Showing posts with label Art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Art. Show all posts
Lion
Lions are probably the best killing machines in the world, and this shot of the stalking lioness explains why! A 200kg animal simply "disappears" from your eyes when it is about to hunt. The lioness in this shot was stalking a zebra that was grazing a few meters away. I don't know what finally happened since it was late afternoon when I took the shot and I was not allowed to stay any longer out in the bush!
Read more: http://www.thedailygreen.com/weird-weather/weather-categories/wildlife-photos-contest-50032210#ixzz1nzARbQm6
Read more: http://www.thedailygreen.com/weird-weather/weather-categories/wildlife-photos-contest-50032210#ixzz1nzARbQm6
Finding a Mate
Once a year, this frog vocalizes to find a partner.
Read more: http://www.thedailygreen.com/weird-weather/weather-categories/wildlife-photos-contest-50032210#ixzz1nz9yBe9A
Read more: http://www.thedailygreen.com/weird-weather/weather-categories/wildlife-photos-contest-50032210#ixzz1nz9yBe9A
Glowing Cuban Treefrog
National Wildlife Magazine Photo Contest 2009
Honorable Mention, Amateur Division, Backyard Habitats Category
At first I thought this frog was sitting on top of the light, so I got my camera and was taking pictures at a distance as to not spook him. After I looked at the first few pictures I realized it had actually swallowed the entire bulb. I then wrongly assumed that it was dead and did not worry about spooking him, so I got up close. After a few shots right in his face he repositioned himself showing he was indeed still alive. So I took a few more shots and then pulled the bulb out of his mouth and then took a few more shots like that. There are other good ones but I like the composition of this one the most.
Read more: http://www.thedailygreen.com/weird-weather/weather-categories/wildlife-photos-contest-50032210#ixzz1nz9LR0zf
Kayaker at Risk
In September 2005, Africa Geographic magazine published an article titled Shark Detectives, which examined great white sharks off the coast of South Africa. The article included a collection of photographs that show a kayaker’s experience with a great white shark. The caption for the photo reads: “Sitting in a 3.8 meter (12.5 foot) kayak and watching a 4 meter (13.1 foot) great white shark approach.” In the publication, the researchers described the tense situation. However, they had already tested the shark’s reaction to an empty kayak and observed no signs of aggression.
Over the years, a large collection of fake shark images have become viral over the Internet. Some good examples include the picture of a shark jumping out of the water at a military helicopter, the image of a hungry shark lurking behind divers, the photo of a large shark near a surfer (which is actually a dolphin), and more recently the picture of a shark in the streets of Puerto Rico after Hurricane Irene. In the Puerto Rico image, the shark was pulled from the kayaker photo.
Gored Matador
Julio Aparicio is one of Spain’s most famous matadors. In 2010, he was performing at the Festival of Saint Isidro, which is considered the most important event in the bullfighting calendar. It is held at the Plaza de Toros las Ventas bullring in Madrid, Spain. During the event, Aparicio was gored in the face by a bull. The bull’s horn entered under Aparicio’s chin and came out his mouth. He was seriously injured in the event and had two surgeries in order to escape death. In 2010, the image quickly went viral.
SpiderMan Lizard
National Geographic Photo
I have been trying to follow a leopard with cubs for the last year, and spend a lot of nights with them. She has no tracking device, so when I find her I try to stay with her as long as possible. On this particular evening a brown hyena stole her kill (a springbok ) and was sitting on a rock ledge with the moon rising behind her. I lit her eyes up with a torch to make it a bit more mysterious.
National Geographic Photo
This photo was taken in the Upper Antelope Canyon near Page (AZ) and it shows the amazing effect of the sand thrown in the air and struck by the rays of the sun.
National Geographic Photo
This lynx (Lynx Canadensis) flinches its ear at bothersome gnats in the late evening summer sun in Alaska.
National Geographic Photo
Lone Tree Yellowstone Photo by Anita Erdmann A solitary tree surviving another harsh winter in Yellowstone National Park.
National Geographic Photo
The Himba Women of northern Namibia perfome daily rituals where by they annoint themselves with a mixture of ochre, oil and ash to protect themselves from the harsh desert climate. They never take a shower, but rather burn aromatic herbs in a pot each morning with which they smoke themselves as if applying perfume.
National Geographic Photo
At safari not only animals can attract attention.
National Geographic Photo
Climbing the Harding Ice-field trail in the rain, has its rewards. I stopped to admire glacier, only to find an adult black bear eating in front of a glowing blue glacier.
National Geographic Photo
The weirdest market on planet earth must be the voodoo market in Lome,Togo. Thousands of dead animals are used for religious and health purposes. Freaky, frightening but also fascinating
National Geographic Photo
One morning while on the Big Island of Hawaii, I was exploring my surroundings to see if I could find something to photograph. I almost went back inside when something on this huge palm tree leaf caught my eye. I stayed around and it was this little gecko, startled by my presence he was hidden between the ridges of the leaf. He would pop his head up periodically to check his surroundings; as soon as he saw I was still there he would hide again. We played this game for a while until I got the shot.
National Geographic Photo
This image was taken in wintertime in an arid area of the Canadian Rockies. Temperatures were below 30 degrees Celsius, yet because there was no snow fall the surface of the lake was uncovered allowing me to see and capture the bubbles (gas release from lake bed) that were trapped in the frozen waters. (© Emmanuel Coupe-Kalomiris )
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