A few nice about pet animals images I found:
Obliging
Image by valeehill
I squeaked a toy. The ears went up. I took the picture. How obliging she is.
Read about Lizzie here.
Nigel
Image by amy_kearns
I do not know what that face is about!
Truffle
Image by Enamored_With_Horses
This kitty is also a rescue, but one of only two that survived a devastating fire that claimed the lives of over 60 cats! This one is certainly special to her owner!
Some cool animal movie images:
Eating on the Prairie
Image by Furryscaly
A large male plains bison, Bison bison bison grazes in Theodore Roosevelt National Park's north unit, in McKenzie County, North Dakota. The south unit is separate, in Billings County. The blood on his side came from rubbing extensively on a tree, seen here: www.flickr.com/photos/furryscalyman/8021973780. Also, I know nothing about video editing, so if anyone can recommend a program...
MAH01854
Check out these animal health images:
Donkey exam
Image by The U.S. Army
U.S. Army Captain Jill Lynn, Veterinarian assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, 402nd Civil Affairs Battalion Functional Specialty Team, deployed to Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, conducts an examination on a donkey June 6 during a veterinary civic action project in the rural village of Kagamongole, Uganda. This is the first of a three phase VETCAP sponsored through the collaborative efforts of CJTF-HOA, the Ugandan government and the U.S. Embassy in Uganda. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Dawn M. Price
U.S. ARMY VETCAP
Image by U.S. Mission Uganda
110606-F-XM360-537 KAGAMONGOLE, Uganda - Local villagers secure a large bull to allow U.S. Army Captain Jill Lynn, Veterinarian assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), 402nd Civil Affairs Battalion Functional Specialty Team, along with a local veterinarian to examine the sick cow June 6, during a veterinary civic action project (VETCAP). This is the first phase of a three phase VETCAP sponsored through the collaborative efforts of CJTF-HOA, the Ugandan government and the U.S. Embassy in Uganda. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Dawn M. Price)
U.S. ARMY VETCAP
Image by U.S. Mission Uganda
110606-F-XM360-150 KAGAMONGOLE, Uganda - U.S. Army Captain Jill Lynn, Veterinarian assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), 402nd Civil Affairs Battalion Functional Specialty Team, deployed to Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, conducts an examination on a donkey June 6 during a veterinary civic action project (VETCAP) in the rural village of Kagamongole, Uganda. This is the first phase of a three phase VETCAP sponsored through the collaborative efforts of CJTF-HOA, the Ugandan government and the U.S. Embassy in Uganda.(U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Dawn M. Price)
Some cool pictures of animals images:
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Image by Dhammika Heenpella / Images of Sri Lanka
Leopard, Ibbawala, Wilpattu
Some cool animal protection images:
July 11 2010
Image by Barbara.Doduk
July 11 2010: Squirrel
Image by Barbara.Doduk
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Cat Nap
Image by scott_48074
Cortana taking advantage of our screened in porch and the spring sun. Taking a nap on her custom built cat shelves. About six feet of the ground overlooking a very busy bird feeder.
Flash
Image by rfduck
Sometime in 1990 we adopted two kittens and named them Flash and Midnight. Midnight you've already met (if you haven't, check out other photos in this set). This is a picture of Flash, taken when he was about six years old. Unfortunately, he contracted kitty lukemia late in his life and died sometime in 1997. He was a great cat and will always be missed.
Apologizes for the poor quality. Blurry or not, this is still a cute shot. I have other shots of him scanned, so I'll post those at a later time.
A few nice animal control images I found:
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Image by mooseberry
Friends of Gen. Cnty. Animal Control Booth
Image by Resource Genesee/HandsOn Genesee
Volunteer Expo 2012
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Candy!
Image by Lorenia
drew barrymore walking a cow?!
Image by Shira Golding
Battery Cages
Image by Farm Sanctuary
Battery Cages
(Feel free to distribute freely for not-for-profit use, but please credit Farm Sanctuary. If you are media and are in need of a high-resolution version of this image, please contact us at media@farmsanctuary.org and request the file "batthens07_300_1".)
Some cool stuff animals images:
Monster Ponster
Image by Mariken Mirri Rocks
Monster Ponster loves to play outside!
Mud and the forest are his best friends. He's happy the way he looks. Beauty comes from the inside,
and a beautiful monster it is!
21 cm wide and 27 cm long (8,26 and 10,26 inch)
About the Funny Bunny family
This are magical handmade stuffed animals.
Each one has a special characteristic. They are here to show us their love and spread safety. Every bunny is here to play and to remind us of the playfulness and love that is inside of us.
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Neighborhood Visitor
Image by protoflux
Last night we were tidying up our house and Micheal heard a man yelling frantically outside. He looked out the window and saw a 4 foot snake (!!!!!!) crawling across the street. Here is how everything went down...
