alienfunk
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© All images copyright alienfunk 2009
My obsession with animals and all creatures great and small began when I could walk. Not content with seeing them in cages, at the age of 3, I freed my siblings 15 pet mice and watched as they all scurried up the garden for a chance of freedom.
I did however get my comeuppance in the form of my father’s working ferret (normally used to flush out rabbits from their burrows) who didn’t take kindly to the way I handled him (I have to say by picking him up by his tail, however in my defence I was 3 and should of been supervised) when I was younger and so he sunk his sharp needle teeth in my tiny button nose and didn’t let go for nothing or no-one. I still bear the scares to this day, mentally and physically.
I then went on to collect spiders in pencil cases (I now suffer with arachnophobia) and hiding kittens under my bed. I was the ultimate nightmare child, however this all gave way to a passion for wildlife and photography, and now instead of taking the creatures home and hiding them in my bedroom I responsibly capture their images digitally for all to enjoy forever.
Over the years I’ve studied Equestrian Management and Animal Care and was able to gain experience with my local Zoo and R.S.P.C.A.
I hope to return to study for my Bioscience Degree in the near future.
So it is with both of my passions and dreams that I hope to combine my love of wildlife and photography not only for my enjoyment but for those of you who also appreciate our not so human neighbours.
My Images DO NOT Belong To The Public Domain. All images are copyright © alienfunk. All Rights Reserved. Copying, saving, downloading, altering, displaying or redistribution of any of these images without written permission from the artist is strictly prohibited. Non-compliance with these term(s) WILL result in legal action.
I have also created and co-host with Kane Slater, the
Nature Photography Challenge group If you like nature, photography and challenges and want to learn then come and join us.
Kane has also created a similar group on Facebook which has been running now for almost 2 years and has over 8400 members Nature Photography Contest
Oh and before I finish there is one quote said by Native Americans, which we should all live by ‘We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we merely borrow it from our children’.
Groups
alienfunk hosts Nature Photography Challenge and is a member of "National Trust Properties" , ** Super Macro Photography (Two Per Day ), 1:1 Macro Photography (Limit: 2 posts per 24 hour period), Abstracts from Nature, Accidental Images, Achromatic Nature, All About Water, All Animals Great And Small., All That is Nature (Photography Only), All things in the Natural World, All things natural in the British Isles, Animals in Action two a day , Arachnids, Backyard Macro and Closeups (3 a day), Bee & Wasp Passions, Beginner's Expressions, Birds and Creatures of Flight, Black with a hint of colour, Bug Hunt! (with Location please), Butterflies, Skippers, Moths, & Other Winged Insects (2 a Day), Candid photographs of friends and family~~ (PLEASE ADD A DESCRIPTION OF WHO IS IN THE PICTURE), Color Me a Rainbow (Current Color: BLACK [No FLowers]), Colour and light, Endangered or Vulnerable Plants, Environmental Awareness, Evolution (A.k.a. Captain Darwin's Beagle club), Extreme Close-Ups, Eye Contact (Animals Only), First Things, Flowers in macro (very close macro please), Friends of RedBubble, FROM THE EARTH - Jewels, Gems, Shells, Rocks & Fossils, Green!, High Quality Animal Images - 1 Submission a Week, Human and Nature, I Love Birds, Insects, Bugs and Creepy Crawlies (2 A Day), Just Pure Nature., Landscape Photography, Made By Nature - {2 a day} - {Nature images only!}, Mans Best Friend's (Dogs only), Mother Nature's Finest, Photography 101, Photography Critique and Advice, Plight of the Bumble Bee, Sun Rays..., The Birds, The Black and White Enthusiast, Urban Wildlife, Waves, Wild Birds in Flight and ≈• Monochrome •≈ (No Black and White!).
