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Smithsonian magazine has chosen its top picks for its 10th annual photography contest, which draws submissions from amateurs and professionals around the world. This year's finalists for best nature photo include an unforgettably soulful gorilla from the Bronx, a jaw-dropping galaxy rise behind Mt. Ranier, and the delicate wings of a juvenile Spectacled Spiderhunter perched on a branch in a dense green jungle in Malaysia
Mummy, I Am Down Here, and Hungry!
Photo by Bjorn Olesen (Singapore). Photographed in Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia, November, 2010.
The morning this photo was taken was unusually quiet, Olesen says. "I was about to pack my bags I heard this juvenile Spectacled Spiderhunter (Arachnothera flavigaster) calling 'chi-chit, chi-chit,' trying to attract the attention of its parents above while flapping its wings." Olesen snapped as many shots possible before the bird flew away seconds later. "[It was] the highlight of my Borneo Trip."
Taken with a Nikon D3
An Onlooker Witnesses the Annular Solar Eclipse as the Sun Sets on May 20, 2012
Photo by Colleen Pinski (Peyton, CO). Photographed in Albuquerque, NM, May 2012.
The photographer captures a person framed by the annular solar eclipse, watching as the sun sets. “I feel it can inspire so many people around the world, no matter what race, religion or gender,” Pinski says. “Anyone can look at it and feel touched by a ‘beyond this world’ experience.
Man-Made Ice Geyser
Nathan Carlsen
A photographer captured this image of an ice geyser in Duluth, Minnesota last January. The geyser forms from water flowing from a pipe that is left on all winter to prevent the pipe from bursting; Carlsen dropped a rope with several LEDs attached into the center of the geyser to achieve the lighting shown here, and took the shot with a Nikon D70
Originally posted by CX
Does the photograph have to be done with a regular camera?
If not, how are these photographs not in the selection?....
Stunning photos of Tardigrades!
Nice photos though, i love the one of the milky way above the mountain.
Thanks for sharing the link.
CX.
Originally posted by Lucid Lunacy
reply to post by SilentE
Have to give a shout out to Image #5
That's the huge caterpillar that eats all my chilli pepper and tomato plants every summer. Turns into a huge moth too!
Amazing photo tooedit on 7-3-2013 by Lucid Lunacy because: (no reason given)
Antheraea Polyphemus Caterpillar
Colin Hutton
Photographer Colin Hutton snapped this photo of a caterpillar in Duke Forest, North Carolina, while shooting footage of a jumping spider with a Canon 7D
Originally posted by Lucid Lunacy
reply to post by SilentE
Have to give a shout out to Image #5
That's the huge caterpillar that eats all my chilli pepper and tomato plants every summer. Turns into a huge moth too!
Amazing photo tooedit on 7-3-2013 by Lucid Lunacy because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by chasingbrahman
Originally posted by Lucid Lunacy
reply to post by SilentE
Have to give a shout out to Image #5
That's the huge caterpillar that eats all my chilli pepper and tomato plants every summer. Turns into a huge moth too!
Amazing photo tooedit on 7-3-2013 by Lucid Lunacy because: (no reason given)
But the photo of the gorilla is positively haunting. For some reason my eyes water when I look too long. I think it's what he conveys in that million-mile stare. Yeah I'm no fun at the zoo...
Originally posted by SilentE
Originally posted by chasingbrahman
Originally posted by Lucid Lunacy
reply to post by SilentE
Have to give a shout out to Image #5
That's the huge caterpillar that eats all my chilli pepper and tomato plants every summer. Turns into a huge moth too!
Amazing photo tooedit on 7-3-2013 by Lucid Lunacy because: (no reason given)
But the photo of the gorilla is positively haunting. For some reason my eyes water when I look too long. I think it's what he conveys in that million-mile stare. Yeah I'm no fun at the zoo...
Allow me to vent some steam. (It's my thread and i'll go off topic if I want)
I hate zoo's. We visited my Dad in Canada in a few years back and everyone wanted to go to the zoo so we did. I felt terrible. Seeing those animals caged and depressed. I always feel a connection to animals and can almost tell what they're thinking. I couldn't help them.
There are people who will argue that without the zoo's, these animals would be made into shoes, put on walls and slung over the carpet as a nice decoration etc etc.
More should be done to prevent the killing of these animals, not cage em' up.
/Rant.....