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Steeltalon posted:I have to assume everyone loves squirrels. They're so much fun! http://500px.com/photo/4002290 (sadly not my photo. I haven't seen one in years)
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So who are the pro you lot follow/get inspired by? The first guy I always end up reeling off is Andy Rouse, but as a  goon it's hard not to be familiar with that name. As well as being a top photographer, he's very got the gift of the gab, which helps his media profile. If you ever get a chance to attend on his talks, do.http://www.andyrouse.co.uk/ https://www.facebook.com/andyrousephoto
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Mar 26, 2012 22:58
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BBC Radio 4 show on wildlife travel/photography. http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01d84dy/Excess_Baggage_Wildlife_travel/
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Apr 11, 2012 21:30
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Can my fellow Brits take a moment to sign the Stop the badger cull and Stop the Boar Cull e-petitions? The former is going to hit the 100k mark soon, but the later is less known about. ps. Don't forget to respond to the validation email to get your voice counted.
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Sep 22, 2012 11:36
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Lovely photo. Looks like I'm going to be hitting the Galapagos Islands next year. Having recently retired, my parents are in a phase of holidays to once-in-a-life-time locations. So far this has been with friends, but my Mum decided this one should be a family holiday and so I get to blow some of my own inheritance. Got a week long cruise booked up that should let us see most of the major species, but missing the breeding albatross being my excuse to go back someday. Before get to the Islands, we're be spending some time in the Ecuadorian jungle.
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Sep 4, 2013 21:04
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It's often said that polar bears are homo sapien's one true predator. Food is that scare up north that they will try to eat you if they see you. Anything that isn't a larger polar bear is fair game... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1218255/The-polar-bear-invited-dinner.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-21847507
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Sep 5, 2013 19:18
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Amazing Nat.Geo video of a encounter with a leopard seal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zxa6P73Awcg Can't wait for my chance to swim with sea lions in the Galapagos.
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Sep 7, 2013 09:23
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Some top drawer photos of Alaskan Grizzlies by British Photographer Danny Green.
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Sep 25, 2013 22:53
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A new monthly e-magazine dedicated to wildlife photography (with a bit of general natural history) has launched; first three editions will be free. It has some respectable contributors and I found the first edition a decent read (and it increased my desire to visit Yellowstone in the snow). http://wildplanetphotomagazine.com/ Pablo Bluth fucked around with this message at 20:02 on Oct 15, 2013 |
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Oct 15, 2013 19:56
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So some elephants have won the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2013. The winner. Pablo Bluth fucked around with this message at 23:22 on Oct 15, 2013 |
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Oct 15, 2013 22:34
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So the Wildlife Photographer of the Year has begun it's three month window for 2014 submissions. Anyone else having delusions of grandeur and thus going to enter? Every year my Mum asks why I haven't entered; this year I finally have a photograph that is good enough in the right sort of way that I won't feel embarrassed sticking it in.
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Graniteman posted:Has anyone worked with one of these photographer-led tours? I'm really only interested in a tour that will get me to the animals and not any sort of photography workshop, though I guess I'm not opposed to a workshop if anyone has been to a great one. Last year I went on a photography group tour to Finland to spend four nights photographing brown bears. It was an amazing experience so unlikely an 'normal' holiday. I can't recommend them highly enough. There's a perverse pleasure to be had from knowing instead of doing something sane like sit on a beach and read, you've been dedicated enough to spent 14 hours in a small garden shed and nothing but a bucket if you need a piss. It's also nice to be around other like-minded individuals, even if it's depressing that they all sport 1-series cameras and 500mm primes. If you're after one of the dedicated photography tour led by a pro wildlife photorapher, you'll probably not find many that go on for as long as three or four weeks. I think the combination of cost and physical strain would deter most potential customers. The only one's that seem to routinely go for three weeks are Falklands-Antarctica. As a reference, I'm doing a first Ecuador rainforect plus Galapagos trip in a few months. For what is a two week holiday (well, 17 days what with Europe to S.Am travelling) the base cost is 4k GBP / 6.5k USD. Unfortunately it's not a specific photo tour, which would probably cost more on top but would give a better structure for photography; photo ops before sleep, food or anything else. I'll probably have to put up with other guests wanting breakfast or wanting the guide to whiz around the island trails. Galapagos has a strict policy that you must always remain close to your landing party. Not sure how useful this is, but here's a brain-dump of links (all UK based people). http://www.northshots.com/photo_tours.asp?ID=69&tour=Face%20to%20Face%20Grizzlies!&dates=217 http://www.naturesphotos.co.uk/pages/workshops-tours-abroad.php http://www.natures-images.co.uk/pages/holidays.php http://davidlloyd.net/tours/masai-mara-big-cat-photo-safari/ http://sakertour.com/ http://hidephotography.com/ http://www.elliottneep.com/#!/p/safari-expedition End of ramble.
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Early September is the right time to get out to Lake Clark in Alaska for some bear-on-salmon action. An area that is equivalent to about 10% of England but gets a total of 12 thousand visitors a year. Check out Danny Green's selection of photos from this year (near the bottom). I recall they used http://www.silversalmoncreek.com/
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Graniteman posted:I'm US-based so I don't know how useful your links are. I assume since it's not like I'm going to their shop it doesn't matter.