Micheal came running downstairs, past me in the living room and said, "There was a big snake crawling across the road and some guys are pinning it down." I threw Dixie in the kennel, grabbed my camera and ran outside to see the snake. A guy had shown up on a bicycle and was pinning the snake down by the front tire, my neighbor stood beside him with a tropical drink in one hand and a shovel in the other wearing snakeskin boots (so you can guess what he was thinking about), a lady who lives across the street had nearly wrecked her car upon seeing the snake, drove into our driveway to shine her headlights on the scene and was yelling, "I just called animal control!" and then this other guy showed up and he and Tropical Drink Guy discussed the fine cuisine of snake. At this point, everyone is thinking it's a copperhead, so the objective was to behead the "poisonous snake". After the deed was done, I ran back into the house, carried Judah out so he could see it and he and I took a bunch of pictures (Judah asked if he could "take a picture of the blood"....boys!) Meanwhile, Tropical Drink Guy stood in a fire ant bed and had a whole new set of problems, but I admire that he didn't spill a drop of his cocktail in the ensuing swatting of biting ants, the snake kept moving which freaked out the innocent lady who was walking along the sidewalk with her sack of groceries, and I was happy that it wasn't Dixie who had found the snake. Tropical Drink Guy went to his house and came back with a box and took the snake home, presumably to cook it.
All was right in the world until we looked up Texas snakes on the internet and realized it was not a copperhead. It was a rat snake. A BENEFICIAL snake. As in snakes that eat rodents.
Jurassic Park–The Ride
Image by cliff1066™
Turning a corner, riders see a boat that appears to be in a state of disrepair: two Compsognathus are seen eating a bloody shirt (The CP5 which has been sent by Jurassic Park Animal Control to guide the boat towards a safe area but the compsognathuses came and killed the crew). (Photo: Dilophosaurus 'Spitter' dinosaur)
Too comfortable to control my forelegs
Image by Takashi(aes256)
Miyako really love bigan roll. Maybe Miyako feel too good to control her forelegs :D
美顔ロールが大好きなみやこちゃん、あまりの気持ちよさに前足ピーンになってます。
Canon EOS 7D + Canon EF 85mm F1.2L II USM
Some cool animal shelter images:
Available at the Gordon County Animal Shelter. 706.629.3327
Image by zane.hollingsworth
GCAS
Available Animals currently at the shelter
---------Shooting Data--------------
Date:September,4,2012
Time:01:39:44:PM
Camera:NIKON D7000
Lens:95
Lens(35mm eq.):142
ISO:200
SS:1/400 @ f/5.6
Available at the Gordon County Animal Shelter. 706.629.3327
Image by zane.hollingsworth
GCAS
Available Animals currently at the shelter
---------Shooting Data--------------
Date:September,4,2012
Time:01:24:25:PM
Camera:NIKON D7000
Lens:44
Lens(35mm eq.):66
ISO:200
SS:1/200 @ f/5.6
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Discussions
Image by thor_mark
Taken at the Austin Zoo & Animal Sanctuary. When I took this photo of two Squirrel Monkeys, that's what I imagined them doing at the time. By keeping a tight focus on them, I feel it better captured that.
Brown Cow at Peaceful Prairie Sanctuary
Image by SocialAlex
Brown Cow at Peaceful Prairie Sanctuary
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Loading a Manatee at Lowry Park Zoo
Image by MyFWCmedia
Activities were conducted under the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service permit # MA770191.
June, 2013 - Crowd at Male Manatee Release
Image by MyFWCmedia
Activities were conducted under the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service permit # MA770191.
June, 2013 - Male Manatee Release
Image by MyFWCmedia
Activities were conducted under the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service permit # MA770191.
A few nice facts about animals images I found:
The Making of Harry Potter 29-05-2012
Image by Karen Roe
The Great Hall
These are the actual main doors to the Great Hall, surrounded with stone statues and carvings. Walking through into the Great Hall we are told that we were now walking on the actual stone floor used in the films and seeing the actual tables where the actors ate their feasts. Dummies down each side of the hall wear the actual house costumes that were used in the films: Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, Gryffindor and Slytherin and not forgetting Moaning Myrtle. At the far end of the hall is the teachers table area, with more amazing costumes worn by Professors Dumbledore, Snape, McGonagall, Moody, Trelawney and Flitwick as well as Hagrid and Filch. Each of the Great Hall torch holders is a carving of one of the four house animals.
The House Point Counter
Though it was rarely seen on screen, prop makers are especially proud of the house point counter, which contains thousands of glass beads.
The Owl Podium
The podium used by Professor Dumbledore is covered in real gold and years of melted wax.
