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Barred Owl (Tytonidae)
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Barred Owls are found mainly in tropical regions in forested areas. These owls have a heart-shaped facial disk, an elongated, compressed bill, and dark black eyes. Their excellent vision and hearing allows them to hunt small mammals, mainly rodents, with high accuracy in very poor light.
Photographer: Alexander Mody
Camera: Nikon D300
Exposure: 1/640
Aperature: f/5.6
ISO Speed: 640
Credits: Nature's Best Photography
Northern Gannets (Morus bassanus)
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Gannets often breathtakingly plunge from considerable heights, cutting neatly into the sea with the wings folded.
Photographer: Arthur Morris
Camera: Canon EOS-1D Mark III
Exposure: 1/800
Aperature: f/8
ISO Speed: 400
Credits: Nature's Best Photography
Summer
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I wanted to make a series of digital montages representing the seasons. A year in the making, the series was made by scanning individual plant specimens at high resolution, and composing them to make ‘portraits.
Photographer: Catlin Harrison
Camera: Microtek Scanner
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Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica)
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The Atlantic Puffin’s diet consists of fish, particularly sand eels. Puffins dive beneath the surface of the water and swim using their wings in pursuit of prey. If they are feeding young, they fill their bill with fish and carry them to their ground-nest. Most of the year puffins are out at sea, only returning to land to breed.
Photographer: Danny Green
Camera: Canon EOS 1D Mark II
Exposure: 1/2000
Aperature: f/4
ISO Speed: 400
Credits: Nature's Best Photography
Mountain Lion (Puma concolor)
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Mountain Lions are primarily nocturnal and most active at dawn and dusk, rarely emerging during the day.
Photographer: David Bezold
Camera: Nikon D3X
Exposure: 1/30
Aperature: f/8
ISO Speed: 400
Credits: Nature's Best Photography
Eagle Hunters
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Each October, hunters trek to the Altai Eagle Festival in the remote province of Bayan-Ulgii in far western Mongolia. They gather to hunt with trained eagles in the spectacular Altai Mountain range in celebration of one of the Kazakh people’s oldest traditions.
Photographer: David Tipling
Camera: Nikon D300
Exposure: 1/1000
Aperature: f/6.3
ISO Speed: 200
Credits: Nature's Best Photography
Hemlock And Huckleberry (Conium sp. and Gaylussacia sp.)
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An active volcano, Mount Baker stands as the prominent feature at 10,778 feet, overlooking 14 glaciers blanketing the region. Many of the ridges open into sprawling meadows of heather, alpine wildflowers, and berries.
Photographer: Dennis Frates
Camera: Canon EOS 1Ds Mark II
Exposure: 1/10
Aperature: f/18
ISO Speed: 100
Credits: Nature's Best Photography
Cheetahs (Acynonyx jubatus)
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Female cheetahs are solitary, except when they have a litter. Mothers provide for their young alone and leave their cubs at 18 months after teaching them survival and hunting skills.
Photographer: Federico Veronesi
Camera: Nikon D2X
Exposure: 1/500
Aperature: f/4
ISO Speed: 400
Credits: Nature's Best Photography
Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus)
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Polar bears have shown amazing adaptations to Arctic life and can smell prey even under compacted snow. The effects of climate change are having profound effects on polar bears and their sea-ice habitat.
Photographer: Hans Strand
Camera: Canon EOS 1Ds
Exposure: 1/1000
Aperature: f/5.6
ISO Speed: 320
Credits: Nature's Best Photography
Giant Pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)
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Giant pandas do not hibernate, but generally descend to lower elevations during winter, and may find shelter in hollow trees, crevices, and caves. There are fewer than 2,500 mature giant pandas in the wild.
Photographer: Juan Carlos Munoz
Camera: Canon EOS 20D
Exposure: 1/200
Aperature: f/5
ISO Speed: 100
Credits: Nature's Best Photography
Burchell's Zebra And Lion (Equus burchellii and Panthera leo leo)
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The zebra’s black and white camouflage appears as a grey mass from a distance to predators, making it difficult to single out individuals to attack. Female lions often work together preying upon zebras and other large mammals in open grasslands.
Photographer: John Reiter
Camera: Nikon D2X
Exposure: 1/500
Aperature: f/4
ISO Speed: 250
Credits: Nature's Best Photography
Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei)
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Central Africa is home to the rare Mountain Gorilla—one of the world's most critically endangered species with only about 700 remaining. Experts warn that without action, gorillas will become extinct in the wild within the next few decades.
Photographer: John Reiter
Camera: Nikon D2X
Exposure: 1/500
Aperature: f/11
ISO Speed: 400
Credits: Nature's Best Photography
Northern Lights (Aurora borealis)
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The aurora borealis, or northern lights, is a luminous glow in the atmosphere produced by the collision of charged particles from Earth’s magnetosphere. The interaction of different gases with the upper atmosphere produces varying colors.
Photographer: Linda Drake
Camera: Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III
Exposure: 38 sec
Aperature: f/4.5
ISO Speed: 1250
Credits: Nature's Best Photography
Boulder Beach And African Penguins (Spheniscus demersus)
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The African Penguin breeds in the southernmost part of Africa. The small, 2-foot-tall birds return to this same site year after year and usually lay two eggs in nests burrowed in the sand, out in the open, or under boulders and bushes where they are protected from harsh temperatures.
Photographer: MaryLou Graham
Camera: Canon EOS 40D
Exposure: 1/320
Aperature: f/7.1
ISO Speed: 200
Credits: Nature's Best Photography
Photographer At Milford Sound
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Carved by ancient glaciers, the steep, towering peaks of Fiordland National Park on the southwest coast of New Zealand’s south island are reflected in the deep blue ocean.
Photographer: Mike Reyfman
Camera: Nikon D3
Exposure: 1.6
Aperature: f/16
ISO Speed: 200
Credits: Nature's Best Photography
Damselflies (Coenagrionidae)
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Damselflies are slender insects approximately 1 to 2 inches long with brightly colored bodies and clear wings. These insects are weak fliers compared to their dragonfly cousins and rest often with their wings usually held over the abdomen.
Photographer: Minghui Chen
Camera: Nikon D300
Exposure: 1/500
Aperature: f/10
ISO Speed: 400
Credits: Nature's Best Photography
Swans, Dawn, Gentoo Penguins, Cheetahs, Iguazu Falls, Kingfisher, Yellow and Blueback Fusilier
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Victoria Camera Club members share a love of photography and have strong interests in images from both film and digital sources. Levels of experience range from novice to master.
Photographer: Victoria Camera Club
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Salt Water Crocodile (Crocodylus porosus)
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Saltwater crocodiles are the largest reptilian species alive today with adult males reaching lengths up to 20 feet. Their large jaws may hold up to 68 sharp teeth.
Photographer: Yeang Ch'ng
Camera: Canon 1Ds Mark III
Exposure: 1/125
Aperature: f/13
ISO Speed: 100
Credits: Nature's Best Photography
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