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Jan 14, 2014 09:07
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Just be careful not to drive too close.
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Jan 14, 2014 20:27
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That's the one. The BBC have removed their copy of the video for some reason.
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Jan 16, 2014 09:39
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If anyone is after a diversion from doing important stuff, the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition are now doing a People's Choice award. It's a depressingly good* selection of 50 images, although the web page is a bit unintuitive for stepping through them. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/wpy/community/peoples-choice/2014/index.html * I finally had a go at submitting some photos this year. Sadly I had no joy.
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800peepee51doodoo posted:Eh, its annoying when a bunch of people do the "Woah check out National Geographic over here!" jokes all day The one that annoys me is when you put up a temporary hide and people feel the need to come over and investigate or loudly ask what you're watching (answer: nothing now)
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Jul 24, 2014 18:29
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That's a great image.
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Aug 25, 2014 20:16
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Stunning.
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Aug 28, 2014 07:45
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Kenshin posted:I ran across this today while wondering why there were a bunch of species named "Steller's <X>"
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InternetJunky posted:Some more big cats from Kenya
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Sep 14, 2014 20:53
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The Wildlife Photography of the Year have just had their annual ceremony and revealed this year's winners. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/wpy/gallery/2014/index.html
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Oct 21, 2014 21:58
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ExecuDork posted:The "no rats" thing in Alberta is hilarious.
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xzzy posted:Wolves I'm cool with but gently caress bears. Most of the places I have any chance of ever encountering a bear has a strict no firearms policy, which means that's the end of my genetic line. http://www.dannygreenphotography.com/pages/blog.php
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Feb 13, 2015 23:32
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Talking of which, http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ouse-punch.html
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Feb 14, 2015 01:04
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So has anyone else deluded themselves by entering Wildlife Photographer of the Year?
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Feb 25, 2015 22:54
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The Canon 200-400 has to be the current safari champion lens. Rent one of those (although renting a canon big white is dangerous. It's a gateway drug...)
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Jun 21, 2015 14:52
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I'll echo that those an a top-draw set of photos. Unless I'm talking crap (not unknown), that's excellent flash work. Too often flash and wildlife replicates the Deer in the Headlights look.
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Jul 30, 2015 20:42
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Yellowstone? I should get to tick that off my bucket list next year. Also Flickr's auto-tag seems to think they're elephants!
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Aug 9, 2015 22:55
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I see reports have just come out that a yellowstone worker was killed by a grizzly http://www.yellowstonegate.com/2015/08/hiker-found-dead-in-yellowstone-was-attacked-by-grizzly/
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Aug 10, 2015 18:58
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Category winners of this year's Wildlife Photographer of the Year. http://www.theguardian.com/environm...onment_b-gdneco
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Oct 13, 2015 22:35
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Not my photo, but the one that was awarded Wildlife Photographer of the Year. A tale of two foxes by Don Gutoski The rest of the photos (category winners and finalists) can be found at http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit/wpy/gallery/2015/index.html. As always, there's a few I'm not sure about but overall I reckon it's a good year. I'm particularly taken with the winner of the underwater category.
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Oct 17, 2015 09:06
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A few years ago some kid managed to get in with a photo of a fox in a hen house taken using about the only point'n'shoot I've ever noticed on the competition, but yes "Child was photographing the subject alongside their father" is a common theme. One of the kids this year is from an family of nature photographers (Dad, two daughters and a son). edit: I do think that the switch to digital has helped a lot if you want to prodig-ize your child. "Come and sit with me for hours on end in an uncomfortable hide, taking only a handful of photo that you won't see for a week" had to have been a hard sell. The instant feedback of digital has to help stave off boredom somewhat. Pablo Bluth fucked around with this message at 10:12 on Oct 18, 2015 |
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Oct 18, 2015 10:07
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Reckon this make more sense here than anywhere in TVIV.... The BBC's next major nature series starts this weekend, and as always it looks like it's another absolute master-class in camera work. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTIQmt2s_24
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Oct 29, 2015 09:37
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Another option is to use a free 7 day trial at unblockus. It doesn't them too long to unblock your IP so you can use another email address to get another 7 days.
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In two weeks I'll be making my first visit to Yellowstone. If all goes to plan I'll be gored by a bison, disemboweled by a bear, lose my face to a couger before being finished off by a pack of wolves. Starting to get excited.
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I'll settle for some beaver action.... I'd like to at least spot a Black bear but I won't be too disappointed if I don't get any grade A grizzy photo ops. I've spent some time in Finland photographing brown bears plus for Grizzlies Yellowstone is blown away by places like lake Clark. Wolves are the ones where I'm hoping I beat the odds. A cougar would be the dream but that clearly just not going to happen. Living in the shadow of London, the largest mammal I usually come across is a roe deer. The largest predators are the red fox and badgers. So I'm just planning on enjoying proper wilderness and hoping more for a decent number of quality photo ops irrespective of the species.
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It's 6am and I'm about to head in to Yellowstone looking for some elk at sunrise....
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Elks were proving elusive until we were in the right place this afternoon. Bison are much more cooperative, especially in the morning for, by being everywhere. Except they're always head down....
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