Natural Developments

Anyone who has ever trekked into the field with camera in tow has likely envisioned seeing their photographs grace the pages of National Geographic.

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Recent Work

Portrait of a Diving Bird by David Friederich

I captured this image in the Fraser River estuary just south of Vancouver, Canada, where cormorants feed mainly on bottom fish. These are salt water fish, because the tide pushes salt water into the river. The cormorants are very skillful fishers, often surfacing from a dive with a fish in their beaks. This bird is called a double-crested cormorant.
Ready For Take-Off by Anna Ridley

A puffin spreading its wings in preparation for take-off. Farne Islands, Northumberland, UK.
Cheeky Monkey by ApeArt

I had great fun watching these two vervet monkeys on the Masai Mara, Kenya. The baby monkey has obviously seized his opportunity for some food when Mum is distracted for a moment…
Forward pike & twist by Phil Threlfall

Dolphin out surfing the big stuff, early morning, just for the adrenalin rush
Pigeon Portrait by Dan Jesperson

Morning in Portland, Oregon pigeon on bridge near Train Yard downtown poses for the lens. Canon 40D, 300mm.
Transparent Butterfly by jdmphotography

The Glasswing has see-through wings, which makes it hard to see against the background foliage…
Color Me! by Dennis Rubin IPA

Nikon D200 / Nikon 70-300 EDIF on-camera flash Goal: to create an image where the colors are as vivid as the bird’s eye – note the triangular pattern of same color – - beak, feathers, + around the eye
Cormorant #3 by Brian Beckett

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Southern Rainbow Skink by Steven Sass

This amazing lizard is aptly named, very colourful. This individual is a male, and was photographed in a great woodland remnant east of Culairn, in southern NSW, Australia.
On the Defensive by ECGardner

This is the Florida cottonmouth, a snake that I love and respect dearly. Cottonmouths have such bad reputations, and it makes me so sad because they are such fantastic creatures. There is a commonly held belief that they “chase people away from their nests” and “aggressively stand their ground.” These ideas are simply a total misinterpretation of their behavior. Snakes are not humans; you cannot interpret their actions in human terms, you must interpret their actions in snake terms. First of all, cottonmouths don’t ever nest. In fact the only snake in the world that nests is the king cobra. Second, when a cottonmouth or any snake moves toward you on the ground, it is not an aggressive move; rather, they are fleeing. See, snakes have poor eyesight and they get confused easily when scared. They look at you and see something big and mistake you for a tree or some other form of shelter under which they can hide. Thirdly, what we see as a cottonmouth “standing its ground” is really just the snake remaining motionless in the hopes that you won’t see it. If it flees, you are more likely to see it and eat it (at least that is what it thinks). This cottonmouth is giving me its characteristic open-mouthed defensive display. In the hundred or more cottonmouths with which I’ve interacted, this is the one and only time I have ever witnessed its defense display. And it only threatened me because I was being annoying, laying on the ground in front of it on my stomach with my camera in one hand and a stick in the other trying to move the brush away from it get a clear shot. As soon as I put the stick down, the defense display stopped and the snake turned and left. This shot was taken across the road from my house north of Gainesville, Florida. 100% of the profits from the sale of this image will be donated to Steve Irwin’s Wildlife Warriors Worldwide.
"Lunch Has Arrived" ~ Grey Fantail and chick by Robert Elliott

100% of proceeds received from Redbubble in respect to sales of this item, will be donated to Bush Heritage Australia A Grey Fantail arriving with food for its chick. Photo taken in the Myall Lakes National Park, NSW, Australia. Photo is one of the Grey Fantail series. Click to view by category: / - Australian Birds, wild and free / - Grey Fantail series / - Just Penguins / - Antarctic / - Christmas cards / - Landscapes

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Anyone who has ever trekked into the field with camera in tow has likely envisioned seeing their photographs grace the pages of National Geographic. Although we may not be far from home afield, visions of grandeur and exotic locales fill our minds. We all strive to make the dream a reality, waiting for the perfect moment in the sweetest light, hoping we nailed the shot and that it will impress the editors of a publication or contest committee enough to be chosen as the one! Here in this group is your chance to taste greatness.

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