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10/31/2010 09:36:53 PM · #1 |
| Definitely a crisis in wilderness management. |
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10/31/2010 08:59:51 PM · #2 |
| Ugh... I live in the country and I even went up to the mountains before sunrise and spent several hours. I did get some nice Fall shots but I didn't see any wildlife. My friend who lives in the city had a deer standing beside her car last night though. ???? Of course I did almost hit a large Buck on the way home tonight, in the dark with no camera. So no entry for me :( |
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10/28/2010 05:28:35 PM · #3 |
Wonder if I would have gotten away with this..
Taken a week too soon to try :-) |
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10/25/2010 10:19:57 PM · #4 |
I will vote spiders and insects down. I rarely vote stuff down for DNMC... but really, folks. Just about the only thing (besides coffee pots) not included in the challenge description are spiders and insects.
There are insect challenges for those.
Just sayin'... |
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10/25/2010 08:38:15 PM · #5 |
| Oh crap! Wildlife challenge and I have a very busy week ahead as I'm trying to get loose end cleaned up before leaving town for a month. On top of that the weather is not the greatest at the moment; rain, wind, more rain. But I intend to squeeze in some time Wednesday, the only day forecast to be decent this week, cause I can't let a Wildlife Challenge go by without an entry! Even have a couple of ideas inb mind so now I just need to get lucky. |
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10/25/2010 08:11:59 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by mike_311:
do my kids count as wildlife? |
Uhmm probably not...nor do shots of drunken clubgoers, entered under the title 'Wild Life'. They're talking every species except Homo Sapiens, ie us. |
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10/25/2010 07:44:27 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by mike_311:
do my kids count as wildlife? |
Well, yes!!!, if they are young, wild goats. Do they look like this? 
Message edited by author 2010-10-25 19:45:30. |
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10/25/2010 07:36:43 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by K10DGuy:
Originally posted by jminso:
Originally posted by dswann:
No zoo shots was my first impression also, but I notice that a lot of the top shots in past challenges were from either zoos or bird sanctuaries. |
The problem is you kinda need to assume it was taken in the wild as it is pretty much impossible to tell during voting, unless you can see the cage in the shot. |
Aye. If someone takes a zoo shot that looks perfectly natural, then whatever. It's not like it's going to be DQ'ed when the challenge is over. Heck, the photographer doesn't even need to SAY it was in a zoo if they don't want to. Not everyone has access to the "great outdoors", and I'd rather a zoo shot than a pigeon (no offense Melethia).
Blah, blah, blah "spirit of the challenge" and all that, but we should be realistic too. |
WHAT????
I shall spend all my daylight non working hours in search of pigeons, just for you. :)
(I have very few non-working daylight hours, just so you know.)
Message edited by author 2010-10-25 21:43:01. |
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10/25/2010 06:58:31 PM · #9 |
| do my kids count as wildlife? |
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10/25/2010 06:18:03 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by jnenvir:
What about "parks" that intentionally try to create the natural environment? |
Well uhmm if we see a lion/tiger/giraffe against a bg of Canadian fall foliage, it may not be entirely convincing...use your judgement and see how it shakes out. Good luck! |
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10/25/2010 05:25:14 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by FocusPoint:
THANK YOU BIRDS... they are everywhere and they are wild :P |
Don't know why, but thought of Fotomann_Forever when I read this comment... Because I'm sure he knows a bird or two to take a photo of ;) |
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10/25/2010 04:37:53 PM · #12 |
| What about "parks" that intentionally try to create the natural environment? |
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10/25/2010 03:28:32 PM · #13 |
Originally posted by jminso:
Originally posted by dswann:
No zoo shots was my first impression also, but I notice that a lot of the top shots in past challenges were from either zoos or bird sanctuaries. |
The problem is you kinda need to assume it was taken in the wild as it is pretty much impossible to tell during voting, unless you can see the cage in the shot. |
Aye. If someone takes a zoo shot that looks perfectly natural, then whatever. It's not like it's going to be DQ'ed when the challenge is over. Heck, the photographer doesn't even need to SAY it was in a zoo if they don't want to. Not everyone has access to the "great outdoors", and I'd rather a zoo shot than a pigeon (no offense Melethia).
