Your best animal shots!

[kodakrome]

I was almost attacked today by a vicious, man-eating squirrel. My life was saved when I threw him a peanut.

 

[Valvebounce]

Hi Kodakrome.
Nice, it looks like a ferocious animal, fancy risking life and limb to get within 5m* of such a beast!
*Just wondering, how accurate is the estimate from the exif of 4.2m (14ft)?

Cheers, Graham.

I was almost attacked today by a vicious, man-eating squirrel. My life was saved when I threw him a peanut.

 

[kodakrome]

Hi Kodakrome.
Nice, it looks like a ferocious animal, fancy risking life and limb to get within 5m* of such a beast!
*Just wondering, how accurate is the estimate from the exif of 4.2m (14ft)?

Cheers, Graham.

Graham, that estimate is pretty close. I measured it to be about 15 feet.

I was almost attacked today by a vicious, man-eating squirrel. My life was saved when I threw him a peanut.

 

[Valvebounce]

Hi Kodakrome.
Thanks for checking, I never cease to be amazed at the information that these 'simple' devices can provide us.

Cheers, Graham.

Hi Kodakrome.
Nice, it looks like a ferocious animal, fancy risking life and limb to get within 5m* of such a beast!
*Just wondering, how accurate is the estimate from the exif of 4.2m (14ft)?

Cheers, Graham.

Graham, that estimate is pretty close. I measured it to be about 15 feet.

I was almost attacked today by a vicious, man-eating squirrel. My life was saved when I threw him a peanut.

 

[Jack Douglas]

Here's an even more ferocious animal but I was protected by the wall at the Montreal Biodome. 70mm, so you know how close I was.

Jack

 

[Pookie]

Free diving the island of Maui and Lanai... I chase a lot of turtles and wildlife.

Canon 5D4 w/35mm f/1.4 II

 

[Click]

Free diving the island of Maui and Lanai... I chase a lot of turtles and wildlife.

Canon 5D4 w/35mm f/1.4 II

Very nice shots, Pookie.

 

[Pookie]

Free diving the island of Maui and Lanai... I chase a lot of turtles and wildlife.

Canon 5D4 w/35mm f/1.4 II

Very nice shots, Pookie.

Thanks Click...

 

[LSeries]

Common Lizard, Canon 70D + EF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM:


Common Lizard by Jussi Lind, on Flickr

 

[kodakrome]

Went to the park this morning, checking out the usual suspects. Unfortunately, it was a low light situation and I was forced to shoot at high ISO's. And I was forced to share the bike path with an ugly gator.

 

[Jack Douglas]

Nice/interesting. Does anyone ever get attacked or do they just meander on their way. Will they approach you if, say, you're picnicking?

Jack

 

[Click]

Nice series, kodakrome.

 

[kodakrome]

Nice/interesting. Does anyone ever get attacked or do they just meander on their way. Will they approach you if, say, you're picnicking?

Jack

Jack, that’s an interesting subject. I took those shots at a state park – Huntington Beach State Park in South Carolina. It’s on the ocean, but the park has two large inland bodies of water – a saltwater marsh and a fresh water lagoon. What you don’t see in that picture, that concrete path has water on both sides of it. The gators are constantly walking back and forth to get from one side to the other . The gators usually stay in or at the edge of the water – they’re nowhere near any picnic areas.
You’re usually safe if you’re facing the side or tail. Could be more risky if you’re face to face. They don’t attack often, but they may attack if they feel threatened, or during mating season when the female is protecting the eggs. There are signs all over the park telling people not to approach gators, and especially not to feed them. They do not want gators to associate humans with food, because then they become dangerous. When that happens, the park service has to take down the gator.
They have signs up warning people “A fed gator is a dead gator”.
Oh by the way, that concrete path is eight feet wide, so it's easy to tell how big that one is. Thank goodness I didn't have to get out my tape measure.

 

[kodakrome]

Nice series, kodakrome.

Thanks, Click

 

[gh4photos]

black bear sow
Yellowstone N.P.

 

[Click]

black bear sow
Yellowstone N.P.

Very nice picture. Well done, gh4photos. 8)

 

[Jack Douglas]

black bear sow
Yellowstone N.P.

Very nice picture. Well done, gh4photos. 8)

+1 A fine specimen.

Jack

 

[Jack Douglas]

Nice/interesting. Does anyone ever get attacked or do they just meander on their way. Will they approach you if, say, you're picnicking?

Jack

Jack, that’s an interesting subject. I took those shots at a state park – Huntington Beach State Park in South Carolina. It’s on the ocean, but the park has two large inland bodies of water – a saltwater marsh and a fresh water lagoon. What you don’t see in that picture, that concrete path has water on both sides of it. The gators are constantly walking back and forth to get from one side to the other . The gators usually stay in or at the edge of the water – they’re nowhere near any picnic areas.
You’re usually safe if you’re facing the side or tail. Could be more risky if you’re face to face. They don’t attack often, but they may attack if they feel threatened, or during mating season when the female is protecting the eggs. There are signs all over the park telling people not to approach gators, and especially not to feed them. They do not want gators to associate humans with food, because then they become dangerous. When that happens, the park service has to take down the gator.
They have signs up warning people “A fed gator is a dead gator”.
Oh by the way, that concrete path is eight feet wide, so it's easy to tell how big that one is. Thank goodness I didn't have to get out my tape measure.

Thanks for that! Not unlike our bear situation where they still roam free. It's nice they are valued and protected.

Jack

 

[kodakrome]

black bear sow
Yellowstone N.P.

Very nice bear shot, gh4.

 

[kodakrome]

Another day, another gator.