zackiedawg
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Continuing on with the wildlife threads, with this post I'll have gotten myself up to the beginning of June...things are slowing down in the wetlands as summers grow unbearably hot, but Florida always has wildlife, and even in the summer we have our hardy natives who stick around in the sticky swamps...rewarding any photographers willing to go get sticky and wet to photograph them.
This post I'm using just the A6300 and the FE70-300mm G OSS lens combo. I've got a mix of stuff again - some BIFs, some sitting or perched birds, an angry owl, and some reptile closeups, and even a bug closeup.
All shots posted at 1400 pixels on the long side if you click the originals.
Let's start with our sleepy eastern screech owl - the male standing guard outside his wife's nest hole, to make sure no one bothers her. standing guard duty can be a little tiring all day long when owls like to sleep.
Then, this very loud chirping female cardinal came flitting through the forest and landed right next to his nest opening
That makes for an angry eastern screech owl - he's definitely awake now - and sticking up his ear plumes to look bigger and more intimidating, with that owl scowl
He was definitely giving the cardinal the evil eyes - and the cardinal took the hint and flew off
A fast and tiny purple martin jetting overhead, partially backlit by the bright sun
Closeup of a cattle egret, showing those lovely mating colors - all juiced up in reds, pinks, and violets in his face and that bold red eye
A little blue heron sitting high up in a tree, scratching himself
Closeup with a halloween pennant dragonfly, perched at the tip of a reed
A cattle egret flying past close, with a dark backdrop of shady trees but the sun toplighting him brightly
Closeup of Godzilla! Or just an older green iguana trying to climb his way up a tree trunk to get some sun
Momma grackle, in brown on the left, with food for her screaming grackle chick, with his browns eventually morphing into a glossy black - just streaks of the black starting to come in
All that yelling and begging pays off, as the youngster scores a fish dinner from mom
A black-crowned night heron flying by in the distance - pretty colors against a slightly muted cloudy sky
A baby alligator trying to hide among the thin reeds - but the water is clear enough to notice his black and yellow stripes even under the water!
Comments, questions, and critique welcomed as always!
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Justin
galleries: www.pbase.com/zackiedawg
This post I'm using just the A6300 and the FE70-300mm G OSS lens combo. I've got a mix of stuff again - some BIFs, some sitting or perched birds, an angry owl, and some reptile closeups, and even a bug closeup.
All shots posted at 1400 pixels on the long side if you click the originals.
Let's start with our sleepy eastern screech owl - the male standing guard outside his wife's nest hole, to make sure no one bothers her. standing guard duty can be a little tiring all day long when owls like to sleep.
Then, this very loud chirping female cardinal came flitting through the forest and landed right next to his nest opening
That makes for an angry eastern screech owl - he's definitely awake now - and sticking up his ear plumes to look bigger and more intimidating, with that owl scowl
He was definitely giving the cardinal the evil eyes - and the cardinal took the hint and flew off
A fast and tiny purple martin jetting overhead, partially backlit by the bright sun
Closeup of a cattle egret, showing those lovely mating colors - all juiced up in reds, pinks, and violets in his face and that bold red eye
A little blue heron sitting high up in a tree, scratching himself
Closeup with a halloween pennant dragonfly, perched at the tip of a reed
A cattle egret flying past close, with a dark backdrop of shady trees but the sun toplighting him brightly
Closeup of Godzilla! Or just an older green iguana trying to climb his way up a tree trunk to get some sun
Momma grackle, in brown on the left, with food for her screaming grackle chick, with his browns eventually morphing into a glossy black - just streaks of the black starting to come in
All that yelling and begging pays off, as the youngster scores a fish dinner from mom
A black-crowned night heron flying by in the distance - pretty colors against a slightly muted cloudy sky
A baby alligator trying to hide among the thin reeds - but the water is clear enough to notice his black and yellow stripes even under the water!
Comments, questions, and critique welcomed as always!
--
Justin
galleries: www.pbase.com/zackiedawg