Blah, blah, blah "spirit of the challenge" and all that, but we should be realistic too.
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10/25/2010 03:22:53 PM · #14 |
Originally posted by dswann:
No zoo shots was my first impression also, but I notice that a lot of the top shots in past challenges were from either zoos or bird sanctuaries. |
The problem is you kinda need to assume it was taken in the wild as it is pretty much impossible to tell during voting, unless you can see the cage in the shot. |
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10/25/2010 03:11:27 PM · #15 |
Originally posted by hahn23:
Originally posted by Simms:
Originally posted by liberty:
This would be great if I can get a shot of this Huge old Gray colored deer I keep seeing. I've never seen one that color before, and thing is as big as a moose. lol. I call him the grampa deer, and he's very very sneaky, and extremely hard to spot, I've actually been out seeking him, but no luck this past week. I think thats why he's survived this long...he's a very good hider.
Anyone have any ideas how to attract deer? |
Grunt. Loudly. |
Biology Of The Rut The white-tailed and black-tailed (mule) deer rut is now in Colorado. 6-7 months gestation means fawns on the ground in May-June 2011.
Doc's Dominant Buck Urine |
I`m liking the sound of THIS ONE.
A few dabs of this behind your ear, assume the position and hang on!!! I tried to order some and they said "Ball or Aerosol" - I said "Neither, its for my underarms..."
I`m here all week, try the veal and don`t forget to tip your waitress.
Message edited by author 2010-10-25 15:12:26. |
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10/25/2010 03:04:49 PM · #16 |
Originally posted by The_Tourist:
Originally posted by pitrpan:
Would 'natural environment' include zoos? |
I believe the consensus in the past was no zoo shots; wildlife in the wild, zoo animals=not in the wild... Just saying. |
No zoo shots was my first impression also, but I notice that a lot of the top shots in past challenges were from either zoos or bird sanctuaries.
Message edited by author 2010-10-25 15:06:34. |
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10/25/2010 02:23:53 PM · #17 |
Originally posted by Simms:
Originally posted by liberty:
This would be great if I can get a shot of this Huge old Gray colored deer I keep seeing. I've never seen one that color before, and thing is as big as a moose. lol. I call him the grampa deer, and he's very very sneaky, and extremely hard to spot, I've actually been out seeking him, but no luck this past week. I think thats why he's survived this long...he's a very good hider.
Anyone have any ideas how to attract deer? |
Grunt. Loudly. |
Biology Of The Rut The white-tailed and black-tailed (mule) deer rut is now in Colorado. 6-7 months gestation means fawns on the ground in May-June 2011.
Doc's Dominant Buck Urine
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10/25/2010 02:13:22 PM · #18 |
Originally posted by liberty:
This would be great if I can get a shot of this Huge old Gray colored deer I keep seeing. I've never seen one that color before, and thing is as big as a moose. lol. I call him the grampa deer, and he's very very sneaky, and extremely hard to spot, I've actually been out seeking him, but no luck this past week. I think thats why he's survived this long...he's a very good hider.
Anyone have any ideas how to attract deer? |
Grunt. Loudly.
Message edited by author 2010-10-25 14:13:34. |
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10/25/2010 11:12:55 AM · #19 |
Originally posted by liberty:
This would be great if I can get a shot of this Huge old Gray colored deer I keep seeing. I've never seen one that color before, and thing is as big as a moose. lol. I call him the grampa deer, and he's very very sneaky, and extremely hard to spot, I've actually been out seeking him, but no luck this past week. I think thats why he's survived this long...he's a very good hider.