People the world-over have been enchanted by the Harry Potter films for nearly a decade. The wonderful special effects and amazing creatures have made this iconic series beloved to both young and old - and now, for the first time, the doors are going to be opened for everyone at the studio where it first began. You'll have the chance to go behind-the-scenes and see many things the camera never showed. From breathtakingly detailed sets to stunning costumes, props and animatronics, Warner Bros. Studio Tour London provides a unique showcase of the extraordinary British artistry, technology and talent that went into making the most successful film series of all time. Secrets will be revealed.
Warner Bros. Studio Tour London provides an amazing new opportunity to explore the magic of the Harry Potter films - the most successful film series of all time. This unique walking tour takes you behind-the-scenes and showcases a huge array of beautiful sets, costumes and props. It also reveals some closely guarded secrets, including facts about the special effects and animatronics that made these films so hugely popular all over the world.
Here are just some of the things you can expect to see and do:
- Step inside and discover the actual Great Hall.
- Explore Dumbledore’s office and discover never-before-seen treasures.
- Step onto the famous cobbles of Diagon Alley, featuring the shop fronts of Ollivanders wand shop, Flourish and Blotts, the Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes, Gringotts Wizarding Bank and Eeylops Owl Emporium.
- See iconic props from the films, including Harry’s Nimbus 2000 and Hagrid’s motorcycle.
- Learn how creatures were brought to life with green screen effects, animatronics and life-sized models.
- Rediscover other memorable sets from the film series, including the Gryffindor common room, the boys’ dormitory, Hagrid’s hut, Potion’s classroom and Professor Umbridge’s office at the Ministry of Magic.
Located just 20 miles from the heart of London at Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden, the very place where it all began and where all eight of the Harry Potter films were brought to life. The Studio Tour is accessible to everyone and promises to be a truly memorable experience - whether you’re an avid Harry Potter fan, an all-round movie buff or you just want to try something that’s a little bit different.
The tour is estimated to take approximately three hours (I was in there for 5 hours!), however, as the tour is mostly self guided, you are free to explore the attraction at your own pace. During this time you will be able to see many of the best-loved sets and exhibits from the films. Unique and precious items from the films will also be on display, alongside some exciting hands-on interactive exhibits that will make you feel like you’re actually there.
The magic also continues in the Gift Shop, which is full of exciting souvenirs and official merchandise, designed to create an everlasting memory of your day at Warner Bros. Studio Tour London.
Hogwarts Castle Model - Get a 360 degree view of the incredible, hand sculpted 1:24 scale construction that features within the Studio Tour. The Hogwarts castle model is the jewel of the Art Department having been built for the first film, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. It took 86 artists and crew members to construct the first version which was then rebuilt and altered many times over for the next seven films. The work was so extensive that if one was to add all the man hours that have gone into building and reworking the model, it would come to over 74 years. The model was used for aerial photography, and was digitally scanned for CGI scenes.
The model, which sits at nearly 50 feet in diameter, has over 2,500 fibre optic lights that simulate lanterns and torches and even gave the illusion of students passing through hallways in the films. To show off the lighting to full effect a day-to-night cycle will take place every four minutes so you can experience its full beauty.
An amazing amount of detail went into the making of the model: all the doors are hinged, real plants are used for landscaping and miniature birds are housed in the Owlery. To make the model appear even more realistic, artists rebuilt miniature versions of the courtyards from Alnwick Castle and Durham Cathedral, where scenes from Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone were shot.
Check out these wildlife animals images:
P52[15]: Otter
Image by Russell Ede
Emmy the Otter waits in anticipation of food at the British Wildlife Centre.
This is the Photograph for Week Fifteen of my Project 52. I love the British Wildlife Centre, it's not often you get to get this close to animals; if you're a photographer and live in the South East, I wholly recommend a visit!
A few nice animals that are extinct images I found:
Kruger II
Image by féileacán
Elephants are large land mammals in two extant genera of the family Elephantidae: Elephas and Loxodonta, with the third genus Mammuthus extinct. Three species of elephant are generally recognized today: the African bush elephant, the African forest elephant and the Asian elephant (also known as the Indian elephant). However, some researchers postulate the existence of a fourth species of elephant in West Africa. All other species and genera of Elephantidae are extinct. Most have been extinct since the last ice age, although dwarf forms of mammoths might have survived as late as 2,000 BCE. Elephants and other Elephantidae were once classified with other thick-skinned animals in a now invalid order, Pachydermata.
Elephants are the largest living land animals on Earth today. The elephant's gestation period is 22 months, the longest of any land animal. At birth, an elephant calf typically weighs 105 kilograms (230 lb). They typically live for 50 to 70 years, but the oldest recorded elephant lived for 82 years. The largest elephant ever recorded was shot in Angola in 1956. This male weighed about 24,000 lb (11,000 kg), with a shoulder height of 3.96 metres (13.0 ft), a metre (yard) taller than the average male African elephant. The smallest elephants, about the size of a calf or a large pig, were a prehistoric species that lived on the island of Crete during the Pleistocene epoch.
