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Wow,there are some seriously stunning Animal pictures in this thread!

Tamron SP 90/2.5



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Well, I don't know if this should go to the funny picture contest?
2 BRT:s and a border-terrier



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Suki by Nesster, on Flickr

Autocord + Ektar


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My dog discovering on TV how they are making food for dogs.


With scratchy Helios 44 13blades (very soft and produce lot of glow)


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torre wrote:


Welcome to the forum! Nice image!

Your first post can't contain images or links as an antispam measure, from now on you're fine.


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BurstMox wrote:
My dog discovering on TV how they are making food for dogs.


With scratchy Helios 44 13blades (very soft and produce lot of glow)


Terrific!

[]s,

Renato


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Panasonic Gh2 Super Takumar 28mm 3.5


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Here's a bunch I shot in Patagonia back in 2011.
Not exactly up to the competition level, but I guess these are not extremely common animals for most users here, so they might be of some interest:

A spheniscus magellanicus (magellanic penguin) sunbathing - he looked like he just woke up (s-m-c tak 200/4)


another one, again wit the tak 200


Female sea lions starting a fight. It ended immediately, and they started sleeping side to side (s-m-c tak 200/4)


The only decent pic of a bird in flight I could get in five days:


And finally, whales (Eubalaena Australis): the village where we stayed is on a little gulf where these whales come to breed
(these were taken with my sony kit 70-200)





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Rufus hummingbirds (Selasphorus rufus) You ever try to take pics of hummingbirds when they're darting and weaving about? They overtaxed my camera's AF system and even the fill flash wasn't able to entirely freeze motion.







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Jpegs straight out of my old Minolta Maxxum/Dynax 7D

Tamron SP 35-80/2.8-3.8 (01A) (not shure)
Pelecanus occidentalis

Carl Zeiss Silver Tessar 2,8/50 T 1953
Anas platyrhynchos

MEYER-OPTIK Görlitz Orestegor 4/200 1963
Strix nebulosa lapponica


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Kenko, hunting something only visible to small cats.

Pentax-M SMC 50/1.7, NEX-3


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Hello everyone,
I am new in this great forum.
I'd like to share a picture of a cute dog.
I had no time to change my lens, but Jupiter did the job!
It's Jupiter 37AM wide open on a Sony NEX-7.



I am sorry that I could not make any decent PP now, but I have an Android only.
Good luck!


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Very nicely captured Smile


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Thanks Lena!
I hope this was for me Embarassed


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It seems Ferrets like Ice Cream...

NEX-3, Pentax-M SMC 50/1.7




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1. Sony A700 + Sony 100mm F2.8 Macro, image stacked from 3 exposures



2.
Camera Canon EOS 7D
Lens Canon 100-400L
Exposure 0.002 sec (1/500)
Aperture f/5.6
Focal Length 400 mm
ISO Speed 125


3.
Camera Canon EOS 7D
Lens Canon 100-400L
Exposure 0.002 sec (1/500)
Aperture f/5.6
Focal Length 400 mm
ISO Speed 125


4.
Camera Canon EOS 7D
Lens Canon 50mm F1.4
Exposure 0.001 sec (1/800)
Aperture f/2.2
Focal Length 50 mm
ISO Speed 200


5.
Camera Canon EOS 7D
Lens Canon 100-400L
Exposure 0.002 sec (1/500)
Aperture f/5.6
Focal Length 400 mm
ISO Speed 125


6.
Camera Canon EOS 7D
Lens Canon 100-400L
Exposure 0.001 sec (1/1000)
Aperture f/5.6
Focal Length 400 mm
ISO Speed 400


7.
Camera Canon EOS 7D
Lens Canon 100-400L
Exposure 0.001 sec (1/800)
Aperture f/5.6
Focal Length 400 mm
ISO Speed 200


8.
Canon EOS 7D
Lens Canon 100-400L
Exposure: 1/640
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 400 mm
ISO Speed: 1250


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Nice Serie.

In #4, are you sure it is a 500mm f:1.4 ? Very Happy


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Olivier wrote:
Nice Serie.

In #4, are you sure it is a 500mm f:1.4 ? Very Happy



LOL I wish, changed


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Our tiny cat Sophie with a Nikkor 85mm 1.4 AIS on a Nikon D600.



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Small lion, seen last spring in the zoo of Dortmund.



Captured with Pentax K-r & Leitz Elmarit 2.8/180 under difficult lighting conditions. Edited using Silver Efex.


Timo


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1.
Camera Sony DSLR-A700
Sony 100mm F2.8 Macro
Exposure 1/6400 sec
Aperture f/2.8
Focal Length 100 mm
ISO Speed 400



2.
Camera Sony DSLR-A700
Minolta 70-210 F4
Exposure 0.002 sec (1/640)
Aperture f/5.0
Focal Length 210 mm
ISO Speed 400



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timo832000 wrote:
Small lion, seen last spring in the zoo of Dortmund.



Captured with Pentax K-r & Leitz Elmarit 2.8/180 under difficult lighting conditions. Edited using Silver Efex.


Timo


beautiful picture great dof great lens


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Finally, a spring day came.
First proper macros shot with my Mamiya macro Sekor 2.8/60, I didn't expect to shoot them, so I didn't bring a tripod or a flash.



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With Helios-40 on A7