Nature photography thread

The blues in the sky against the clouds this morning are unlike anything I've seen since being north of Barrie, ON or more than 60 miles off shore. 

It appears that this rock that we live on heals itself remarkable quickly (a 4 day work week cutting down on vehicle emissions by 20% would do the girl some good, but I digress) so the opportunity to get some stunning shots should be available as birds return to areas and fish spawn. 

So go take and post up some shots of what you're able to find, make Ansel Adams proud. 

Do they have to be current?  I've got a few okay shots, I've taken over the past year's travels and adventures I could share.

Some shots taken in the neighborhood with the new camera. These are all right off the SD card. 

bigdaddylee82 said:

Do they have to be current?  I've got a few okay shots, I've taken over the past year's travels and adventures I could share.

Yeah, me too. Nothing current, but I have landscapes from our travels.

I got a macro lens for my 80D last spring, these are some of the original practice shots.  I've not done anything fun with it since, I've ony used it for photoing serial numbers of a bunch of things to document for insurance records.

These were 80D with a 70-300mm f4-5.6 IS USM

Northwest face of Deer Mountain, Ketchikan, AK.

Enhance

Enhance

Bunch of shiny happy people sea lions on West Rock, southeast-ish of Ketchikan.  One of the bastards stole my halibut off my hook.  Also they stink!

These were "long" exposures tripod on on my brother an sister-in-law's dining room table, looking out their picture window.  Ketchikan still.  80D with a 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM.

Day

Night

These were all 80D with a 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM.

Old Monarch Pass, Continental Divide, Colorado

Arkansas River, SE Colorado

Somewhere along hwy 50 in SE Colorado

These will all be from my backyard this past year.

We get a lot of toads and frogs in the backyard.

This was just with my iPhone right out the window.

I set my trail cam up on what I thought was a deer trail. Although a few deer have gone by it turned out to be a raccoon trail.

2015 - the Serengeti at sunset.

2015 - Tanzania 

2015 - Kenya

I have a few older pics from my 500px.  I don't have access to much from work.

Here's a couple of mine from 2012.

Bluest of blue skies in the mountains a few weekends ago. 

This rosemary was at my grandparent's place.  Dad took it when we sold the place, held onto it for a decade or more.  Gave it to me after it almost died one winter.  No one living had seen it bloom till it got down here with me.

Last summer in BFE Minnesota, on Superior

Hawks like my neighborhood.  I can go outside and half the time (during daylight hours) I can find a hawk in a tree within 6 houses of me.

i always liked how the turtle is peeking at the goose

Yosemite in February 

This hawk was in our backyard a month or so ago.
 

Java sparrow in Kona Hawai'i 

(Doo doo doo) looking out my back door during my stay at home lunch break: