Hey guys, thanks for submitting your photos last week in the challenge. This week's challenge is 'unexpected': show us something that demonstrates the unexpected, or that was unexpected for you when you were out shooting!
Ghosts are coming...
Lions, with adult females in front and youngsters in the back, approaching cheetah and chasing them away in Serengeti (2 pics). Cheetahs noted silhouettes in the distance, but we were quite surprised.
Both shots: Nikon Z50, Tamron 150-600 mm G2 @600 mm, F/22, 1/2000 s.
This summer I visited a small lake in Carinthia/Austria for swimming. Suddenly this small ermine came out of the wood directly to the place, where my wife and me were lying in the grass near the beach. Luckily I had my camera bag with me and the ermine stayed so long, that I could take some pictures in the evening light. I have been there quite often in the last years and have never seen this sort of animal until this day. So it was totally unexpected, that I could take some wildlife photos while relaxing in the sun.
Canon EOS 7D mark II, 400 mm, f/5.6, 1/200 sec, ISO 1600
Two years ago I was in NYC for a week. On the last day we went down the broadway and suddenly I saw this strange musician. At the time, when I took this picture, I thought, that it was just a funny street scene. Later when I checked this image I found out, that I took unexpected a photo of a well-known person in NYC - The Naked Cowboy.
Canon EOS 7D mark II, 105 mm, f/8, 1/200 sec, ISO 160
An unexpected statue [plants] to spark conversations about the relationships between people, plants, and place.
Hi @tomaz! Welcome to our forum, I hope you like it. You'll need one more approved post, and then you can upload photos after that. Looking forward to seeing your shots this week!
While strolling through the park one day In the merry, merry month of May I was taken by surprise By a ....
It was just Loony Toons (source of the quote) when we were out hiking a trail one day and found this older car just ... well ... "there" ...
@spencer : sure, I understand you need to prevent spam - can I get approval for uploading, or shall I simply wait for the next weekly theme? Best Tomaz
I believe this is a Southwestern Speckled Rattlesnake. Thankfully it was
laying still. Nikon D500, iso 400, 1/1000s, f/5.6, 200mm
I was shooting some wild anemones in a wood. I was going home and packing my staff when I noticed a small frog lying on my jumper that i left behind on the ground. (1st picture Nikon Z7 II, Laowa 100 mm Macro 2x, ISO 400, 1/500)
Frog was so collaborative that we went for a an extra session with a focus stack (2nd picture Nikon Z7 II, Laowa 100 mm Macro 2x, ISO 3200, 1/500, stack of 16 photos)
Borrowed Light. Someone in the crowd pressed the shutter release button exactly the same time as I did, and I didn't expect that. Nikon day of photography, December 2010
Nikon D300 + DX Nikkor 10-24mm f/3.5-4.5G @12mm, ISO 800, 1/50, f/3.8
I did a walk in Kefalonia/Greece into the outback with the plan to take some bird pictures. Suddenely on a small hill I detected this object. No idea, how it came here and what was the reason, that it was placed on the top oft the hill.
Canon EOS 7D mark II, 400 mm, f/6.3, 1/1600 sec, ISO 320
Expected (what I was intending as the optimal setup)
Unexpected (what I accenditally shot before seeing something was... maybe right ;) )
