April '14 Photo Comp - WILDLIFE.

[Cuppa]

This month’s competition topic has been chosen by March’s winner, TPC.
His chosen topic is 'Wildlife'. Another broad topic sure to attract a varied haul of entries for us all to look at. Good luck to all, & to anyone who hasn’t previously participated I encourage you to do so.




Monthly Photo Competition guidelines (Please read)
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* Each month a new competition thread will commence & all forum members are invited to submit their photos .

* Maximum of three entries per person.

* Multiple entries should be made in separate posts

* Each entry should consist of a single photograph & a short description only

* Comments pertinent to entries are encouraged, but please do not use this thread to engage in banter

* Photos MUST have been taken by the member posting the photos or members of their party.

* Any photo which has been a winner will not be eligible for re-entry in any future competition.

* Please do not post photos that are not entries in the competition.

* The winner of the month's competition gets to choose the following month's competition topic.

* All members are encouraged to vote for the photos they think should win. This will be done by pressing the 'Thanks' button located underneath each post. Toward the end of the month the date & time of competition closure will be announced. Following this time the thread will be locked & the 'Thanks' counted to determine the winner.

* 'Thanks' may be added or withdrawn at any time during the month up until the competition is closed.
You are welcome to thank as many different posts as you wish!

* In the event of a tied first place I will add a casting vote, except in circumstances where my entry is one of the tied ones, in which case I will withdraw my entry.

*Inappropriate photos eg, sexual, racist, violent etc are unacceptable & should not be posted.


Thanks for your cooperation
Cuppa

[Winnie]

Echidna from a couple of years ago.

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Sent from my GT-I9305T using Forum Runner

[threedogs]

goanna about 180cm up on the banks of the mighty Murray

[ova50]

First Entry. (my whale photos were in B&W)

[threedogs]

would Roscoe in his budgie smugglers come under the wildlife theme,lol
A few other pics come to mind too

[ova50]

Second Entry.

[firm351]

Gnarly looking things we have at work at this time of year.

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[Chris79]

This wombat had a few to many rum's lol
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee178/CHRISMAV_2007/Animals/Wombat.jpg (http://s235.photobucket.com/user/CHRISMAV_2007/media/Animals/Wombat.jpg.html)

[TPC]

Entry 1
One Lace Monitor chasing another into the river.

[jack]

Picture 1
Cassowary - Port Douglas FNQ Sept 2012

[Cuppa]

1st pic. A ciccada sheds it’s skin.

http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/images/imported/2014/04/3.jpg

[SonOf]

Picture 1
Tassie Devils
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[SonOf]

Picture 2
Spotted Pardalote on a wet day at my place.
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[SonOf]

Number 3
Red Belly Black Snake
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[Chimo]

427524275342754


Just for fun 3 in 1 The three mudlarks fell to the ground and were rescued and installed into the more modern ice cream bucket nest which the parents seemed OK with as the three chicks grew to fly eventually and leave the new improved nest. They still come back to visit!

Cheers
Chimo

If your inclined to vote, the middle pic is in; the others just there! We really got our prizes when the parents fed them in the ice cream bucket, they grew up and flew and we still enjoy their return visits.

[liftlid]

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Got to watch those polar bears, they attack without warning!!!

[Bush Ranger]

Taken at Woodgate end of Kinkuna NP.

[mudski]

This shot is from my most favorite animal of all...I never get sick of looking at and watching these majestic creatures.

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[mudski]

Not so majestic rather a pest but the lighting was perfect for this shot.

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[mudski]

I was torn for the last pic. Quality pic or a quality animal?
A very hard shot to get. Right filters and shutter speed and luck. Not so majestic as well but I had the filter dialed in just right and the and the shutter speed perfect. All the moons were aligned....


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[TPC]

My second entry, a Kookaburra with a pinecone.

[DIL380]

42774this was taken on my iPhone last year on Western Port VIC when this thief decided he wanted the squid on my bait board more than I did

[DIL380]

42776bird in japan a few years back - entry 2

[Cuppa]

427524275342754


Just for fun 3 in 1 The three mudlarks fell to the ground and were rescued and installed into the more modern ice cream bucket nest which the parents seemed OK with as the three chicks grew to fly eventually and leave the new improved nest. They still come back to visit!

Cheers
Chimo

Hi Chimo, please can you identify which of the 3 you wish to be your entry & which are for 'context'. If you want them all to be entries they need to be posted in separate posts.

thanks,
Cuppa

[Chris79]

A bee doing its thing.

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee178/CHRISMAV_2007/Animals/DSC00920_zpse8f01caf.jpg (http://s235.photobucket.com/user/CHRISMAV_2007/media/Animals/DSC00920_zpse8f01caf.jpg.html)

[93patrol]

My daughter at the local wildlife park

[93patrol]

Some baby emus roaming around our chalet down south

[megatexture]

i might go about this month a little diffrent to most lol

http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=25085&d=1359298343

[megatexture]

few dingos hanging about

http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=42794&d=1396526567

[megatexture]

edit: someone has one like this pic already ill put a new one up

[HV2002]

Found this fella in my pool treading water
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[Avo]

here's my #1.
Monkey Mia Dolphin up close.

[Mrs Possum]

Just some of the local wildlife.42898

[Chimo]

Hi Cuppa

Make the middle one an entry please and the ones either side the context shots. Thanks

Cheers
Chimo

[Bush Ranger]

A couple of tortoises looking for a feed I think. Water is murky and I have no idea how they knew I was standing on the bridge when they popped up.

[Bush Ranger]

Sea Gull on a boat ramp having a rest.