Elephants are a symbol of wisdom in Asian cultures and are famed for their memory and intelligence, where their intelligence level is thought to be equal to that of dolphins and primates. Aristotle once said the elephant was "the beast which passeth all others in wit and mind." The word "elephant" has its origins in the Greek ἐλέφας, meaning "ivory" or "elephant".
According to observations, healthy adult elephants have no natural predators,[19] although lions may take calves or weak individuals.[20][21] They are, however, threatened by human intrusion and poaching.
Kruger II
Image by féileacán
Elephants are large land mammals in two extant genera of the family Elephantidae: Elephas and Loxodonta, with the third genus Mammuthus extinct. Three species of elephant are generally recognized today: the African bush elephant, the African forest elephant and the Asian elephant (also known as the Indian elephant). However, some researchers postulate the existence of a fourth species of elephant in West Africa. All other species and genera of Elephantidae are extinct. Most have been extinct since the last ice age, although dwarf forms of mammoths might have survived as late as 2,000 BCE. Elephants and other Elephantidae were once classified with other thick-skinned animals in a now invalid order, Pachydermata.
Elephants are the largest living land animals on Earth today. The elephant's gestation period is 22 months, the longest of any land animal. At birth, an elephant calf typically weighs 105 kilograms (230 lb). They typically live for 50 to 70 years, but the oldest recorded elephant lived for 82 years. The largest elephant ever recorded was shot in Angola in 1956. This male weighed about 24,000 lb (11,000 kg), with a shoulder height of 3.96 metres (13.0 ft), a metre (yard) taller than the average male African elephant. The smallest elephants, about the size of a calf or a large pig, were a prehistoric species that lived on the island of Crete during the Pleistocene epoch.
Elephants are a symbol of wisdom in Asian cultures and are famed for their memory and intelligence, where their intelligence level is thought to be equal to that of dolphins and primates. Aristotle once said the elephant was "the beast which passeth all others in wit and mind." The word "elephant" has its origins in the Greek ἐλέφας, meaning "ivory" or "elephant".
According to observations, healthy adult elephants have no natural predators,[19] although lions may take calves or weak individuals.[20][21] They are, however, threatened by human intrusion and poaching.
Check out these pet animals images:
Cat Playing with a new toy
Image by Randi Deuro
Arya loves her new toy. Its got catnip in it so thats the crazy look in her eyes
sprawl
Image by WhatDaveSees
A few nice free animals images I found:
free
Image by Gustty
Free Willy
Image by Zniper
A few nice wildlife animals images I found:
Baby Croc II
Image by jennofarc
A baby crocodile sitting on a log (Baby Croc I was taken at the Sydney Aquarium).
Penguins
Image by jennofarc
Pengiuns at Featherdale. Australia is close to the Antarctic so there are many penguins nearby!
Sulfur-crested Cockatoo
Image by jennofarc
A cockatoo in a cage at Featherdale. These guys are plentiful in Australia and there were more wild birds at the park than caged ones!
A few nice wildlife animals images I found:
Nesting mama coot and chicks vs 2 LDR
Image by LHG Creative Photography
Ok, its not perfection, but its undeniably a damnsight better than the natural version for descriptive value. Here.
www.flickr.com/photos/16180154@N07/4599429029/
I did oversaturate a little, but like I say I'm not trying to fool anyone about it being an LDR, I can spot em all anyway, no matter how subtle, and I know for a fact that lots of animal pro's do them, and pass them off as natural shots, but the fact is some of these people are achieving a level of tonality beyond any basic one shot process. No camera can do it. This one is a 4 layer ldr, 4 tonemaps, hand touch blurs and burns, sharpens, blurs , and recolouration. Do people like them LDR'd? Well obviously 66 views for the HDR vs 12 views for the natural shot thats been up a day longer says yes, people do. They are at least more appealing to younger people.
WARNING: UBER RANT. ;)
Its not about kidding anyone on, or pretending your better than you really are (people know I can take a pretty mean nature shot anyway) its just about making the best of what would otherwise be wasted opportunities. Nothing wrong with avoiding waste, and in the business of nature photography which include rare spots, rare behaviours and limited opportunities, only a muppet ditches what they don't have to.
