some animals I've seen [View all]

[cab67]

Folks,

I'm not a professional wildlife photographer. In fact, I'm not a photographer at all. I'm a vertebrate paleontologist whose camera equipment is optimized for objects within 4 or 5 feet of me that aren't moving.

Nevertheless, I've tried for some animal shots over the past few years. I apologize if these are substandard, but I did the best I could with the equipment I had.

I put up some bird shots on the Birding group. I'm a birder, so I tend to focus my photography on birds. But my research is dedicated to crocodylians, so there's also a gator and croc bias evident in my photos.

Not sure if I'm bragging or asking for advice on how to improve, but I thought some of you might appreciate them.





Scarlet tanager, Ryerson Forest Preserve, Illinois
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Vermilion Flycatcher, near Tucson, AZ
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blue-spotted salamander, Ryerson Forest Preserve, Illinois
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Nile crocodile, Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda
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American alligator, Cameron Prairie NWR, Louisiana
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Ethiopian wolf, Bale Mountains NP, Ethiopia. (It helps when your birding guide did his thesis work on this species.)
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Black-pencilled marmoset, Riberao Preto, Brazil. I don't usually have much use for primates, but this was cute.
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giraffe, Maasai Mara, Kenya
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bush elephant, Murchison Falls NP, Uganda
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spectacled caiman, near Manaus, Brazil. This species is undergoing major revision and will probably be split up into several species.
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blue mud wasp, Hickory Hill Park, Iowa City, IA
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African giant snail, National Museum of Kenya grounds. (This was a juvenile about the size of snails I typically see in the upper midwest.)
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