[Cuppa]

Hi Cuppa

Make the middle one an entry please and the ones either side the context shots. Thanks

Cheers
Chimo

Thanks mate. I don't have any ability to edit/moderate posts, but if you could edit your own post to make it clear that the middle one is your entry that'd be good, so folks know which shot they are voting for at the end of the month.

Ta.

[Avo]

found this racehorse goanna while out and about yesterday

[Cuppa]

2nd pic. Jabiru with snake. Taken just outside Wyndham on the longest telephoto setting my camera has, hand held. It took around 20 minutes to ‘prepare’ it’s dinner.

http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/images/imported/2014/04/14.jpg

[Cuppa]

Entries seem to have slowed to a halt. Hard to believe that most folk dont have a wildlife pic or two, so don’t be shy ........ post’em up.

Here’s my third. A Magpie Goose ‘goose-stepping’ in a Kakadu billabong.

http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/images/imported/2014/04/92.jpg

[93patrol]

Red tail cockatoo and macaw

[TPC]

My third entry.
One of the many camels we saw last time in the Simpson.
Although they are not native they are still a welcome site.

[Chris79]

This poor little wild cocky on a Qld island had some kind of disease.
Was very friendly though.

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee178/CHRISMAV_2007/Animals/DSC00123_zps8d1c0065.jpg (http://s235.photobucket.com/user/CHRISMAV_2007/media/Animals/DSC00123_zps8d1c0065.jpg.html)

[fracster]

Peregrine falcon taking a sh@t


http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/images/imported/2014/04/94.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/cakUf7)Cobra (https://flic.kr/p/cakUf7) by Fracster (https://www.flickr.com/people/16066166@N02/), on Flickr

[fracster]

Sika deer doing that bonding thing.


http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/images/imported/2014/04/95.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/dQaaQC)Sika pair (https://flic.kr/p/dQaaQC) by Fracster (https://www.flickr.com/people/16066166@N02/), on Flickr

[fracster]

And a redshank, small wading bird.


http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/images/imported/2014/04/96.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/eNY97w)Redshank 1 (https://flic.kr/p/eNY97w) by Fracster (https://www.flickr.com/people/16066166@N02/), on Flickr

[NissanGQ4.2]

Entry 1 - Blue Tongue Lizard in my backyard, having a feed of a fresh chook egg I gave it.

By its size I'm thinking its going 2 be a mummy :)

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[mudnut]

I put this picture up in general banter, the other day. I found him in the pouch of my tool belt in the shed.

[jack]

This was taken by my daughter as I was entering the water to warm up for the start of the 2008 Pier to Pub ocean race. At this stage there would have been over a thousand swimmers who had entered the water at this site. It was very aggressive and we picked it up by scooping up the sand under it and released it the other side of the rocks.
I now tread very carefully when entering the water there.

[fracster]

Are they dangerous?

[growler2058]

Are they dangerous?

Dead before you hit the water mate!

http://voices.yahoo.com/australias-blue-ringed-octopus-facts-these-venomous-1325413.html

[jack]

Are they dangerous?
Most certainly, as growler explains in his link. As a diver I have a healthy respect for them and have seen them on several occasions. This one was very agitated as you can see from the colour.
I've read that they also have toxin in their skin that's why we scooped up the sand so there was no way it was touching my skin let alone biting me. What did amaze me was that so few people believed that it was deadly.

[MEGOMONSTER]

Been going through our photos on PC and found this. What a beauty.

[Cuppa]

Hi all,
Time to get any last minute entries in.
This months comp will close for entries at 6pm Vic time on Wednesday 30th April

cheers,
Cuppa

[MEGOMONSTER]

2nd pic. Jabiru with snake. Taken just outside Wyndham on the longest telephoto setting my camera has, hand held. It took around 20 minutes to 'prepare' it's dinner.



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I think we can all say this has to be the winning photo. Bloody brilliant nature shot.

[rusty_nail]

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saw this little guy last week, hes absolutely gorgeous.

[rusty_nail]

second entry, not as good a picture. i rescued this little fella off a fairly busy road in tassie

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[Avo]

one from the weekend.took the deliquents over to penguin island just off perth.

[Family4x4]

Great pics, great thread!

[threedogs]

Been going through our photos on PC and found this. What a beauty.
awesome Mick looks like a painting

[Cuppa]

Entries for this months comp are now closed.

Time now for you to vote for your favourites. Voting will be extended a little this month as I will be away for a long weekend & therefore you have until 6pm Vic time on Tuesday 6th May to register or change your votes.

Cuppa

[Cuppa]

Well I’m back from a great but rather damp camping weekend & can now slightly belatedly announce the results of the April Competition.

Joint 1st place goes to my goodselves for the photos of the ciccada shedding it’s skin & the jabiru with the snake, both with 15 votes. Thank you to all.

In second place with 12 votes is Fracster’s great shot of the deer. Sharp & cute at the same time.

In joint third place very close behind with 11 votes each are ‘TPC’’s action shot of the goannas & ‘SonOf’s’ atmospheric shot of the Red Bellied Black snake.

Again well done to the winners & to everyone who put in an entry. The results this month highlight just how different aspects of photos can appeal to you the judges. My winning entries and TPC’s winning entry are clearly ‘right place at the right time’ shots, whereas Fracster’s winning entry encapsulates photographic ‘quality’ as well as subject matter - & no doubt the all important post picture taking selection process. SonOf’s winning entry shows great ‘composition’.
Well that’s my somewhat amateur interpretations anyway ....... we all have our own criteria for picking the winners of these comps ......... & that’s as it should be.

I’ll post the May comp later this evening.

regards
Cuppa