You see, take a look at the average picture of a coot on flickr, on average they arent terribly descriptive images. The blacks are just black with a tinge of blue, the whites are just white, the texture is minimal, the descriptive qualities of actual human vision are lost. I always think that your trying to show someone who may not have seen such an image before, what the interest in such birds actually is. Now a standard shot in all but exceptional lighting situations doesnt do that. If I were child , looking at an image of a coot taken a standard way, would I be that interested? No, not really. Too bland, nothing to mentally lock onto or hold the interest. If theres one thing that UK wildlife suffers from is its ability to compete with the other natural wonders of the world, the rift valley, the amazon, half of asia etc. I see that problem as not being with the animals themselves, but in the way we portray them. You have to invite people into small worlds for the appreciation, you have to give them a reason to look, and I think a number of photographic conventions when used on british wildlife have been sabotaging the nature and the potential of the animals to appeal. Especially to the younger generation. Our country is largely grey and a bit cloudy, and a bit brown or green and unless your oop north it doesnt have a lot of structural scale or magnificence, and what there is , is often buggered by the weather. Personally I would take on that challenge, to help the attunement of others eyes to see what is magical in a world that can seem a little bland, a little austere.
This is about subtlety, and subtlety is about bringing things forward into the common perception. In fact to reach people, sometimes you have to take what is subtle , and make it more blatent, you have to reveal things. The point being, the guy who lives in the grey, whose vision cuts through the limitations and has a love for things he sees in his grey world, has to bring out the colour and the texture for those who have a more spectacular and tropical love of the natural world. Its a matter of maturity , when the subtleties of british wildlife reach you in all of their magnificence, and I worry that kids disregard the magic around them, when I believe , there is a way to show them.
Those of us who have seen coots for real know they are stunning little birds of immense interest, mental antics, huge parental care, massive ingenuity, and that within that black little form is a structure and visible personality that most photographs simply will not show. We see it because weve already experienced it, we reinvest our knowledge into the image we see before us. Its a mental association. But for someone who hasnt seen a coot before, they just arent recieving that data, they arent on our wavelength.
So natural shot purism aside, is there a reason to LDR or HDR a wildlife shot? I think yes. Especially for children, to help them visualise and learn about things they might otherwise never see, and to help people from different countries to experience wildlife without some of the typical descriptive faults of the natural shot. I think, appropriately used, without overdoing it for effect, this descriptive power that HDR has, is a pretty cool learning tool in the appreciation of wildlife.
Its not only clear for those young children and adults whos eyes are not yet attuned to the natural world, its also a little bit , touch feely, and quite revealing. Its potential for bringing detail to the twilight world, that too has not been explored, and as I think I showed while playing with ben909's boar image, I think theres real potential there.
Personally being able to take a shot and be able to process when needed IS the best working compromise. For those of us on a limited budget, who can't afford multi-grand lenses and cameras its all we got. Besides EVERYONE does it these days. Purists will just get left behind in the end.Cos processing doesnt stop you learning, it can actually help. Yes we love those natural shots, yes we spend months getting them, but to ditch an image like this would have just been a waste, theres no justification for it. The urge to perfect the skill doesn't stop because you process a few.
Besides if digital cameras shot like we see, we wouldnt have to. Can you really compete with a £450 camera and a £150 lens?
No, not quite, close but no cigar. If I had that sort of kit in the four grand bracket would I have got the shot I really wanted? Absolutely.
Unless everyone has that sort of kit, the purists piety talk can stay amongst the rich folks. Its easy to say everything should stay natural if you own a multi-grand camera, its just smacking the little people on the head, maintaining heirarchy. The really laughable bit is when you get purists with cameras like mine or worse. They seem to think blue and bland and badly contrasted is better. How I laugh. By those principles do you know how many really good shots you'll get in a year , those really magical ones that don't depend on the subject being extraordinary , but are instead a subtle and remarkable quality shot of a difficult subject? Probably five. You will have five because your camera will have sabotaged you out of getting the other 500 potentially good shots you aimed at. With a better camera they would have been pure gold, and we know it. I'm all over manual settings like a rash, that makes things a lot better ,but it still sabotages me, I'm getting maybe 20 natural shots a year that I want to really keep.
Now i'm really not being a bad workman blaming his tools. It should be obvious to everyone that I'm still trying to extract every last possible use out of my camera, but I outgrew my S2IS and I'm starting to outgrow my 450D. Ive really put the time in ( at least a solid equivalent of a dawn to dusk day every week for a couple of years, totally in the zone , and often on insomnia days full nights and days too! I know what I screw up and what I don't. I'm clearly my harshest critic anyway. Gimme the kit and I'll show you whats good, and not too many will compete with that. I'm not the only one either. Theres lots of us with a vision greater than our equipment will allow us. We are sick of hitting that ceiling , we want to go beyond it, but what the hell do you do without the cash?
