Thank you everyone for submitting your photos last week. This week's theme is of course my favourite theme, "wild animals". So, animals that occur in nature in self-sustaining populations.
A wild animal shot in my garden in 2021 through the kitchen window
Male Eurasian Bullfinch, Plouray, France
Nikon D5000, Sigma 70-300 F4-5.6 APO DG Macro HSM, ISO 800, 450 mm, f5.6, 1/500 s
The wildest I found ;), a black kite, just over my head in a "secret valley" in the Vendée.
D500 with 500PF @1/800s ISO125 F/6.3
It was one of my most fascinating hours, when I visited the mountain gorillas in Bwindi national park in Uganda. Only 2% of our gene are different from them. And you could feel it, when you wer sitting within the family clan of these peaceful wild animals.
Canon EOS 7D mark II, 251 mm, f/6.3, 1/60 sec, ISO 6400
When we went on Rio San Carlos in Costa Rica towards the border of Nicaragua, we met this wild animal. All our hope in that moment was, that our small boat will not capsize.
Canon EOS 7D mark II, 300 mm, f/6.3, 1/400 sec, ISO 250
Two prairie dog about to kiss. They are so darn cute.
Canon R7, RF 100-500, f7.1 1/1600s at ISO 800
Nikon D500, ISO 400, 1/3200s, f/5.6, 500mm
Two giant male southern elephant seals battling to become "Beach Master" at Gold Harbour on South Georgia Island in the southern Atlantic, 1,500 miles east of the southern tip of South America. The seals are surrounded by a troupe of 3' tall king penguin chicks (and one adult); the seals weigh upwards of 8,800 lbs and are 18-20 ft long. The battle lasted less than 3 minutes before the "little guy" gave up.
Nikon Z7ii, ISO 450, 1/80s, f/10, 140 mm
Mango anyone. The wild animal has the camera....
a modest wild photo ...
does this count as wild animal ? I guess not
what about a birdscape
Well, *I* think insects count as wild animals. Here's a big bunch of them (mayfly swarm).