Anyone have any ideas how to attract deer? |
Well they passed a law in Michigan (noticed from your profile that is where you live) a year or two ago that made using food (corn, salt likes etc) against the law. Previously you could put out food to attract deer for the purpose of seeing them but for hunting it was illegal. Because people abused this and would hunt near where they put the food a law was passed to make any kind of baiting (even for viewing) against the law. Now I am not advocating breaking the law but putting some feed corn (can get at most feed stores) out for a few days would do the trick.
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10/25/2010 10:45:16 AM · #20 |
African Wildlife
Canadian Wiildlife
Message edited by author 2010-10-25 12:05:55.
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10/25/2010 09:37:24 AM · #21 |
This would be great if I can get a shot of this Huge old Gray colored deer I keep seeing. I've never seen one that color before, and thing is as big as a moose. lol. I call him the grampa deer, and he's very very sneaky, and extremely hard to spot, I've actually been out seeking him, but no luck this past week. I think thats why he's survived this long...he's a very good hider.
Anyone have any ideas how to attract deer? |
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10/25/2010 08:21:37 AM · #22 |
Originally posted by hojop25:
I love wildlife, i want to be a wildlife photographer...yet i know im not going to get a good picture... im just not that good yet. :( |
A place to start: When I know I'm going to be photographing wildlife, I wilI always preset my camera to Aperture priority with wide open aperture (smallest f/ number on your lens). And, I'll preset ISO to 400. And, I'll use a solid tripod with my telephoto lens. I use a tripod 99% of the time, especially in low light situations. If there isn't abundant light, I won't hesitate to boost the ISO to 800, 1000 or 1200. If the scene is exposed correctly, as in not a lot of closed shadows, electronic noise is usually manageable at the higher ISO speeds. The goal is to achieve a shutter speed fast enough to capture detail on the animal. Animals move a lot and I'm usually most happy when I can photograph animals between 1/400s and 1/2500s. Also, I usually convert my focus points from normal 9 down to the center one. Then, I'll place that center focus point on the eye of the animal hoping the depth-of-field plane covers the entire head and some of the body. This depends on the lens, the distance, the aperture size and the size of the animal. If I'm very close to a large animal (say, 30'), I'll stop down the lens a bit to increase the depth-of-field plane slightly. Most of the time, it's advantageous to keep the lens aperture near wide open to create a pleasantly blurred background bokeh. For this challenge, I'll want an "environmental" image, so that means I'll be capturing the entire animal with enough frame image for the animal to move forward and overall show the nature surroundings/habitat of the creature.
Here's a recent image of a Dusky Grouse.  Shows environment. Had to boost ISO to 1000 to get shutter speed of 1/100s due to low light. Tripod mount, because sharpness is achieved from rock steady lens with no camera shake. This is a good wildlife image because it shows "eye catchlights" and good feather detail. It wouldn't score well in this challenge because it looks "common", although it's actually fairly rare. Birders come from all over the country to try to find the Dusky Grouse for their life lists. Also, while the bird is grazing the vegetation, there isn't very much action. It's usually better to show the animal or bird doing something interesting, or posing dramatically in their environmental setting.
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10/25/2010 08:13:26 AM · #23 |
If this had been two weeks ago *sigh* I was nose deep in wild monkey craziness anyway I did catch a random scene when I was strolling in my local park..
I nearly didn't get it because the birds were too fast for me. Is it the mating season because these birds never appear this near the ground?
Message edited by author 2010-10-25 08:14:00. |
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10/25/2010 07:56:21 AM · #24 |
Originally posted by hojop25:
I love wildlife, i want to be a wildlife photographer...yet i know im not going to get a good picture... im just not that good yet. :( |
Know how to get better? Keep trying :) |
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10/25/2010 07:49:32 AM · #25 |
| I love wildlife, i want to be a wildlife photographer...yet i know im not going to get a good picture... im just not that good yet. :( |
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