Weekly Challenge May 31 - June 6 "Wildlife"

Needa

Senior Member
Challenge Team
"Wildlife" – PLM's Choice


Post a photo of anything from the animal world excluding pets and farm animals.

Let's see how creative you can be! Color, B&W, HDR...anything goes!

DO NOT SHOOT OR POST IMAGES UNTIL WEDNESDAY May 31st.
This early announcement of the topic is to give a little think time, before the challenge begins. Photos must be taken and submitted between 00:00 UTC of the start date and 23:59 UTC of the end date.

If the forum EXIF viewer does not show for any reason, listing the camera and capture date/time below the photo is acceptable. Listing exposure info, lens & focal length is encouraged so others can learn.

The Rules

1. Any photo submitted for the Weekly Photo Challenge must be taken using a Nikon Camera! Any photo submitted for a weekly challenge must be taken during the dates specified in the challenge thread and taken by YOU!

2. If the EXIF does not show using a browser EXIF app, listing the camera and capture date/time below the photo is required. Listing exposure info, lens & focal length is encouraged so others can learn.


3. Photos must be posted in this thread to be considered. Links to photos will not be considered an entry (In other words, no Flikr, Photobucket, or similar links)

4. Only one photo entry per member for each week, unless otherwise noted.

5. All regularly active members of Nikonites are allowed to participate, including moderators and administrators.

Voting

During the submission & like periods, please click the Thanks/Like button to vote for your favorite images. You can vote for as many as you want! At the end of the week, you will have the opportunity to vote again for the top 3 photos for this challenge!


There will be no cash or prizes awarded for the Weekly Photo Challenges, unless specifically noted by the site administrator.

Any photo will be accepted for the challenge. Edited or straight out of the camera, it does not matter. You are left with complete freedom to do whatever genre of photography you wish to do, and your own interpretation of the challenge subject.



Please note - Rule 2 changed.
 

Bob Blaylock

Senior Member
I seriously intended to not use Buddy for this challenge, but to try to find an actual wild animal to photograph.

But this picture was just too perfect. OK, so he wasn't ever truly wild, just an abandoned stray who, after many year of living as such, decided to be @Seanette's and my cat about a year ago.

But doesn't this pose seriously suggest a sort of wildness, perhaps of a distant ancestor of his, before his line was tamed by humans?

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EXIF Data are in the attached file ZSC_7184-topaz-denoiserawG4580x2831.exif.txt
 

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Bengan

Senior Member
I seriously intended to not use Buddy for this challenge, but to try to find an actual wild animal to photograph.

But this picture was just too perfect. OK, so he wasn't ever truly wild, just an abandoned stray who, after many year of living as such, decided to be @Seanette's and my cat about a year ago.

But doesn't this pose seriously suggest a sort of wildness, perhaps of a distant ancestor of his, before his line was tamed by humans?

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EXIF Data are in the attached file ZSC_7184-topaz-denoiserawG4580x2831.exif.txt
Not one I would like to mess with
 

Bob Blaylock

Senior Member
Buddy looks like a wild animal stalking prey, in that image!

Patrick

Yes, he does.

Having used him as much as I have in recent challenges, I had seriously intended to try to find some actual wildlife for this one, rather than try to make the stretch that because he had spent several years as a stray, that he might qualify as ex-wildlife. But I got that picture, and the post was just so perfect as a representation of a wild feline predator. It's easy to imagine a tiger or a jaguar or a leopard or some other large, wild feline, in exactly that pose, isn't it?

I guess no matter how tame a domesticated cat is, they still retain some genetic memory of their wild ancestors, and once in a while, it shows.
 
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