We can't recreate that vision we have, we havent the res, the chip doesnt see the light right whatever the setting,we try everything, we pan and focus like gods, we hide like ghosts, and we shoot like snipers, but if the camera is holding you back its holding you back. We dont want to be limited in having to just muck about with composition as if all we have is a mobile phone camera because we can't get that pin-sharp detail in all but the brightest light, and on the still and slow moving, we don't have cameras with a wide dynamic range, and nearly all of the whitebalancing in all the major brands in the midrange is way off, even in the field for raw purposes if you want that correct colour representation you'd basically have to give the damn coot a white card to hold, and reset the camera to that. No auto setting gets the image colours right, and no preset in a raw editor is bang on unless you literally still white balance with a white card. Thats why we all shoot in raw, rather than JPG and we all process by degrees, even if its just a sharpen or a shadow drop or a whitebalance in RAW processing, we are just getting things better than the camera can. Cameras and lenses are now priced way beyond the average budget for those exceeding the limitations of their midrange DSLR's and we are stuck until that changes.
Until then, we muck on as best we can, just trying to do what our cameras cant, having got the best out of them quite a while ago, and doing whatever we can to exceed those limitations, not of our own , but of the tools. We play and we love it. Its still an act of creation. I'm not putting stuff in thats not there, I'm just enhancing the qualities of the shot.
Just a poor man doing his best. Or trying to.
Thats why purist snobbery annoys me. Photography is an art of many cameras, styles, artistic intents and software uses, and with each process in decision making and tool use, if properly applied the effect should be more human, more work, more love, more consideration , more care, and more distance from the machine, not less.
I don't have a canon 1DS mk 3 or an 800mmm prime, or a sigma 100-800 zoom, I don't even have a decent macro. I have a 450d I put money aside for for over a year, I have lenses that were uber bargains, and when they break, I'm fucked. I'm living on tins of beans here. So with that in mind I'd just love to hear some fucking smart alec come up with a solution. What can I say, I try damn hard, but I can't be in competition with the best , I'm at an impass and creativity is the only way around, and that includes trying whatever you can on no money. If I had the money for the cameras, the travel, the ability to scout wide areas for wildlife you don't think i'd be photographically kicking your ass right now?
I do what I must to capture what I must. Thats it. People complaining about purity just makes me want to smack them in the mouth if I'm honest, because its a cap limit saying what I can and can't do. I do as I damn well please to bring out the beauty I see, and no shallow minded fool will ever stop me.
I will still get better at natural shooting regardless. The common train of thought - that people have only the ability to do one thing, and that once they process something it invalidates all their work - is obviously a total fucking nonsense. Many people process and take damn fine pictures, they do both, and they show both, its totally self evident that people can be masters of more than one discipline, and don't have to stare at a camera all day like its a mystical thing, using the camera can feel totally natural, its every function understood, every function it has used, and quickly, every shot considered, they understand light, depth of field and are ready to capitalise on the moments offered to them. They take a picture as far as it can go in the camera, then on the pc they choose to take it further. They are in no way shirking their responsibilities in the skillset of wielding a camera. They still regard it as a fine art. If your one of those people who can't see the point in jumping the limitation of a camera and using software to achieve an intended result, well then....your just not too clever eh? Did you want a result your happy with at any point, perhaps something personally or commercially useable or even a little different? Is it about pride? If so , then why let the camera dictate what you can and can't do all the time, if your proud, give yourself a damn break and get what you want once in a while. Pride is in not being denied.
Banging your head on the same brick wall, and not using ingenuity and failing to think outside the box to solve an otherwise permanent problem is being a fucking muppet. You have to ask yourself the question - is my camera good enough for me to be purist, or do I really not have a fucking clue about what I'm talking about and just like vomiting in other people kettles?
Hdr's and LDR'S are just a process, in fact they are very much like the process your chip in the camera makes at moment of shot. Were not on film any more.You think a chip sees like you? Whats artificial? If people think HDR makes it harder for people to shine in relative competition against it, they must be nuts, its actually your average digital camera thats doing that to you. Its the way they read light that makes a trillion pictures look the same.HDR when done properly is the correction.
Do I want to be stuck in a rank hierarchy of people who take blue poorly toned photos that all look the damn same, so much so that digital photography hardware and software has ALREADY dominated the style of 90'and norties photos?
You see, suspension of disbelief has a flipside. It makes you accept a media that is not correct, a view that isnt accurate, and it makes you think that machine eyes see as you do, or that somehow your eyes arent to be trusted and that the machine must be right.
Well thats a muppets sport. When it was between light and chemicals on a piece of film in an analogue world purism had a point, maybe at the very top end of dslr's its still true, but now bridge and midrange digi cameras outnumber real SLR's a million to one, its just not true any more.
