Beautiful Animals

Iberian wolf (award-winning picture):

Holy cow! Was it a motion-sensitive camera? Must have been. What incredible quality.

No wonder it was award-winning! Wow is all I can say.

Don't know how it was done. I do remember the copy mentioned the wolf being interested in something on the other side of the fence. You can see that interest in his eyes.

This one is definitely a wow.

Here's a link to the site. Other great pics.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1222063/Wildlife-Photographer-Year-2009-won-leaping-wolf.html

Not to be a debbie-downer, but.... I went on line to find out more about how this shot was made. I couldn't begin to guess. It turns out that this shot is of a zoo animal taken inside it's enclosure - not a wild animal as the contest calls for. Not that it matters much. It does help explain how he got this shot.

It's still a beautiful picture of a beautiful animal so I don't think you are being a debbie-downer at all.

Lucky thing for the wolf because if that was a wild wolf jumping over a fence at night and a flash went off right next to it, it probably would of had a heart attack before it hit the ground.

Someone's happy fairy tale is about to go dreadfully wrong!

I went back and found the same info. Was gonna post it later. Still a great pic, but the nonwild wolf does explain a lot.

What a woild. Cheating in a photo contest.

Mandrill:

That's a brilliant photograph of the Iberian wolf, Roberta. Wow, he's a stunner!

This gave me hope....
New footage shows tigers can thrive in the Himalayas -
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/8011950/New-footage-shows-tigers-can-thrive-in-Himalayas.html

At current rates tigers will become extinct in around 15 years.

I agree, olga. Even though the photo isn't what it's purported to be (a wild animal), it's still a helluva shot.

Pygmy seahorse:

I'm encouraged too, Barry. And a little surprised.

Roberta I just love this thread!
Thank you and all the other members who post such magnificent pictures

What a face!

I'm very glad that you like this thread, T2L. It means a lot to me--the thread and that you like it. I find it a haven.

Arella Mae, I picked a tame one. Didn't want to get you all worked up. Here's a doozier one:



And they've got color coming and going:

I rarely (if ever) post videos to this thread. But this one is very special to me in a very personal way.

Enjoy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDl9sefb2E4

LOL! Oh my that is quite a colorful derrier! They almost look like they have painted on faces. Very interesting.

Oh I do envy that eagle's ability to fly and float through the air like that. What grace. What beauty. What regalness.

Only the males have colorful tushes. And the color brightens up when the males get worked up.

I just read that the tushes may also be useful in keeping the group together as it makes its way through tall grass. Easy to spot a blue butt in the green grass.

When I first saw the video, I gasped. Why? Because the eagle didn't flap. It just spread its wings and took off. I wanted desperately for that bird to understand what it was doing. I wanted it to have a human consciousness. To know and understand that it was floating on air.