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Description
I re-joined NPN this year after a couple years away, and it has again become an important part of my photography growth. I appreciate every comment and suggestion, and try to look at my images - and future ones - from a different perspective with all your help and support.
This has been another year of interesting places and new birds and images for me. I value every aspect of the natural world, and anything interesting is a likely target for my cameras. My Portfolio is pretty diverse. I love to share new birds and critters on NPN. I’m improving my editing skills - slowly - and re-edit older images that have merit. Other very old ones truly make me cringe, they re so bad…
I value every one of you, and wish you a wonderful Holiday - whatever your pursuasion - and a New Year full of health, happiness, and great Light. ::
Specific Feedback
all comments and thoughts very welcome
Technical Details
All with Sony A1 and whatever lens is appropriate - the 200-600, 90 macro, or 70-200.
Critique Template
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An excellent group of images, Sandy. I think my favorites are the Toucanet and the Rhinoceri (I htink that’s the plural-at least it’s easier to say than rhinoceroses).
I love all of these, especially the Saffron Toucanette. It’s great, isn’t it, how our latest software can spruce up even some of the most cringeworthy shots. But, like Jim says, we try to grow too!
These are wonderful, Sandy! My faves are the Glass Frog and Little Brown Bats. The way the water drop off the end of the leaf mimics the frog’s leg that’s hanging down is so perfect. And those bats - holy cow! What an action shot.
Sandy: Spectacular images all. Of course I like the elephant eye the best . I have a large scale model of an eye in my office that I use for show and tell with my patients and I call it my elephant eye. Glad the model doesn’t look as worn as this one.
Your eye for wildlife and birds is wonderful. You’ve taken advantage of some marvelous opportunities. Once you master landscape you may rightfully feel you’ve arrived . Just superb images in every way. >=))>
Hi Sandy: I find the range of your photographs amazing! The food morsels caught in mid air before the bites are so crisp and real and of course, the colors are perfectly blended. Thank you for sharing these!
Sandy, this is a great set of photos, with every one well seen with great details. I slightly favor the moody view of the Rino’s with the storm in the distance. It does such a good job of putting the viewer “right there”.
Hi Sandy,
These images are all fantastic; quite a varied group of favorites for the year! Elephant Eye is my favorite as he/she just looks like a kindly soul. Saffon Toucanette runs a close second as the timing is perfect with the bit of food perfectly positioned between the beaks. Wishing you a safe and joyous holiday and great light as well!
Very nice set of faves for sure. What species of slipper orchid is the one that you photographed? Very nice getting all three flowers in sharp focus. There’s one Western and an Eastern species that have white flowers…Jim
Such a stunning collection, Sandy! The variety from the incredibly small like the small frog to the eye of the elephant. Truly wonderful. Thank you so much for sharing with NPN.
@Jim_Zablotny
Hi, Jim - this is a “Small White Lady Slipper” (Cypripedium candidum)
Its range is centered in the upper Midwest where it is considered rare.
These were wild in a Magee Marsh, your habitat. They are very rare and endangered in Ohio
I thought it was Cypripedium candidum and not C. montanum. There’s a small amount of lake plain prairie left in that part of Ohio, but not at Magee. Wow, but an amazing shot. Most Cypripedium candidum are found in fens in Michigan. After a burn, I have seen over 50 clumps at a Michigan nature preserve fen. Awesome find…Jim
It could be Magee. At Ottawa NTL Wildlife Refuge, they have been reconstructing Lake Plain prairie and under proper management, these orchids will sprout after a fire years after their last appearance. Would not surprise me as Magee is an interesting plant community. I will have to look for them during the last week of May…Jim
. I have a large scale model of an eye in my office that I use for show and tell with my patients and I call it my elephant eye. Glad the model doesn’t look as worn as this one.
. Just superb images in every way. >=))>
They are very rare and endangered in Ohio