The moral of this story being, is not to mute others for the sake of your lack of awareness about a hardware and software fault phenomenon that is so common in so many cameras and images (ie in the majority of all pictures taken) that you miss it. Its not "De stijl" or "De rigueur" its a perceptile fuck-up, a technological limitation based on incorrect logarythmic programming concerning colour and contrast when confronted by the challenges of processing though a glass lens. In the history of photography there has never been a bigger fuck-up frankly, and no , chucking more ISO in the camera really doesnt help, and res only helps detail and the post- processing. Thats how things are in the midrange. Theres no avoiding it.
You can't base an establishment on flaws. Nor judge others in its wake. I think we just got rid of new labour because that particular mentality appealed to them a bit much. Can we change the outlook on photography too before I get old? Lets have a renaissance year.
The other big laugh of the decade is when people judge colour and tone on each others photos , saying this is good or not, and most of them are looking at the images on LED screens in stead of the million miles better CRT's, and half the pictures are calibrated to srgb instead of adobe rgb which is miles better.
LED, sucks absolute huge hairy arse when judging something that has had as much care taken over it as a photo, your not seeing the colour graduation properly anyway. Ever noticed that a lot of people complaining about burnt highlights, shooting mega dark, and wondering why everyone pics look a bit red or purple, even yellow, are precisely those people using laptops and led monitors?
To test this, take your laptop somewhere, take a wildlife shot with just about any camera that cost less than £1000, especially a style camera, a bridge camera, or a non-full frame midrange dslr with a chip of more than a year old, upload it, and see how it looks "au naturelle" and unprocessed.
Does it look like the real thing? Nope, not even fucking close, the contrast will be shit, the tonality will be worse, and the colours in the lights and the shadow tones will be terrible, usually way too blue or green, even purple or pink. Even if like me you have learned enough about manual settings to get the best out of it, its still not looking too real is it? Thats cheap glass, fringing, dodgy sensors, and stupid contrast perception in the firmware and software. Why would you not get rid of it, fix it, especially when the only difference between your picture being bad or perfect is basically down to the equipment? Compared to stuff pros have , we in the midrange have to deal with ISO much over 200 completely screwing detail up, contrast in the camera is terrible because of the low dynamic range, the whitebalancing perception and computation in the camera is way off, and half the time the autofocus won't settle. We can only look at our fringy , off focus, and poorly toned images for so long before we stop wanting to be impressed by them, and cease licking the screen. For anyone proficient with a bit of talent, that day will come.
Then you realise most people are probably looking at flickr on laptops. Meh.
For CRT users, I would like to tell you the process by which you can make your CRT appear just like an LED.
1) First drink nineteen pints of lager.
2) Poke yourself in both eyes with a salt covered finger.
3) Stare directly into the sun using a magnifying glass.
4) Hold a sieve over your face.
5) Look at the screen while switching the light in the room on and off as fast as you can manage.
Presto! Just like LED!
;)
Rant over. I'm purged for the month. I promise I will be peace and light for at least the next three weeks. My manstrual cycle is up.
Oh yes, we do have them. ;)
owl
Image by Leo Reynolds
Norfolk Wildlife Centre & Country Park, Great Witchingham, Norfolk, England, UK
A few nice about pet animals images I found:
Kitty Condom
Image by ambergris
My cat comtemplating the condom I put on his tail. He was suprisingly calm about this.
Chair Kitty
Image by nebarnix
This photo was taken in August 2005 about a week after a heavy antibiotic dose. His eyes were crystal clear!
Some cool facts about animals images:
2012 Reggie Day at Miller Park Zoo
Image by Homecoming at Illinois State
Families enjoyed a fun day with Reggie Redbird and his animal buddies as they toured the zoo and learned about fun animal facts. View more images at IllinoisStateHomecoming.
Some cool animals video images:
OPENING: THE SPCA LEMON GROVE SHELTER, Bay of Islands, Kerikeri, New Zealand
Image by Friends for the love of Animals
OPENING: THE SPCA LEMON GROVE SHELTER, Bay of Islands, Kerikeri, New Zealand
Come and join us celebrate the opening ceremony, or just pop up and have a look at the lovely home our wonderful mutleys now have….. All thank to YOU…
Contact: Bay of Islands SPCA
www.boispca.co.nz/index.html
Bay of Islands SPCA
Postal address:
P O Box 167
Kerikeri 0245
Office / Centre
50 Kerikeri Road (beside Bay of Islands Vets)
Kerikeri
(09) 407 7515 (24 hours per day)
boispca@xtra.co.nz
…The Bay of Island SPCA Shelter…
Where:
Lemon Grove – Next turning on the right 2.3km after Stanners Road heading North on SH10
We look forward to seeing you.
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“Announcements:
Dear Animal Friends,,
Thank you for your response!! on my Social Networking site 'Facebook'Twitter.. Youtube and all the mails!!
.....“BUT THIS IS NOT MY SHELTER”....
