Incredible Wildlife Photography
Wildlife — By Stephanie on January 11, 2010 at 10:58 am
Canada goose protects her young
Ever have one of those moments when you think to yourself, “Boy, I wish I had my camera?!” Well, you can enjoy the good fortune of the photographers who were not empty handed when they shot these amazing animal pictures.
These high-speed images are treasures that tell stories we rarely get to see – let alone capture – in stunning detail. Incredible wildlife photography like this takes a steady hand and sharp eye. And perhaps just a bit of luck!
Bringing home the bugs....
If you oohed and ahhed over the first couple of pictures, you might have to prepare yourself for the next image…. open wide!
All in one bite?
The best wildlife photography is often expressed through the unexpected. Like these giraffe kisses for a squirrel!
Hey! How well do I know you?
What is more adorable than a curious monkey – particularly one that wonders what all the photography fuss is about?
Among cute animal photographs, you’ve gotta agree… this one tops the charts!
Ready for my close-up!
Looks like a Chorus Line is coming to a desert near you! These foxes appear to be warming up with some synchronized stretching and yawning. All together now….
Synchronized stretching
This gazelle is probably thinking that grooming is for the birds!
A little more to the left, please
Stunning pictures of animals are often captured in high-speed. You can practically smell the dirt and feel dust in your eyes when you consider this image of two greyhounds closing in on their target.
Who would believe that a rhinoceros could be so precious? Baby animals, no matter their species, make wonderful photography subjects. Especially when a mother’s love is so obvious.
Baby and momma rhino
You thought those greyhounds above looked fast? I’m not sure this mouse will get away with the stolen kitty kibble! And just check out the look on the cat’s face. Can you say intent?
The expressions say it all
This trio of owls in a Pacific Northwest forest is the epitome of wild beauty. Just imagine coming upon this scene while walking through the woods.
Owls in a fir tree
Yikes! Another example of perfect photographer timing. What a lucky killer whale…. fast food!
Penguin's final dive!
Kung-fu squirrel executes a perfect split between the birches!
Master squirrel
It must be getting closer to spring! Little lamb jumps for joy, thinking about fresh clover and a warm sunny spot to rest later.
Hooray for springtime!
I’m not sure if this last image was photoshopped or not (my guess is “yes”). Either way, the artistry of this photograph is incredible. Here’s your chance to use the words “frog” and “beautiful” in the same sentence…
Incredible wildlife photography
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73 Comments
too much photoshop post processing ! so easy & no interrest at all ..
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the second pic is a splendid image with the best subject wit a perfect the bokeh..all in a bite is a sad image bt an awesome capture wat great timing..ready for my close up shot is jus incredible lucky u gt a spare camera to capture that image..wish to view many more images of yours..great job done..
To Dana and Percy and Myriam De Clercq
Nothing wrong with hare coursing, in general. Spain does have a bad reputation, and its well deserved, far too many galgoes die nastily and unnecessarily for anyone to consider it acceptable. But here in Britain coursing was far different (Before the ban of course). Hares do not get along well with agriculture, chemicals and constant disturbance means they do very badly, and they either move or die out on heavily farmed land. Coursing estates gave the hares a home, a safe haven for a year. Where they were protected rigorously and encouraged to breed. Then in the winter they are coursed (almost like the safe haven has a rent system in place). When they are coursed a very small minority are picked off, Being the far less from perfect ones, no loss to the gene pool.
Probably 10 or 20 hares would be caught in a days coursing, if that. But in a days shooting often 200 – 300 hares will be shot. From a true sportsman’s view its a disgusting waste, The hare deserves a chance, Which is given to it by coursing, but indiscriminately shooting the weak and strong ones together is devastating to the gene pool.
The kill itself is usually pretty humane, especially when dogs are coursed solo, as a decent amount of them will retrieve (hobby hunters dogs more than pure match dogs) the hare (a bit shaken up but alive and kicking), back to hand, for humane dispatch. the dogs themselves are 99% of the time very well looked after, since a decent amount of them are pets rather than plain working dogs.
Good job on those pictures, photoshop these days seems to be more and more of a tool of the trade, I don’t mind tbh.
Great collection !
Jean-Michel
Amazing Pictures
All the people here who think Photoshop is so easy to use and requires no artistry in itself are full of it. I don’t think anyone in my photography club would enter a photo in a contest without retouching it in some way. When we used darkrooms we retouched things too — didn’t make the photo less grand. These are amazing shots and I can hardly believe how many master photographers there must be in the world for people to be sneering at them. Such a wonder that I see so many boring photos when everyone seems to be an ace. These all pop with excitement and the unexpected.
Ah, can I just point out that what the first post is referring to when it mentions photoshop is that some of these photo’s are fake. Number 3, 4, 12, probably 15 and maybe more. Fake. Sorry to burst ye’re bubbles.
Everything that we all see in a magazine, billboard, etc. is photoshoped. It really does take alot of skill and creativity to do any kind of retouching or design in photoshop. I’ve been using it since version 7 way before it became the CS.
Very impressive. Even I can not imagine how can you shoot, my always lacked sharpness. Good luck in the future keep it up.
The problem isn’t the use of photoshop for digital corrections. Correcting the colours of the sky in a photo isn’t quite the same as removing a cloud, or adding a plane. Or a spacecraft.
Nice picture,…! its look natural
Photo touch ups where the image has been manipulated with the intention to trick people into believing the situation is real (ie. fairies in the garden, UFOs in the sky etc) is wrong in the sense that it’s a lie. If the artist has stated that it has been manipulated thus (ie. adding another head on a horse or something blatantly unusual) for the sake of artistic interpretation or humor, then that is fine.
If the creators don’t own up to this, then it is just as bad as those email fwds that have hoax theories/stories that sound ‘believable’. Sure it doesn’t hurt people but it does create a lot of wrong knowledge which might cause problems in the future. For example where the author of the article has doubts if the last photo has been ‘photoshopped’ or not, whereas it was ‘OK’ for the other obviously manipulated shots (and quite shoddily done too).
Photoshop isn’t the one to blame. It’s the people using it to mislead other people that should be held responsible. It is also wrong to call such manipulated images ‘photography’ much less ‘incredible’.