recent critter pics are of beasts that are significantly larger than normal house cats. Here's one from last year until I can get a real entry.

The horror!

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An old one

Definitively smaller than the cat

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Note: I'll look for other small creatures this weekend
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Although it's very old (and not really eligible as such) I've worked out that one of my fave snake pics must have been on a camera that was pinched many yeas ago. Was the two rainbow boas looking very pretty and shiny post shed.

Sounds odd, but I miss the snakes (apart from the female blood python, she wa just plain aggro)

<edit, NOT my pic, but to give you an idea how pretty they are>

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That snake is great.


Here's another old one. I will be on the lookout for creatures at the weekend!

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This small creature moved in last night and has kept itself in the higher portions of the living room and i though that maybe it wanted to be in the comp.

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It was against the drawing paper covering the inside of the window (to keep the hotness of the weather out) and it was about 1cm long.
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Hey there folks. Septembers topic, as chosen by Geenius is
'Creatures'.
Geenius wrote:Seemingly due to a serious lack of voters I won the comp! I'm sure it won't happen again.

Anyway, choice for September is Creatures. I'm really looking for anything small and beautiful in its own way. Anything smaller than a domestic cat sized living, breathing thing. I want some inspiration for what I enjoy shooting myself, such as below.

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Information on settings and setting up for the shot wouldn't go amiss either:

Shortlist:
Geenius wrote:Cheers RiK

My top 3:

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Just ... stunning!

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Crystal clear and beautiful colour. Great shot.

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I struggled to choose between this and the robin pic. Really like them both.

Props to Surfr (I like butterflies!) and GoatFoam (if the wasp pic was recent and a bit sharper it would have made my shortlist)
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