Friends for the love of Animals
.....Please click on the Links:
Lonely Dog, A rescue dog story,SPCA DOG
www.youtube.com/user/LoveOfAnimals?feature=mhee#p/u/4/2Rl...
I treat my animals like family; I would never ever keep them on a chain!!!! My dogs are only chain to my heart!!
I speak for those who cannot speak for or defend themselves. And I will continue to fight this fight to the last beat of my heart.
We have decided to devote our time to help the lives of animals. Animals are suffering every minute, every day. We are also decent and compassionate people dedicated to speaking out for animals. All animals should be treated with compassion, love and respect.
I am committed to the welfare of the unloved dogs in our area and intend to continue fighting for them will spend all my time and money to help animals in need.
“All animals should be treated with compassion, love and respect”
“There is little that separates humans from other sentient beings—we all feel pain, we all feel joy, we all deeply crave to be alive and live freely, and we all share this planet together.” Gandhi
Kind and Loving Regards
Bob Winter
“Friends for the love of Animals”
OPENING: THE SPCA LEMON GROVE SHELTER, Bay of Islands, Kerikeri, New Zealand
Image by Friends for the love of Animals
OPENING: THE SPCA LEMON GROVE SHELTER, Bay of Islands, Kerikeri, New Zealand
Come and join us celebrate the opening ceremony, or just pop up and have a look at the lovely home our wonderful mutleys now have….. All thank to YOU…
Contact: Bay of Islands SPCA
www.boispca.co.nz/index.html
Bay of Islands SPCA
Postal address:
P O Box 167
Kerikeri 0245
Office / Centre
50 Kerikeri Road (beside Bay of Islands Vets)
Kerikeri
(09) 407 7515 (24 hours per day)
boispca@xtra.co.nz
…The Bay of Island SPCA Shelter…
Where:
Lemon Grove – Next turning on the right 2.3km after Stanners Road heading North on SH10
We look forward to seeing you.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
“Announcements:
Dear Animal Friends,,
Thank you for your response!! on my Social Networking site 'Facebook'Twitter.. Youtube and all the mails!!
.....“BUT THIS IS NOT MY SHELTER”....
Friends for the love of Animals
.....Please click on the Links:
Lonely Dog, A rescue dog story,SPCA DOG
www.youtube.com/user/LoveOfAnimals?feature=mhee#p/u/4/2Rl...
I treat my animals like family; I would never ever keep them on a chain!!!! My dogs are only chain to my heart!!
I speak for those who cannot speak for or defend themselves. And I will continue to fight this fight to the last beat of my heart.
We have decided to devote our time to help the lives of animals. Animals are suffering every minute, every day. We are also decent and compassionate people dedicated to speaking out for animals. All animals should be treated with compassion, love and respect.
I am committed to the welfare of the unloved dogs in our area and intend to continue fighting for them will spend all my time and money to help animals in need.
“All animals should be treated with compassion, love and respect”
“There is little that separates humans from other sentient beings—we all feel pain, we all feel joy, we all deeply crave to be alive and live freely, and we all share this planet together.” Gandhi
Kind and Loving Regards
Bob Winter
“Friends for the love of Animals”
Check out these animals names images:
Groundhog
Image by Boston Public Library
File name: 08_06_000673
Title: Groundhog
Creator/Contributor: Jones, Leslie, 1886-1967 (photographer)
Date created: 1917 - 1934 (approximate)
Physical description: 1 negative : glass, black & white ; 4 x 5 in.
Genre: Glass negatives
Subjects: Woodchucks
Notes: Title from information provided by Leslie Jones or the Boston Public Library on the negative or negative sleeve.; Date supplied by cataloger.
Collection: Leslie Jones Collection
Location: Boston Public Library, Print Department
Rights: Copyright © Leslie Jones.
Preferred citation: Courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection.
Tame squirrels
Image by Boston Public Library
File name: 08_06_000614
Title: Tame squirrels
Creator/Contributor: Jones, Leslie, 1886-1967 (photographer)
Date created: 1917 - 1934 (approximate)
Physical description: 1 negative : glass, black & white ; 4 x 5 in.
Genre: Glass negatives
Subjects: Squirrels
Notes: Title from information provided by Leslie Jones or the Boston Public Library on the negative or negative sleeve.; Date supplied by cataloger.
Collection: Leslie Jones Collection
Location: Boston Public Library, Print Department
Rights: Copyright © Leslie Jones.
Preferred citation: Courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection.
A few nice animals images I found:
Animal Kingdom - Natural Color
Image by SpreadTheMagic
These guys really glow when the sunlight hits them.
Animal Kingdom - Adventure Everest
Image by SpreadTheMagic
Animal Kingdom - Himalayan Escapes
Image by SpreadTheMagic
